Miscellanea

Rob Bell:
I finished read Rob Bell's "Love wins" this week. It is a very interesting read indeed. But I believe that the reviews are on the button: He is at best heterodox and at some points he is very close to the edge of heresy. But his style of writing makes it very hard to peg him down. At the heart of Bells book is a fundamental misunderstanding of God's love. The love Bell portrays is a sentimental kind of love not the truthful, just and holy love the scriptures paint. ..I'd give it a read if you are interested in the debate and have a strong solid theology yourself, but I certainly would be very careful who I passed it on to.

Some other web links:
Speaking of Rob Bell and the emerging church, here is a good article on navigating the emerging church.

A brilliant poem by John Piper

A good article on pornography. I recently was counselling a family who have two teenage boys. I told them I am sure they, like all boys, will be looking at porn. They disagreed, but two weeks later they humbly came back after finding a stash of the stuff in the one boys room. Here is an ebook that is worth reading on the same subject.

Some good resources:
Tim Keller's The Prodigal God
Anything by Philip Yancey, CS Lewis, John Piper or Mark Driscoll
If you are looking for a good Systematic Theology book, Wayne Grudem's is simply brilliant. A must very every home group leader or elder.
For those who battle with election and similar doctrines, Michael Horton's "Putting amazing back into Grace" is outstanding.