I gave a plug at Infusion for the ESV Study Bible due out in October. I even handed out a sample from it. You can learn more by visiting their website and checking things out yourself. From what I read, it looks like this will set a whole new standard for study Bibles!

Having commented on a few books, I thought I would mention a podcast I listen to regularly. It is Truth for Life, excellent preaching by Alistair Begg and can be found on iTunes (search “Truth for Life”) or look at the archives here. A message worth hearing is titled “The Evangelical Crisis”. A teaser… “Christian…

Approaching God: Accepting the Invitation to Stand in the Presence of GodSteve Brown The publisher describes this book as…“A spiritual guide on how to pray, cites the importance of focusing on God rather than on oneself, while it defines the basic theology of prayer and addresses such issues as unanswered prayers.” Again, because I have…

Follow the Wind: Our Lord, the Holy Spirit Steve Brown I grabbed this book when ordering some other titles by Steve Brown – after taking a course taught by him. Part of what motivated me was the price ($3.99). Steve’s style is earthy and witty. He has a knack for telling it like it is…

The Path of Celtic PrayerCalvin Miller I began reading this as I approached a week at Northumbria Community, a modern Celtic monastic community based near the Holy Isle of Lindesfarne in the extreme northeast of England. (this part of the country was once part of Scotland but we won’t get into that ugly history). I…

Calvin for Armchair TheologiansChristopher Elwood I suppose I am revealing myself here by starting with this one. Yes, I do consider myself a Calvinist and at the same time I struggle with the label because it often carries unfair baggage with it. Some have unhelpfully distorted the teaching of John Calvin and others have taken…

Back at re:generate I stood at the front on Saturday night and announced to the crowd that there was a party going on up in Heaven. I had just been told that one of the girls from Porter Gaud had given her life to Christ. I was more than thrilled because she and her twin…

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I had a 2.5 hour long chat with our new rector yesterday and we were talking about reaching some of the 5000+ families that have moved within a mile or so of the church in the past five years. As you can guess I have some ideas on how I think churches can reach people.…