New Plan

Last time, I posted my schedule. It has changed. One of my classes was on the doctrine of the church, a systematic theology elective. I was doing some of the reading for the class and noticed that we had a lot of books so I decided to count the pages from all the books, chapters, and articles that we have to track down. It totaled 2,494 pages, and that doesn't include exegeting several passages, a 10 pager, and a 25 page paper. I decided to shoot the deuces. I think I am replacing it with Systematic Theology 3, with Dr. Wellum. Yes that makes 3 out of 4 this semester with Wellum, and 5 out of 8 for the year with Wellum. He is the man. Also, Piper will be coming on March 27th and 29th. We'll also have James MacDonald, and Jerry Vines, which will be interesting considering his recent sermon bashing Calvinism, or at least a straw man representing Calvinism. The Lord has used him greatly though. Here is the schedule. Should be a good semester.

Spring Semester

After an extended break, classes start on Monday. I am excited about my schedule this Spring. It should be even better than the Fall. Here is the tentative line-up:

• Intro to Biblical Counseling with Stuart Scott
• Systematic Theology II with Dr. Stephen Wellum
• Intro to Christian Philosophy with Wellum
• Doctrine of the Church with Dr. Greg Allison (Plev, who is Sebastian?)

Mohler on Reading

Here is an excerpt from our Prez on the importance of reading:

Reading is an important Christian discipline. Further, growth as a Christian disciple is closely tied to the reading of the Bible, as well as worthy Christian books. This is why the Christian church has championed the cause of literacy. It is why the Reformers fought for the translation of the Scriptures into vernacular languages.
A loss of literacy and respect for the book amounts to grave danger for the Christian church. The transmission of Christian truth has been closely tied to scrolls, codices, and books throughout the history of the Church -- a legacy inherited from the Jews, who often protected the sacred scrolls with their lives.
The electronic media have their places and uses, and I am thankful for the accessibililty of so much worthy and important information through digital means. Nevertheless, the electronic screen is not the venue for lengthy, thoughtful, serious reading. The vehicle for serious reading is the book, and the Christian should be a serious reader.
Do our own young people read books? Do they know the pleasures of the solitary reading of a life-changing page? Have they ever lost themselves in a story, framed by their own imaginations rather than by digital images? Have they ever marked up a page, urgently engaged in a debate with the author? Can they even think of a book that has changed the way they see the world . . . or the Christian faith? If not, why not?

Word! Here is the whole post.

(HT:JT)

Roe v. Wade at 34

Today in 1973, the Supreme Court issued its ruling for Roe v. Wade. This video shows a tiny fraction of the consequences of this decision. It is graphic, and utterly disheartening.

Marjoe

Sunday night, Jay, Plevan and I had the opportunity (thanks to Chance) to watch the documentary Marjoe, a fake Pentecostal evangelist. It was pretty unbelievable. Here is a sampling.

Believer's Baptism

Tom Schreiner and Shawn Wright's new book on believer's baptism is out. It should be money. It will probably give some pedobaptists nightmares, and will probably become the standard on the subject. It may even cause a revision in the Westminster Confession of Faith, but probably not. It should though.

Resolutions

One of my new years resolutions is to make the best use of time (Eph 5.15-16), as life is a mist (Ja 4.14), days are fleeting, and I need to number my days (Ps 90.12) and hours! Part of that means less time on the net, which means less blogging and especially less blog-reading. I hope to still post about twice a week though. To the left is a picture of the MadGab Champions from a get-together we had the other night. You can view a few more pics here. It was fun, but some enjoyed themselves more than others.

Freedom is Good

Bondage is Bad