{"id":4339,"date":"2013-04-22T17:03:57","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T23:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=4339"},"modified":"2013-04-23T13:58:34","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T19:58:34","slug":"boston-getting-to-church-on-time-and-john-piper-the-link-list-42213","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/boston-getting-to-church-on-time-and-john-piper-the-link-list-42213\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston, Getting to Church on Time, and John Piper (The Link List, 4\/22\/13)"},"content":{"rendered":"

“A Prayer about the Entanglements of Pornography<\/a>” (Scotty Smith)<\/p>\n

Here’s a heartfelt and helpful prayer for those ensnared in the\u00c2\u00a0destructive\u00c2\u00a0sin of pornography.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“The Boston Bombers Were Outside Their House<\/a>” (Matt Smethurst)<\/p>\n

The shoot out that took down Suspect #1 happened right outside the home of believers,\u00c2\u00a0Stephen and Emily McAlpin. Here’s their story.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“The Explosion in Texas and Fatherhood<\/a>” (Grant Castleberry)<\/p>\n

Over at the new CBMW site, Grant Castleberry reflects on the death of his father, fatherlessness, and tragedies like last week’s explosion in West Texas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Courtroom horror<\/a>” (World Magazine)<\/p>\n

Andr\u00c3\u00a9e Seu Peterson, reporting on the Gosnell murder trial, reflects on a conversation with her 81 year old mother to show the moral\u00c2\u00a0contradiction\u00c2\u00a0in the legality of abortion.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“How Mollie Hemingway Introduced the Nation to Kermit Gosnell<\/a>” (Trevin Wax)<\/p>\n

Trevin Wax shows how the Gosnell story gained traction in the mainstream media.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Get to Church Early<\/a>” (Joe Thorn)<\/p>\n

Chicago area pastor, Joe Thorn, gives us some good reasons to make a priority of being on time to church.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“The Legacy of John Piper in the Lives of Real People<\/a>” (Desiring God)<\/p>\n

After 33 years at Bethlehem Baptist Church, John Piper has retired from his preaching post, though not from ministry. Here’s a nice video tribute put together by his church.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Thanks to the Bethlehem Staff<\/a>” (John Piper)<\/p>\n

Also related to Piper’s retirement, here’s a encouraging read. This is a personal thank you from Pastor Piper to his staff.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“The Mystery of the Tiny Door in a Tree<\/a>” (Joe Rosato, Jr.)<\/p>\n

Five dollars from me personally (Trent Hunter) to anyone to visits this tree and brings home a picture of themselves in front of it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“A Prayer about the Entanglements of Pornography” (Scotty Smith) Here’s a heartfelt and helpful prayer for those ensnared… Continue Reading ›<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[63],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4339"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4346,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339\/revisions\/4346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}