These are the blogs. I mean, I love these guys and gals. They work hard at blogging. For them, blogging is a way to express truth to many people they will never meet in person. It is an addendum to their daily lives as they serve their local church. Glory to God is their modus operandi and they believe in the words of John the Baptist, that we must decrease so Jesus can increase.
They stand sharply contrasted to the "echo-sphere" of Christian blogging. This is where someone blogs something and then five people blog the same thing without adding or creating anything new. Here's a post on what I'm talking about. It will help you see what the Xtian Blogosphere has turned into.
Their motives are not for fame, money, or self-promotion unlike the vacuous fog of pimpers, pumpers, pastors, and planters who have a blog just to talk about how awesome they are, how great their church is doing, and how they got a new book out that you should buy so
They teach true theology. Truly studying who God is and what He has done. These are not marketers, philosophers, or post-modern wishy-washy platitude-spewing puppies. For example, they won't twist baby-food Atheist arguments to try to promote "another gospel" like a certain influential, yet increasingly anti-truth (hence anti-Jesus) inspirational talker. Instead, study is the norm for them, they are always reading, writing, and thinking. But although they know the ivory tower well, they have not forsaken the heart for the head, but instead go hard after that Matthew 22:37
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Les Lanphere is cool. He sounds like the kind of guy who designs With a blog named Killer Robot Zombie, it has to be good. And it is. When he started blogging, I was checking it quite a bit. But, you know what's even better than his blog? Another blog called Regenerated.us which features Les and three other guys all of whom write articles which play to their strengths and gifts.I believe this presents one of the more unique blogs. It allows four guys of the same reformed theological persuasion to present truth in diverse ways. Not only that but Les has started a bible study for young adults focusing on the the importance of theology, who God is, and what the gospel is.Very cool.
Speaking of Expository Living, let me introduce you to another brother who just started blogging, Tim Truax. A brother from another mother, but a brother none the less. He lives by the Word and is truly gifted in teaching and in study. He is the most joyful, faithful person I've ever met. I would not be surprised to see God use to radically alter thousands and thousands of souls unto the glory of God and the delight of Jesus. Along that line is a devoted heart for the mission field. Listen to him and do not despise him because he is young. Start Living Expository.
It's hard to put into words just how different we grew up. This is a continuing theme in my life. I meet many Christians that I have nothing in common with except for the gospel and often reformed theology. But, oh that is enough, in fact the gospel overcomes every cultural barrier. For instance, Doug K. Adu-boahen and I come from rather different backgrounds. He grew up in Great Britain, I grew up in North Dakota. He is Black and I am White. /feeling a song coming on here/ He was a Pentecostal, I used to mock Pentecostals. /I still do if they are on the fringe and think that this is biblical/He speaks with a ridiculous accent and I talk normally. All conjecture aside, Doug is a man of God and his blog has so much good teaching. It really does. There was a time when I tried hard to start a joint blog, but I fell in love with the church and the blog never came to fruition. Did he smack me on the head in an angry email for wasting his time? Nope. It's because he knows what grace is and he communicates it very, very well. You might say he's wired4truth.
Dan Phillips hosts a great blog called Biblical Christianity. Everything from pop culture to politics to expositions on theology are there. He has a great feature called "Hither and Thither" in which he goes through the most interesting things happening in the news or on the web and provides wise commentary. I don't think I've ever seen a blog so seamlessly integrate a well-written review of the movie Star Trek and in the next post go through mother's day biblically. That ability to transition from reviewing a movie to the scriptures is something that so many more bloggers (including myself) should learn how to do. Plus he's a fan of lolcats and internet memes, nice. Must Read.
More recommendations to come.
haha, thanks for the props. :P
ReplyDeleteAlthough, you've refered to my site as Killer Robot Zombie... no doubt a cool name, but not mine.
Great stuff here man. Just thought I'd say cheers.