Paul Baloche
Desperation Band
Brian Doerksen
Don Moen
Desiring God
The Practice of the Presence of God 
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The Don’t Waste Your Life website/blog from Desiring God has recently been given an uplift. It is targeted to younger people (in their 20s) but would appeal to other people too. The inspiration for the site has come from John Piper’s book of the same name. You can read this well received and challenging book free online at the Desiring God website.
A key part of the blog is the video podcasts, which are published on the website, YouTube and itunes. This includes interviews, and mini-sermons from John Piper. They are 1-3 minute videos that combine images and gospel in a way that magnifies Christ and motivates you to not waste your life. New episodes are posted every 1 or 2 weeks. Recently there was a three part interview with the band Mainstay, and you can see the first one below:
You can also join the facebook group which is very active if you are so inclined. It would be great if there were more blog posts on the website, but it seems to be more set up to support the distribution of the free videos. This is not a bad thing though and if you have a spare few minutes it is worth watching a couple, especially if you feel you are wasting your life…
Chris Roberts has come up with a great way to add ESV bible verses onto your Wordpress powered website. It is very flexible and gives you several ways of displaying verses. The key benefit is that you do not need to write out the bible verse, just the reference, so it should save you time. Here are the different ways you can use the plug-in to display verses:
- Tooltip
This is a useful option, as it shows just the bible reference but if you click on it it brings up a pop-up box with the verse. - Inline
This adds the bible reference with the verse and displays it inline in your post. - Blockquote
This adds the bible reference with the verse and displays it as a blockquote for added emphasis. - Link
This is a useful one as it displays the bible reference as it is, but makes it into a link to the ESV website. - Ignore!
This will simply ignore your default setting and leave any bible references as text.
You can set one of these as a default way to display all verses, and this can be overridden on a case by case basis by following the instructions on the plug-in page.
I recently mentioned the new site Blogrush and how it could be added to Christian websites. One of the issues raised was the current lack of categories available to position your blog in. This can result in some blog titles being shown that you wouldn’t want on your site. The big question is, regardless of how well Blogrush may or may not perform for you, is this is a risk worth taking? Are you willing to loose control over your sidebars and have sites recommended that you actually disagree with?
What is the worst that could happen?
The worst case scenario is that you end up having a glut of inappropriate blog post titles displayed on your site. For instance, I have already seen on my blog: CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE
The Between Two Worlds blog has highlighted a fantastic opportunity to get a free book. Basically you get to preview, review, and then receive a free copy of John Owen’s Communion with the Triune God.
So as you can see, it is not 100% free, as you have to read the book (you are supplied with a pdf) and then review it before you get the free hard copy of the book. Nonetheless, this is a great opportunity if you are willing to do that.
I’ve already got my copy, but Crossway will stop sending out any more PDFs after October 1, so don’t wait too long!
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There has been another collection of sermons added to the Desiring God website. According to the Desiring God Blog, “Every two years John Piper completes a rotation of weekend seminars on different aspects of Christian doctrine and practice.”
These seminars added include the following areas:
- Biblical Eldership
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All in all, it is a delicious little add-on!
You can use alternative ways of showing the text, such as the snippet mode (shows an inline link), the link mode (shows a link to the actual ebible website) or the study mode (same as the link mode, but with a more comprehensive result provided by ebible).
Also, when the window is open, it gives a link for a study on that passage, and studies on the key topics of any passage.
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