Counseling
Gaining a Balanced Picture on God’s Counsel
It’s worth setting aside ten minutes to read and study Stuart Scott’s important article on the vital balance between Gospel Indicatives, Gospel Imperatives, and Gospel Worship. Stuart’s also provided some excellent graphics which would be a huge help in teaching this to a Sunday School or Bible Study class.
A Theologically Informed Approach to Sexual Abuse Counseling
Bob Kellemen’s ETS paper is a 30-45 minute read, but it might save you many hours of fruitless counseling in the future.
Preaching
Here’s a podcast I did with Kevin Thomson about How Sermons Work.
Four Interpretive Guidelines for Understanding Jesus’ Parables
How come people like R C Sproul can make it all so simple?
Technology
Contact lenses that display your emails!
Well, so far, they can only display one pixel, but it’s a start.
Politics
Searching for the perfect candidate
Cal Thomas’s analysis sounds similar to some pastoral search committees criteria!
“The best candidate would clearly be a composite of the eight still standing: Mitt Romney’s business sense and debating skills; Newt Gingrich’s experience in Washington and knowledge of how to tear down the enormous bureaucracy and make government function the way the founders intended; Herman Cain’s political passion and the added bonus of being a conservative African-American; Ron Paul’s fealty to the Constitution and his call for America to rethink its military role in the world; Jon Huntsman’s knowledge of China, which will remain important for decades; Rick Santorum’s and Michele Bachmann’s strong moral voices (along with her singular feminine voice) in an age of societal flux; and Rick Perry’s Southwestern values and evangelical faith.”
Education
Five ways to make more time to read
Maybe once I’ve had time to read this, I’ll be able to read Lit! Tony Reinke’s new book on reading.
Or maybe it’s just a new desk I need…