Things I’ve found helpful on the web
Desiring God ministries have just launched their latest app for iPhone and iPad users. It’s a daily Bible devotional with reflections from John Piper’s ministry, entitled Solid Joys and you can get hold of it here or by searching for it in the App Store.
And apparently there’s an Android version coming soon.
Many people find it easier to learn and commit information to memory when it is presented in a visual form. I’ve previously linked to some excellent charts and images on various issues of theology and Scripture, mainly created by Tim Challis and The Good Book Company.
And then last week I came across visualunit.me a veritable cornucopia of charts, infographics, maps, images, and visual resources. A big thanks to Mark who runs the site for providing such useful resources and I know I’ll be returning to the site many times in the future.
Here’s the latest offering from The Good Book Company in their info graphic series – a time line through the books of Acts and the Epistles.
The dates for when various books of the Bible were written (the purple circles) are suggestions only, and it would be my suggestion that at least some of them are wrong. If all of the New Testament books were written prior to AD 70 that allows for the Revelation to John to refer primarily to the forthcoming divine judgement upon Jerusalem and the nation that had proved themselves unfaithful.
One of the barriers that can prevent unbelievers from genuinely considering Christ is an false understanding of the authenticity of contemporary Christianity. Can what we believe in 2012 really be the faith once delivered to the saints by the Apostles?
One of the false claims is that orthodox Christianity as it’s been held throughout history was actually all made up at the Council of Nicaea in 325AD by the Emperor Constantine and a group of bishops. The video below is helpful account of what actually took place.
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This coming Sunday evening we’ll be continuing our look through the Westminster Shorter Catechism where we’ve reached questions on the second commandment.
To get you thinking have a listen to the below
Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. – 1 Corinthians 9:25
The nation is riding the crest of a wave after our success so far in the Olympics. Here’s a list of at least some of the athletes who are running not merely for a perishable crown but for one that will last forever. On the page there are further links to each athletes individual testimony.
Catching up on some visual theology with the second of the Good Book Company’s charts, this time showing David’s rise to the throne compared to Saul’s sad path to ruin.
Dr Peter Saunders from the Christian Medical Fellowship calls Christians to pray in the light of a coordinated bid to change end-of-life and assisted suicide laws, pro-euthanasia lobbyists are planning in the UK over the next few weeks.
WHATEVER IS COMMENDABLE 