It isn’t short, and it isn’t sweet.

But, if you want to read a fascinating bio-essay of Über-blogger Andrew Sullivan (anyone receiving 23 million hits a month certainly earns the right to that title), then head over to INTELLIGENT LIFE Magazine…

Andrew Sullivan’s story is inherently implausible. How did an HIV-positive gay Catholic conservative from the poky English town of East Grinstead end up as one of the most powerful writers in America? Today his blog, the Daily Dish, is regularly named as one of the most influential in America, and in November it reached 23m hits in the month. Politicians from Condoleezza Rice to Barack Obama himself have courted Sullivan in the hope of friendly posts. After he moved his blog to the website of the venerable Atlantic Monthly magazine, the traffic there rose by 30%.

Listen to the transparent theological reflection of an eight-year old Sullivan, saddened as he was by…

Here is a short video clip from pastor John Piper that has impacted my life greatly since first hearing this message in 2000. It goes against self-seeking materialism and vain pursuits by challenging us to live radically for the gospel - a Christ-centered life. The message is also found in a book that followed-up on this message. If you want a copy, let me know and I’ll send you one.

Note: I find that if you keep your mouse moving, the video keeps rolling along better.

On the cross of Calvary, God poured out his wrath on Christ, in the place of sinners.

Do you think that such a notion is a “twisted version of events,” or “morally dubious,” or a “huge barrier to faith”?Do you think that the doctrine of penal substitution, God punishing Christ in our place, is a form of “cosmic child abuse”?

Did you know that there is an ongoing debate among some in the evangelical camp who are embarrassed and even hate the truth claim that Jesus’ death was a divine wrath-bearing event?

A brand new book by Zondervan brings forth part of this discussion, focusing on the controversy as it appeared in the UK in the Evangelical Alliance. The Atonement Debate: Papers from the London Symposium on the Theology of Atonement is a collection of papers from a symposium held by the Evangelical Alliance and the London School of Theology. Here is the description…