In a late attempt to get somewhat back into the blogging game, here are a few links from the interwebs that I thought were noteworthy this week.
Christians and Alcohol - Depending upon your age, denomination, and geographic location, this may or may not be a big issue. Regardless, Tim Challies writes a good article on thinking through the different views of alcohol use by Christians. If you want to extend the argument to ask why some Christians consider alcohol permissible but not narcotics, here is a good followup.
The Theological Church - Kevin DeYoung talks about why he is glad that his church has a reputation for being "quite theological." This section is key: "Now–and this is an important caveat–if we are arrogant with our theology, or if our doctrinal passion is just about intellectual gamesmanship, or we are all out of proportioned in our affections for less important doctrines, then may the Lord rebuke us. We should not be surprised theology gets a bad name in such circumstances. But when it comes to thinking on, rejoicing in, and building a church upon sound biblical truth, we should all long for a richly theological church."
Child or Fetus? - Denny Burk thinks through our vocabulary when we are talking about children in the womb.
Seminary Lectures - Reformed Theological Seminary is now offering a lot of their seminary lectures free from their their new app.
Pastors Worth Listening To - Tim Raymond over at Credo Magazine offers some expositional preachers who are worth listening to. Per his suggestion, I listened to a sermon from St. Helen's Bishopgate last night and was really encouraged by how thorough and sound it was in how it handled the Bible.
Most Important Election Issue - With election season upon us, this blog post gives three possible answers to the question "What is the most important election issue."
Celebrity Pastors - As a member of a church whose pastor might be deemed a celebrity, I found this article a helpful way of distinguishing between those who are celebrity because of their gifts and hard work and those who simply seek to be a celebrity.
Carson's Theological Method - I put this at the end because I think most will find it dreadfully boring. D. A. Carson is probably my favorite commentator and one (if not the) leading New Testament scholars alive today. Andy Naselli is his research assistant and manager and has a scholarly article on his theological method that looks fascinating.
Beautiful Feet Project - This video is a powerful look at the vast need for spreading the gospel in Asia.
The Zipper Incident - This one is just a funny clip that Kevin DeYoung posted earlier this week on his blog. If you can look past the awesome early 90s hairdos of the people in the crowd, it's pretty funny.
