One-Third of Youths Engage in Sexting
Russell More: “Jesus Has AIDS”
If you add up the total cost of all the items mentioned in the classic song, “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” then the total price tag this year would be $87,403. (blog post)
Is there an evangelical revival building in France? Pray for our missionaries in France, especially Daniel and Tiffany Kilcoyne who moved from our church to serve with the IMB.
More people than ever doubt that anyone has a corner on truth. So why do Christians keep insisting on the incomparable uniqueness of Christ? In CT’s “Still the Way, the Truth, and the Life,” John R. Franke explains.
“When Jesus told the disciples to let the children come to him, we have no record of him adding ‘only if they can keep quiet.’” (WSJ piece on children and church services)
“The average person reading accounts of the East Anglia emails [exposing the political agenda behind those controlling the climate change science] will conclude that hard science has become just another faction, as politicized and ‘messy’ as, say, gender studies” (WSJ).
Funny stuff: Ten Reasons for Calvinists to Be Cheerful This Christmas.
It’s more than the media that hunts Tiger Woods. Good devotional for us all.
Related: The Church of Tiger Woods is closing.
“Bless the Mother of Jesus, but Mainly Be the Mother of Jesus”: John Piper explains how we should consider Mary.
The CS Monitor asked Kevin DeYoung to explain the practical importance of the academic debate on how one is “justified” before God: “Christians should care because it is ultimately a matter of life and death. Others should care because it's a doctrine that defines – or at least should define – the core belief of 600 million people globally, shaping how they engage with the world around them. As justification goes, so goes the church. A muddied view of justification could muddy the Protestant fountainhead, limiting its effort to quench the thirst for acceptance that we all feel deep down.”
“It's not just mothers, but all women, who are quickly roused from sleep by the sound of a crying infant. For men, however, a wailing baby is far less likely to penetrate slumber. While car alarms, buzzing flies and strong wind were all able to interrupt men's sleep, of the broad range of sounds tested during the study, crying babies didn't even fall in the top 10 noises likely to disturb male slumber.” (Time)
“What Johnny Needs to Learn About Islam”: A Weekly Standard article about what public schools expect students to know about Islam—and the lead Texas is taking on this process.
Forbes explains "five key characteristics that help introverted leaders build on their quiet strength and succeed."
A Claymation Carol of the Bells:
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