Dug Down Deep

Josh Harris had a contest for filmmakers to create a video based on his new book Dug Down Deep. This is the Winning Entry:

DugDownDeep_Carnahan.mov from Covenant Life Church on Vimeo.

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Am I Getting Married Too Young?

Albert Mohler has a great article in response to an op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal by David Lapp entitled "Did I Get Married Too Young?" Both Lapp and Mohler have great arguments against the sudden shift in our culture in regards to marriage. Mohler writes towards the end of his article:

The delay of marriage is a huge problem, and Christians should be in the forefront of seeing and understanding the problem — and countering the arguments against early marriage. Churches and parents need to ask why we are not getting young adults ready for marriage. Abdication to the “hooking up” culture of young adulthood is just not an option.

I deeply encourage you to read the rest of Mohler's article, where there is also a link to Lapp's full piece in The Wall Street Journal.

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New Layout

The last layout that I used was giving me some glitches, so I decided to switch to a new layout. This layout has more features that I hope you find useful. To God alone be the glory in this and every endeavor.

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John Piper on His Annual Writing Leave

John Piper is about to embark once again on his annual writing leave. He has some really great projects in the works and I encourage you to join with me in praying for him during this time. He writes:

Thank you for supporting me in these focused times away. They are not vacation. I usually work longer hours during writing leave than during regular ministry seasons.

So please pray for me that I would love my family well and that I would be very productive for the glory of Christ. Pray that I would devote more time to prayer, not less; that I would give more time to read and meditate on the Scriptures, not less; and pray that I would see beautiful truth in God’s word and be able to write about it in spiritually compelling ways.

Also, he includes why he values and pursues writing in the way that he does. One particular reason he writes greatly hits home to the passion that dwells within me for writing:

...there is an inner impulse that I cannot explain that drives me to write. I would write if there were no possibility of publication. I have hundreds of pages that no one has ever seen but me, and it would not matter ultimately if they were destroyed. I wrote them not to be published but because there is an impulse from within.

You can view his plan for his writing leave, as well as his other reasons for writing (perhaps the greatest reason being that he writes to make God look great) here.

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99 Balloons

Today marks the 37th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade. This video shows the beauty of choosing life over abortion.

99 Balloons from Igniter Media on Vimeo.

HT: JT

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Mohler Asks, "Does God Hate Haiti?"

In recent days, it's been hard not to hear about the devastating earthquakes bringing much destruction to the nation of Haiti. These events have brought many to question whether or not God hates Haiti. Albert Mohler answers this question, and in my opinion answers it well saying:

Does God hate Haiti? God hates sin, and will punish both individual sinners and nations. But that means that every individual and every nation will be found guilty when measured by the standard of God's perfect righteousness. God does hate sin, but if God merely hated Haiti, there would be no missionaries there; there would be no aid streaming to the nation; there would be no rescue efforts -- there would be no hope.

I think it would benefit you well to take the time and read the rest of this post; as it is powerful, convicting and very encouraging. To God be the glory in the midst of this horrible tragedy.

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Do You Get Offended Easily?

Kevin DeYoung has a great post about being easily offended. He writes:

We live in an emotionally fragile culture. We are in touch with every hurt past, present, and perceived. We are the walking wounded and we want everyone to know. Which is too bad, because when people are genuine victims–profoundly, egregiously wronged–they deserve not to be lumped in the same category with those who got picked last for kickball or turned down for their church’s “special music.”

I encourage you to read the rest of the post, as it should come as a challenge to us all.

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