Back in September I interviewed David Sitton, the President of To Every Tribe Ministries, a frontier missions organization which has been planting churches among unreached people groups of Papua New Guinea and Mexico. David was getting ready to run a Conference entitled The Privilege of Suffering: Jesus is Worth It. This past Thanksgiving the Lord saw fit to bring David a tremendous dose of suffering: his six-year-old niece, Makayla Sitton, was among four people inexplicably murdered by Paul Michael Merhige, a 35-year old man who also fatally shot his twin sisters Carla and Lisa Merhige, 33, … [Read more...] about David Sitton’s Niece Murdered on Thanksgiving
Archives for 2009
Best Book on the Nature of Church Ministry
A new book from Matthias Media USA, written by Colin Marshall and Tony Payne, is being called "The best book I've read on the nature of church ministry" by Mark Dever. The book is on sale for the next 48-hours from Westminster Bookstore for $9.99 (after that it will be available for $19.99). The offer expires at 3 PM (EST) on Thursday, December 10th. The quote above is not all that Dever (and others) are saying: "What Col and Tony have described here is exactly what I've been trying to do in my own life and in our congregation for years. According to this book, Christians are to be … [Read more...] about Best Book on the Nature of Church Ministry
U.S. Supreme Court To Rule on Christian Campus Group
Peter Schmidt, writing for the Chronicle of Higher Education, reports: The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it had agreed to decide whether a California law school can legally deny recognition to a Christian students' group because it bars gay and lesbian members for religious reasons.The Christian organization is the Christian Legal Society (CLS) and the campus is the University of California Hastings School of Law in San Francisco, CA. The CLS has a very basic statement of Christian faith, which is complemented by a Board of Directors Resolution on the Statement of Faith and Sexual … [Read more...] about U.S. Supreme Court To Rule on Christian Campus Group
D.A. Carson: Counsel To A Church Planter on Marriage
D.A. Carson: The following post was first an email to a young church planter seeking counsel. He is planting a church in a rough area. Not a few of those who are getting converted have been living together, sometimes with children, sometimes for years, without getting married. His question, then, is what should be said to these couples where one of the pair gets converted, and the other, so far, does not. Should the advice be to get married? Or is that encouraging people to be unequally yoked?Read Dr. Carson's thoughtful reply. HT: JT … [Read more...] about D.A. Carson: Counsel To A Church Planter on Marriage
Introverts In The Church: Adam McHugh
Sean Michael Lucas reviews an interesting new book called Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture. An excerpt:In brief compass, McHugh surveys a great deal of the literature on introversion and helpful summaries a great deal about introverted personality types and how they engage in an extroverted culture. As I read this book, I kept telling my wife, "Wow, you should read this--you'd finally understand me!" It was a helpful, fast-paced, narrative of the characteristics of introversion. McHugh also helpful distinguishes introversion (a personalty type) from … [Read more...] about Introverts In The Church: Adam McHugh
How To Be A Baby – Sally-Lloyd Jones
Today my wife cried while reading this beautifully moving and wonderfully illustrated children's story to our two-year old son. This is the same Sally Lloyd Jones who authored The Jesus Storybook Bible, which has just been made available as a deluxe edition (a hardcover book, accompanied by three CD's containing the unabridged narrative, read by award-winning actor David Suchet). About this great book, Tim Keller writes: "I would urge not just families with young children to get this book, but every Christian--from pew warmers, to ministry leaders, seminarians and even theologians! Sally … [Read more...] about How To Be A Baby – Sally-Lloyd Jones