In my blog finds I highlight some of the best articles I’ve found online recently. You can see all my blog finds in my sidebar, under the Bob’s Blog Finds & Bob’s on Twitter sections.
“Asking Jesus in Your Heart”
Brian McCrorie has an important post at Sharper Iron on the idea of leading children to “ask Jesus into their heart”. He rightly takes issue with this method and gives a good case why we should avoid this misleading terminology. The comments include some good discussion. I also have a few older posts in the same vein, which may prove useful as you think through this issue:
- Why Pray the Sinner’s Prayer?
- The Sinner’s Prayer Problem
- More on the Sinner’s Prayer
- Charles Finney and the Altar Call
Preservation (of the Bible)
Aaron Blumer, the site manager of Sharper Iron, has a great post on the what and how of preservation. He examines the Bible passages that some use to say the Bible teaches every word of the Bible will be preserved in an available, single copy (think King James Bible). It is worth the read, and the comments are helpful as well.
David Brooks
I recently read a couple great columns by David Brooks, both for The New York Times. These are both worth the read (and they really aren’t that long).
- The Messiah Complex (about the movie Avatar)
- The Underlying Tragedy (insightful comments on the Haiti earthquake devastation)