Weekend Walkabout, December 20, 2008

December 20, 2008

26 posts from the week that escaped mention (almost!):

“All” Always Means ALL. Right? - Phil Johnson

A Bad Sign - The Sacred Sandwich

CCM Magazine’s Top Ten Artist Blogs of 2008 (HT: Worship.com)

Don’t Waste Your Sexuality - Josh Harris

The Elvis-Beatles Relativity Fallacy - Rod Dreher

“Free” Christian music downloads from CompassionArt - Gospel Soundcheck

Glorifying God in Our Christmas Shopping - Tony Reinke

“Does my gift serve the soul of the recipient?”

How Hellish is ‘Time Out’? - Russell Moore

If Only it Were That Clear - Mark D. Roberts

Jonestown and the Reformed Movement - R. Scott Clark

“As weird and impossible as Jonestown seems today, what happened to them and what they did to themselves, is not utterly unrelated to ideas, causes, and personalities in the Reformed movement over the last three decades.”

Killing is My Business, and Business is Good - Paul Manata

Lewis’s Famous Essay on Bulverism (HT: Victor Reppert)

Martin Luther’s Christmas Book - Between Two Worlds

No Good Reason - Cerulean Sanctum

“In sorting through this clothing, the realization that I throw away just about nothing hit home.”

Online Community…Does it exist? YES! But I Think You Are Asking the Wrong Question - Rhett Smith

Phillips Daylight Window Concept Presentation - Joshua Sowin

Q+A :: How many U.S. churches exist? - Church Relevance

Reflections from a Church Pianist - Amy Scott

“When I have a brain freeze at a bad time, I’ve got a special look for the other musicians that asks, ‘What are you people thinking, man?’”

Six Christmas Poems - Marcus Goodyear

Tim Challies Day - Justin Taylor

Unpacking forgiveness in real life - Dan Phillips

Volition: A Short Film - Jonathan Ignacio

“It is a fifteen minute film focusing on three of the worst atrocities of human rights this world has faced.”

Why read through Calvin’s Institutes in 2009? - Ligon Duncan

Xmas Giveaway - Trevin Wax

“For the next ten days (Dec. 15-25), you have the opportunity to register to win all ten of my favorite books this year. Plus, an ESV Study Bible. That’s $260 worth of books!”

You Should Subscribe - Green Baggins

Zeitgeist as Agent? - Pseudo-Polymath