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Archive for March, 2008

How Does God Show Love and Truth?

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

I’ve written before on this blog about the difficulty of showing grace/love and truth simultaneously. I’m, of course, not the first to talk about this difficulty. Not only is it difficult for us to show both, but it’s difficult for us to understand how God shows both to a fallen world. Too often, we don’t [...]

John Newton on Dealing with Controversies and Error

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

The new Ligonier Ministries blog is already scoring points, by linking to a wonderful letter penned by John Newton (”Amazing Grace”), about dealing with opposing views, controversies, and error.

Shout out to Arizonans!

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Looking over my Google Analytics stats, I notice a lot of hits from Tempe, Arizona. If you’re from the Grand Canyon State, drop me a note and let me know what brings you here!
Incidentally, did you know that the term “Arizonan” is an example of a demonym? No, it’s not the name of a demon; [...]

Book Review: The Art of Manfishing

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

The Art of Manfishing
by Thomas Boston.
Christian Heritage. 104 pages.
ISBN 1857921062
Also available from Monergism Books, and online for free.
After finishing Dever’s The Gospel and Personal Evangelism, I decided to follow it up with a jump back in time to 1699, to Thomas Boston’s The Art of Manfishing, also on evangelism.
Unlike Dever’s book, which deals with evangelism [...]