2007 Year in Review Analysis and Compilation

Statistical Info:

Total Posts: 537 (avg. 45/month)

[Jan. (39) Feb. (45) Mar. (35) Apr. (25) May (56) June (35) July (39) Aug. (57) Sept. (54) Oct. (56) Nov. (48) Dec. (48)]

Total Comments: 5,950

Total Visits: 251,000

Total Pingbacks: 1,380

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Top 30 List:

30. The Forgotten Henry
29. Monergism, T-Shirts, and Theology of Aesthetics
28. Devil in a Baptist Press?
27. 2007 State Convention Analysis
26. Decisional Regeneration and Southern Baptist Eisegesis
25. Connellism vs. Calvinism: You Be the Judge
24. Boyce’s Vision, Mohler’s Report, and My Reflection on Reform
23. The Outsourcing of the SBC
22. An Outsider Look at Unregenerate Church Membership
21. Jamesonian Snickering and Snoring
20. John Piper Ruined My Vacation
19. LifeWay, the Lord’s Day, and the Local Church
18. The First Word of the New Testament Matters
17. From Resurgence to Re-formation to Reformation: A Generational Vision for a Denomination Halfly Reformed
16. An Open Letter to Morris Chapman on Biblical Eldership
15. Saving the SBC
14. Toward a Missional SBC Part 2
13. New ‘New Measures’
12. Blog Appraisals
11. The Fleecing of the SBC
10. 2:00 a.m. @ Mars Hill
9. On Htting Homiletical Homeruns
8. Why Are You Reformed? Your Top 5 Reasons
7. Inclusivism: The Answer to the Emerging Question?
6. “‘I Found Jesus”: Exegeting a Popular Confession in a Popular Culture
5. To Be a Misfit in a World of Impermanence
4. Are We Creating a Reformed Celebrity Culture?
3. Puritans, We Greet Thee in 2008
2. Together for the Church
1. Go and Sin Some More: A Meditation on the Life and Death of Anna Nicole Smith

Blog Series:

Elemental Evangelism (October)

• Part One

• Part Two

• Part Three

• Part Four

• Part Five

Blue Collar Theology

• Introduction

• 1. Prolegomenon to Theological Prolegomena

• 2. My Story

• 3. To Know in Part

• 4. Theology Belongs to the Church

• 5. Dangers of Theological Study

• BCT Programming Note, and a Higher Bottom Shelf

• 6. The Great Exchange

• 7. Reclaiming the Mind Theological Library

• 8. Why Theology Matters by Dr. Danny Akin

• 9. C. Michael Patton on Theological Accountability

• 10. Ascol on Pastor as Theologian

• 11. Nashville Conference on Church and Theology

• 12. What Seminaries Cannot Teach

• 13. Church Reference Center

• 14. Towers and Trenches

• 15. Monergism’s Bundles of Theology

• 16. Explaining the Truth to Others

• 17. Building a Digital Library and Kiosk

Interview with Dr. David S. Dockery (January)

• Introduction

• Part One

• Part Two

• Part Three

• Part Four

• Part Five

• Special Announcement

• Summary and Reflections

• Monday Night Live with Dr. David Dockery!

Evangelism and Social Action

• Evangelism and Social Reform (bibliography)

• Stott on the Relationship of Evangelism and Social Action

• Tim Keller on the “Single End Model of Evangelism and Social Action

• The Love of Idols

• Carl Henry on the Christian in the Workplace

• The Forgotten Henry

• Christopher J.H. Wright on Evangelism and Social Action

• Ajith Fernando on Evangelism and Social Action

• Dan Kimball on Wholeness and Hell

P&P and the SBC

• 1. The Fleecing of the SBC

• 2. Together for the Church

• 3. 2:00 a.m. @ Mars Hill

• 4. Decisional Regeneration and Southern Baptist Eisegesis

• 5. Outsourcing the Local Church?

• 6. From the Cruiseliner to the Battleship: What Will It Take?

• 7. Depopulating the Denomination

• 8. Ecclesiological Foreclosure and the SBC

• 9. Toward a Missional SBC, Part 1

• 10. From Rural to Suburban to Urban, or, The Kellerizing of the SBC

• 11. Disconnect

• 12. Toward a Missional SBC, Part 2

Nuggets of Newton

• Is not the light of his countenance better than life?

• Why then is dust and ashes proud?

