If you have been following this blog for a while you know I used to this fairly regularly. While the Twitter culture almost makes posts like these obsolete, there are still some wonderful people who as one person told me, “not on the Twitter”. Well, rotary phone users, fear not, these are some excellent links I’ve read, bookmarked and wish to share.
First off is a Christianity Today article from Daniel Kirk, author of Romans Unlocked, professor at Fuller Seminary in North California, husband, father and all around good guy. He blogs daily at www.jrdkirk.com. His piece on the resurrection was fantastic and here’s the first paragraph –
In the spring of my senior year in college, I was deeply immersed in the rhythms of Christian life. I was a leader in InterVarsity, participated regularly in a Bible study with other seminary-bound friends, set my Sundays aside for worship and rest, and read more than my fair share of extracurricular Christian books. As Easter approached, I began rehearsing the importance of Jesus’ resurrection. I knew that for Paul and the other New Testament writers, there could be no Christianity without it. Yet one day as I was walking back to my dorm, it dawned on me that the gospel as I understood it had no need for Jesus to be raised from the dead.
More here.
Because this blog is read by some alleged Piper fans and in the event that you didn’t get the Desiring God text message a couple weeks back – Dr. Piper is taking a seventh month leave. He wrote a classy blog post that expressed he needs the leave because “I see several species of pride in my soul that, while they may not rise to the level of disqualifying me for ministry, grieve me, and have taken a toll on my relationship with Noël and others who are dear to me…” Again, it’s a classy move, all of us can gain somethhing from it. My previous post had a Doug Pagitt’s words of encouragement and call to prayer. If you don’t know the context, you should know that while they are not the best of friends (to say it least), they are brothers in Christ, and live in the Minneapolis area. If you missed it, you can check it out here.
It’s hard to really know who reads this blog, I’ll keep refining these posts. I think the first post should interest all Christians and the second for the “Pipettes”.
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