The Preacher » Blog of the Week http://thepreacher.cac2.net Fear God and keep His commandments; for this is the whole duty of man - Ecclesiastes 12:13 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:08:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Blog of the Week (4/12 to 4/19) http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/04/12/blog-of-the-week-412-to-419/ http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/04/12/blog-of-the-week-412-to-419/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:13:56 +0000 Charles Churchill http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/04/12/blog-of-the-week-412-to-419/ Continue reading →]]> Featured Blog: This week’s Blog of the Week is none other than the Thirsty Theologian. I haven’t been reading this site for evry long, but already I can see that it’s got great content, has frequent updates, and it’s moderator David Kjos has a wry sense of humor.

Blog Topics Covered: Reformed Theology, current events, quotes, trivia, quality essays on relevant topics, etc.

Frequency Updated: Multiple updates per week

Pros: Dislikes MarkDriscoll, extremely conservative, cynical, and did we mention he’s got a sense a humor?

Cons: Cynical, sometimes spells “rejoiced”, like this: “reioyced”, did I mention that he’s cynical?

Sample posts: Divinely Appointed Means, Food for Thought: Christian Tolerance

]]> http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/04/12/blog-of-the-week-412-to-419/feed/ 6 Blog of the Week: One more week of Bittersweetness http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/04/04/blog-of-the-week-one-more-week-of-bittersweetness/ http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/04/04/blog-of-the-week-one-more-week-of-bittersweetness/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:22:55 +0000 Charles Churchill http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/04/04/blog-of-the-week-one-more-week-of-bittersweetness/ Continue reading →]]> I’m about to do something unprecedented. It’s BIG. Really, really, BIG. But before I do, you have to understand something about the Internet, this website, and the Blog of the Week feature.

The Internet is a vast and virtual expanse of wasteland filled predominantly with web sites of little or no interest to anyone. It is a dark place. A bleak place. A place where, if you will pardon the expression, happy flowers do not grow.

But there are oases.

The problem is finding them. This is where The Preacher comes in. Poised between the Internet and the oases, like a magnifying glass between the sun and an anthill, this website, and in particular the Blog of the Week feature, serves to magnify those sites of quality which are oh-so-difficult to find.

But there is a downside. Much like the magnifying glass, the unfiltered gaze of The Preacher can prove unbearable. The strain produced by the flood of new visitors has been known1 to bring even the largest web site to its knees. In short, such power brings with it a terrible responsibility.

Which brings me to my announcement: Bittersweet Life will remain the Blog of the Week for one week more. You are shocked. Believe me: I understand your shock. You are amazed. Know this: I can empathize.

Never, not even once, in the two-week history of Blog of the Week has a blog remained as King of the List for such a span of time. But quality demands such a concession. For such a site as this, there is no other choice2

1 “known” in a figurative sense. Loosely known, as in “not really” or as in “I’m making this up” see fiction

2 Also, I am going out of town for a few days, and it is going to be super busy.

]]> http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/04/04/blog-of-the-week-one-more-week-of-bittersweetness/feed/ 2 Blog of the Week (3/27 to 4/3) http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/03/27/blog-of-the-week-327-to-43/ http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/03/27/blog-of-the-week-327-to-43/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:54:44 +0000 Charles Churchill http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/03/27/blog-of-the-week-327-to-43/ Continue reading →]]> Featured Blog: This week’s Blog of the Week is none other than the fantastic, the frequently updated, the “now with Edges” (but no knobby things) Bittersweet Life. Shocking? Not really. If you’ve been around this site for long, if you’ve read the comments, followed the links, seen the references made, then it will come as no surprise to you that Bittersweet Life is one of my favorite blogs. The site is maintained by the most excellent Ariel Vanderhorst (don’t think Little Mermaid, instead think Lion of God), a trash-talking, hoops playing, awen breathing, poetry-crafting theologian with a penchant for biting satire and complex yet relevant exegesis. Dare I say it? This blog goes to 11.

Blog Topics Covered: Reformed Theology, book reviews, current events, poetry, fiction, photography, relevant scriptural application, basketball, college life.

Frequency Updated: Daily (frequently there are multiple updates in a single day)

Pros: Consistent, high-quality content covering a wide variety of topics, fantastic prose, frequent C. S. Lewis references, no fear of controversy, copious yet clever comments (there’s this one guy, gymbrall, he cracks me up… yes, that’s my blogger username… stupid full disclosure.)

Cons: Likes Mark Driscoll. Blatant KU basketball fanboi.

Sample posts: Jarring Incarnation, A Snapshot of Jesus’ Glory

Feed Url: Post feed | Comment feed

]]> http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/03/27/blog-of-the-week-327-to-43/feed/ 4 Blog of the Week (3/18 to 3/24) http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/03/18/blog-of-the-week-318-to-324/ http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/03/18/blog-of-the-week-318-to-324/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:04:23 +0000 Charles Churchill http://thepreacher.cac2.net/2007/03/18/blog-of-the-week-318-to-324/ Continue reading →]]> Featured Blog: This week’s featured blog (see how smoothly and naturally I pretend that Blog of the Week has been a long-running feature here at The Preacher) is none other than Scott Brown’s website, scottbrownonline.com. Scott is an elder at Hope Baptist Church in Wake Forest, NC and is also a board member at Vision Forum Ministries. If you don’t have Scott’s site bookmarked already, you should seriously do so now.

Blog Topics Covered: Reformed Theology, Puritan writings, the Home, book reviews, American history, church polity, etc.

Frequency Updated: Daily to weekly (Scott travels semi-frequently and sometimes a week or more will pass without an update. Such is life)

Pros: Consistent, high-quality content covering a wide variety of topics, plus, comments are disabled, giving you at least one site that is free from the pressure created by insecure bloggers who constantly beg for comments (why don’t you leave feedback?! why?!?)

Cons: Occasional periods without update. Potent, poignant Puritan posts pierce, prompting penitence. Read at your own… peril.

Feed Url: Get it here.

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