With Tim Challies posting an excellent article on the extraordinatry value of women, I thought I should point to an interesting NY Times story I came across on a sorority (Delta Zeta) who recently choose to remove unattractive women from their chapter in DePauw University (located in Greencastle, Indiana). "Worried that a negative stereotype of the sorority was contributing to a decline in membership that had left its Greek-columned house here half empty, Delta Zeta’s national officers interviewed 35 DePauw members in November, quizzing them about their dedication to recruitment. They judged … [Read more...] about Sorority Discriminates on Basis of Looks
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John Piper’s Criteria For a Wife
There are four: "That was the first criterion I had for a wife—female. The second was: She treasures Jesus Christ. The third was that she like me. The fourth was that she be willing to go wherever God calls us. (Remember the conversation on the couch in your apartment that first summer when I named the hardest places I could think of, and you and said, Yes? I had not even asked you to marry me yet.)" From a letter to his wife Noel on her most recent birthday. … [Read more...] about John Piper’s Criteria For a Wife
Boundless comments on Five Paths
Denise Morris over at the Boundless blog offers an introductory post to Five Paths to the Love of Your Life, which I introduce here (just scroll down). … [Read more...] about Boundless comments on Five Paths
Joe Carter Reviews With One Voice
Joe Carter writes this gracious review of With One Voice (which is summarized here): "In With One Voice: Singleness, Dating and Marriage to the Glory of God, Alex and Marni Chediak provide the ultimate answer: It is more important to become a certain type of person than it is to find a certain type of boyfriend/girlfriend. 'What are you doing to become the sort of person who would be winsome and attractive to the kind of person you want to marry?' (p. 45) Such candid questions and refreshing candor is the hallmark of this superb book on dating and marriage. It is filled with advice that is … [Read more...] about Joe Carter Reviews With One Voice
Interview with Ligon Duncan – streaming MP3
My interview with Ligon Duncan (from back in October) about With One Voice is now available as an MP3 on the "Audio" section of this website. Here's some information on the radio program hosted by Pastor Duncan (and, generally, Derek Thomas): First Things. 9:00 am - 9:30 am Sunday. First Things is the weekly radio program carried live on Jackson radio station WJNT News/Talk 1180 AM. Format consists of interviews, devotional messages and panel discussion of contemporary social and theological subjects. You will need Real Audio to listen, which may be downloaded from the WJNT web site. Ligon … [Read more...] about Interview with Ligon Duncan – streaming MP3
Two Very Busy Months
Dear Readers, I want to apologize for the extremely light blogging of late. These last two months have been unusually busy. Over the month of November, I was asked to preach at a local church in the Minneapolis area that recently found themselves without a pastor. This was a stretching experience for me, as I had not done much preaching before (just a handful of painful Wednesday nights at Grace Community Church in Gardnerville, NV). The invitation was particularly timely in that I am taking a course in Preaching from Pastor John Piper over this Fall 2006 - Spring 2007 timeframe. I gave … [Read more...] about Two Very Busy Months