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I have been blogging for nearly three years and have never posted a blogroll. The truth is, I find very few blogs worth reading every day. Many post good articles regularly, but come from a philosophical (or doctrinal) perspective that is “less than the best”. Other fundamentalist blogs tend to ride one particular hobby-horse, or cultivate arguments that are tedious and unhelpful.

Recently, I have developed a short list of feeds that I browse every day, usually finding something fascinating enough to hold my interest.

Audio

• Maranatha Sermon Podcast - Excellent messages from MBBC Chapels
• Sermon Audio - Thousands of Quality Sermons from Around the World

Churches

• Northwest News! - Missionary Church Plant in Northern Ireland
• Vision News - Mission-minded Church in Georgia

Ministry

• Religious Affections - Conservative Perspectives on Church Worship

Missions

• The Gospel in China - Stories of Mission Work in China
• Snode News! - Church Planting in Northern Ireland

News

• Baptist Bulletin - Bi-monthly Magazine from the GARBC

Pastors

• an oxgoad eh? - A BJU Grad Blogs from Canada

Popular

• Sharper Iron - The Top Fundamentalist Blog
• Pulpit Magazine - The Shepherd’s Fellowship Blog

There are interesting stories behind how I found most of the smaller sites, but I won’t take time to relate them here. Obviously I cannot (and do not) endorse every one of them completely, but feel they all have something sane and relevant to say on a regular basis. Visit and let me know what you think.

Advocates of “Christian” political activism in the United States spend a lot of time telling us how the deck is stacked against them. They are correct. A secular society is never friendly to Biblical viewpoints, and rarely even sympathetic to the concerns of Bible-believers. Consistent and vigorous evangelism is a far more effective means of social change. A continuously growing population of righteous and faithful Christians will have dramatic effects on any local community. While I always advocate the communication of Biblical truth on public and political policy, I prefer to spend the majority of my time and money on evangelism and discipleship.

For every ounce of hostility to Christianity we find in America, there is a pound in the UK. One of today’s daily Telegraph editorials considers belief in the Bible dangerous, comparing it readily with radical Islam, and insisting those that affirm it be excluded from the political process. Make no mistake, similar opinions now find a home in America too. I consider them to be the fault of “Christian” political activism rather than the enemy of it. A particular segment of Christianity has become so unalterably preoccupied with political change, their witnessing and discipling responsibilities have been almost totally ignored! Consequently, conservative activism has grown while Biblical Christianity has declined. Am I wrong?

“And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.” Many a Mother’s Day sermon has been drafted based upon this text. The faith displayed in these actions is both admirable and worthy of imitation. Jochebed chose to give up her son, trusting God to intervene in His life and use him for His own purposes. While this “giving up” of children is displayed for us so many times in scripture, especially in the Old Testament, it is often reluctantly embraced by the modern parent. I’ll never forget a speech one Bible college President gave several years ago. He spoke with great sadness about the dozens (hundreds perhaps) of students that expressed a desire to enter missions or the pastorate, only to be persuaded by their parents to choose a more “lucrative” field. Some even threatened to stop financing their education if they studied for vocational service. He was convinced pressure from parents was the number one reason his students chose not to follow Christ into the ministry. Does this passage specifically address the problem? Maybe not; but it does bring us face to face with a woman that was willing to release her son in total dependence upon God. Five verses later God rewarded her obedience by giving Moses back (for a season).

I wrote a provocative headline because I wanted you to read an article from Sunday’s daily Telegraph. It is one of the most disturbing stories you will ever read regarding abortion. A UK woman named Lucy Cavendish tells an appalling true-life story of magnificent disregard for human life and relentless commitment to self. I believe we can be fairly certain Lucy is simply a lost, sinful, deceived woman in need of Christ, but her views reveal something about the condition of Western society today. It is long past time for believers to wake up, speak up, and refuse to back up until we’re taken up on eliminating the legal murder of the unborn!

“But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.” Much of our struggle in the world is linked to fear of men rather than God. This is especially true when we are called upon to sacrifice our standing in society or even our lives to do what is right. These women understood what they were doing. They had been commanded by the highest authorities to kill children. The order was disgusting enough to cause anyone to rebel, even in the face of danger and death. Still, these women did not act based upon a general sense of decency or natural instinct; they made their choice because they feared God. We sometimes choose to do something other than God’s will for fear of earthly difficulties. If these acts were discovered, terrible consequences were guaranteed. Obedience also offers guarantees; in this case it was the deliverance of Israel from grievous bondage. What wonderful plans does our Lord have in mind for our obedience? We may never know if we choose to fear men.