The Best of the Best Around the Net (4/05/10)

One of my passions is bridge-building, connecting, and highlighting other ministries and ministry resources—so that the Body of Christ is built up and Christ is magnified (Ephesians 4:15-16). My weekly post, The Best of the Best Around the Net, links you to blog posts that provide robust, rich, and relevant insights for living. Check out the following links you can trust.

Is Your Church Losing Blood?

Dr. Russell Moore at Moore to the Point pens a timely and insightful blog about how our Christian songs no longer speak of the Blood of Christ. Even more importantly, he explains what is missing theologically and practically when we eliminate or minimize the blood of Christ in our hymns.

Good Friday Hymn

The team at Desiring God posted the words and music to an old hymn with fresh meaning this Easter season. Reflect upon Ah Holy Jesus.

Holy Week: What Happened on Friday?

Justin Taylor, at his Gospel Coalition blog, posts a chronology of events as they occurred on Good Friday.

Calvin Makes a Comeback

Fascinating, well-researched, and well-written article about the comeback of Calvinism among American Evangelicals: Calvin Makes a Comeback.

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The Best of the Best Around the Net (3/28/10)

One of my passions is bridge-building, connecting, and highlighting other ministries and ministry resources—so that the Body of Christ is built up and Christ is magnified (Ephesians 4:15-16). My weekly post, The Best of the Best Around the Net, links you to blog posts that provide robust, rich, and relevant insights for living. Check out the following links you can trust.

What Does Easter Mean?

With Easter around the corner, Adrian Warnock has an always timely post on Do Your Friends Know What Easter Means?

The Way God Speaks

Pastor James MacDonald, over at his Straight Up blog has a fascinating video post (vlog) on The Way God Speaks. His intro: “I want to talk to you about the ways that we get a word from God, how frequently those different things happen, and how you can test and know that it’s really a word from God. Are you ready? Watch this.”

Christ Conducts His Choir

David Murray, at the Gospel Coalition site, posted a beautiful video Christ Conducts His Choir. As he says, “In this astounding video, American composer and conductor Eric Whitacre spliced together nearly 250 videos of individuals singing individual parts of Lux Arumque. He sent out the music, auditioned the singers, and then chose 250 of the submitted videos, which he spliced together to form this “virtual choir.”

Pastors Training Pastors

Pastor Brian Croft has launched a new blog: Practical Shepherding. One of his passions is helping pastors to train future pastors. Read about What Role a Pastor Should Play in Training Future Pastors.

Really Cool!

Even if you couldn’t care less about book publishing, you have to visit this post. Brian Williams over at Big Is the New Small embedded one of the cleverest videos I’ve ever seen. You’ll find it at Think You Know The Future of Publishing … THINK AGAIN! Be sure to have your volume turned up. Be sure to listen to the entire post. Do not stop half way.

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The Best of the Best Around the Net

One of my passions is bridge-building, connecting, and highlighting other ministries and ministry resources—so that the Body of Christ is built up and Christ is magnified (Ephesians 4:15-16). My weekly post, The Best of the Best Around the Net, links you to blog posts that provide robust, rich, and relevant insights for living. Check out the following links you can trust.

Top 100 Christian Websites

Kent Shaffer at Church Relevance has posted his Spring 2010 Top 100 most influential Christian websites/blogs. He uses a series of metrics to assess which Christian blogs are the most read. Fascinating. And with links to every blog.

Beyond TULIP

TULIP is the common acronym for the “five points of Calvinism.” John Piper at Desiring God (the # 1 most influential Christian blog in the world—see above) explains that there is so much more to a Reformed/Calvinistic way of thinking about life. Read about a God-saturated, Christ-centered, and Bible-based worldview at Beyond Five Points.

How to Review a Book

As someone who has reviewed over 500 books, I’m always open to learning how to write a better review. Tim Challies is the preeminent Evangelical book reviewer. And he’s listed by Shaffer (see above) as the second most influential Christian blogger in the world. Tim posts some very helpful pointers about How to Review a Book.

Preachers Who Are Not Believers

Albert Mohler posts about a new survey on Clergy Who Do Not Believe. It’s a sad and alarming topic, but one that every Christian needs to read.

Jonathan Edwards Fans

Trinity Evangelical Divinity School has started a new project studying Puritan American Pastor Jonathan Edwards. Read about him and their work at their Jonathan Edwards Blog.

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