• May we bid adieu to the perishing pleasures of sin

• His glory in the gospel glass

• Let us not forget that we have an infallible Pilot

• May we still press forward

• If I were not a Calvinist, I think I should have no more hope of success in preaching to men, than to horses or cows

• As bone to its bone

• The life of faith is a happy life

• Because he has promised it

• For He does all things well

• That I may employ more of my breath in his praise

• Giving Jesus the honour due to his name”

Witherington on God’s God-centeredness

• Witherington Takes on Christian Hedonism

• God’s Loving Self-Exaltation: Piper’s Response to Witherington

• Witherington v. Piper Files

• Frame on God’s Self-Love

• Frame on Intra-Trinitarian Glory

• Carson on Intra-Trinitarian Love, Part I

• Carson on Intra-Trinitarian Love, Part II

Hometown Hatred and the Gospel of Inclusion Elemental Evangelism (September)

• Part One

• Part Two

• Part Three

• Part Four

• Part Five

Lifeway and the Lord’s Day

• LifeWay, the Lord’s Day, and the Local Church

• Jonathan Edwards and the Perpetuity of the Sabbath

• Joel Beeke on Today’s Sabbath Observance–or Lack Thereof

• J.L. Dagg on the Fourth Commandment

Charles Finney

• New ‘New Measures’

• Finney the Controversialist

• Finney and the Regulative Principle

Ask Anything

• What I Asked Mark Driscoll

• Ask Anything? Ask Something.

• “What’s Timmy Thinking?”

• Unreasonable Folly and Madness

• Ninth Inning Rally?

• Building Bridges . . . to Mars

• Ask Anything . . . and a Big Thanks

Friday Fotog

• The Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 Macro Zoom Super Wide Angle Lens

• RAW vs. JPEG

• On Shooting Waterfalls

• 20D Meet 40D?

Live-Blogging:

Baptist Identity Conference

• Frank Page

• Thom Rainer

• Mike Day

• Photos from Thursday

• Paige Patterson

• David Dockery

• Gregory Thornbury

• Jim Shaddix

• Ed Stetzer

• Timothy George

• Concluding Reflections

True Church Conference

• Introduction

• I: Russell Moore

• II: Russell Moore

• III: Conrad Mbewe

• IV: Conrad Mbewe

• V: David Miller

• VI: David Miller

• Photo Bundle 1

• VII: Jeff Noblit

• VIII: Paul Washer

• Photo Bundle 2

• IX: Paul Washer

• X: Jeff Noblit

• Photo Bundle 3

• XI: Paul Washer

• XII: Jeff Noblit

• Photo Bundle 4

National Founders Conference

• FCON Preview

• I: Roy Hargrave

• II: David Wells

• Photo Bundle 1

• III: Tom Ascol

• IV: Raymond Perron

• V: David Wells

• Photo Bundle 2

• VI: Bill Ascol

• Photo Bundle 3

• VII: David Wells

• VIII: Panel Discussion

• IX: Roy Hargrave

• X: Phil Newton

Book Alerts (Previews):

• The Future of Justification: A Response to N.T. Wright by John Piper

• Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament by G.K. Beale and D.A. Carson (eds.)

• The Great Exchange: My Sin for His Righteousness by Jerry Bridges and Bob Bevington

• Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament (NA27) Wide Margin Edition by American Bible Society

• He Who Gives Life: The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit by Graham A. Cole

• Renewing Minds: Serving Church and Society through Christian Higher Education by David S. Dockery

• For Us and for Our Salvation: The Doctrine of Christ in the Early Church by Stephen Nichols

• Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John by Richard D. Phillips

• The Majesty of God in the Old Testament: A Guide for Preaching and Teaching by Walter Kaiser

• What Is a Healthy Church? by Mark Dever

• Pauline Christology: An Exegetical-Theological Study by Gordon D. Fee

• Preaching the Cross by Mark Dever, Ligon Duncan, Albert Mohler, John Piper, and R .C. Sproul

• Always Reforming: Explorations in Systematic Theology by A.T.B. McGowan

• The Mission of Today’s Church: Baptist Leaders Look at Modern Faith Issues by R. Stanton Norman (editor)

• Pierced for Our Transgressions: Recovering the Glory of Penal Substitution by Steve Jeffrey, Mike Ovey, and Andrew Sach

• Doubting: Growing Through the Uncertainties of Faith by Alister McGrath

• Meet the Puritans (with a Guide to Modern Reprints) by Joel R. Beeke and Randall J. Pederson (editors)