From a Crossway press release: "Users of the iPhone can now access and browse 130 Crossway titles through their mobile devices. Unlike other available applications, Crossway’s iPhone book-browsing application allows users to search and sample any portion of the book’s text, including complete text searches. Users can view up to 30 pages of text per title." Check out Crossway's mobile browsing site. Related: Online ESV Bible Launches iPhone Site … [Read more...] about Crossway Unveils iPhone Book-Browsing Application
Archives for August 2007
Albert Mohler to appear on CNN Tonight
From a Southern Seminary press release: Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, is scheduled to appear tonight at 8:00 PM Eastern Time on the CNN special “God, Sex and Greed.” The program will explore how materialism and sexuality affect the spiritual health of our society. Mohler will appear in the opening segment of the program, along with author and media personality Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and Irshad Manji, author of The Trouble with Islam Today. Please keep Dr. Mohler in your prayers. … [Read more...] about Albert Mohler to appear on CNN Tonight
D.A. Carson on John Piper’s The Future of Justification
Excerpt: "Are men and women saved, on the last day, on the basis of the whole life lived? But if not, what is the nature of the connection between justification and good works? The issues are not secondary, and, pastor that he is, John Piper will not allow believers to put their trust in anyone or anything other than the crucified and resurrected Savior." D. A. Carson Research Professor of New Testament Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL I previously introduced this book. The publisher's description: N.T. Wright, a world-renowned New Testament scholar and bishop of Durham in … [Read more...] about D.A. Carson on John Piper’s The Future of Justification
Yet More On…..Baptism & Membership
Abraham Piper (son of Pastor John) and Ligon Duncan have entered the discussion. … [Read more...] about Yet More On…..Baptism & Membership
The singleness “issue”
Since I hardly ever write about "the gift of singleness" any more, I thought I'd mention that Lydia Brownback has recently been reflecting on the matter. I posted a comment on her second post, and today she offers these remarks. For a different perspective, see Candice Watters' critical interaction with three recent books, each of which is (primarily) aimed at adult single women: Marriage and Caste in America: Separate and Unequal Families in a Post-Marital Age, Now and Not Yet: Making Sense of Single Life in the Twenty-First Century, and The Thrill of the Chaste: Finding Fulfillment While … [Read more...] about The singleness “issue”
John Bunyan (on baptism) and his detractors
Aaron Menikoff offers a synopsis of John Bunyan's arguments for open membership, and also highlights a few prominent detractors. … [Read more...] about John Bunyan (on baptism) and his detractors