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Monthly Archives: August 2008
what is community?
Ok. the Thirsty Theologian had an interesting link on his page that I followed yesterday evening to discover this post. (by the way, TT has some great posts up top right now about why a literal translation of the Bible … Continue reading
Posted in church, culture
Tagged casual friday church, church, god, individualism, love, neighbors, rebellion
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personal revelation?
the Thirsty Theologian is hard core when it comes to personal revelations from God. Quoting Sinclair Ferguson who gives three reasons why people these days prefer personal revelation to reading the general revelation contained in the Bible. Here is Mr. … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged bible study, general revelation, revelation, special revelation, study
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back to school
today is the first day of the new school year for the kids. hard to believe the summer is already over.
fathers
The Henry Institute has a new essay up on the importance of fathers in all of our lives. It is well worth a few minutes of your time. Very sad, but necessary for us dads to hear and reflect upon. … Continue reading
Posted in family, teaching
Tagged affirmation, father, fatherhood, god, heavenly father, presence
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Think like beginners
Steve is on it again. Go read his block quote from Alan Hirsch and his two concluding questions. Rather than a quick fix or silver bullet, we need silver imaginations. Minds that are transformed and renewed by our willingness to … Continue reading
David Crowder bought me popcorn tonight
David Crowder premiered his Remedy concert DVD in 100 some odd theaters around the country this evening. We went to the Highland 10 here in Austin. David and the band were here as well as Louie Giglio. David bought us … Continue reading
the agnotheist point of view
fascinating: if I did have a firm belief in God, I’d have a hard time reconciling the following two principles: 1. There is an omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent deity, and man’s highest destiny is to fulfill His purpose 2. I … Continue reading
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Tagged agnotheist, decisions, evil, good, megan mcardle, right, voting, wrong
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Gray morning
A little cooler, but much more humid this morning. Hopefully we will get some real rain today.
thought for the day
Part of the quote from Todd B’s site. Tolerance is rightly seen as a virtue. But today what is often implied by the word is relativism, thinly disguised under the positive connotations of the word tolerance. If you do not … Continue reading
Posted in culture, teaching
Tagged conform, culture, pressure, relativism, sanctification, tolerance
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Great Story
Hat tip to Michael, who asks “how pro-life are you?” This is a beautiful story about a girl who made a choice. Take some time to read it today and think about it. One very disappointing bit was this: Her … Continue reading
harsh language
here is Mark Driscoll talking briefly about the use of harsh language in the Bible. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUwO1i4ImPA&hl=en&fs=1] Hat tip to Joe Thorn.
a new book
Mark Driscoll has a new book out explaining difficult theological words. (words, by the way, that the ESV generally uses, which is one of the reasons that I use it.) I wish that I could embed the video, but every … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged illustration, mark driscoll, narrative, teaching, theology
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Steve figured out the right way to do church
Steve Bradley figured it out. The right way to do church. the whole thing is such an excellent post. here is a bit of it: What if local congregations were seen as the various parts of Christ’s body, and not … Continue reading
foto friday
some lantana, up close narrow depth of field working with the off camera flash
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Tagged 105mm, benjamin, flowers, macro, nikon, nikon d300, off-camera flash, portrait, sb800
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the moon
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Tagged d300, moon, night, nikkor 300mm f4 AF, nikon, nikon d300
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opposing frameworks
Jesus said that he came to bring life. To seek and to save those who were lost. to protect His sheep. The way of Jesus doesn’t allow partiality based on what the proposed recipient of grace brings to the table. … Continue reading
Posted in bible, culture
Tagged anti-human, anti-natal, culture, david benatar, death, partiality, peter singer, utility
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Bibles and blogs
I am kind of a nut about Bibles. Here are some links that some of you may be interested in, if you share my nuttiness in this area: here is the ESV Bible Blog. It is a place where they … Continue reading
Is it possible?
Is it possible to combine elements that the emerging church is using to connect with the culture, with correct doctrine? are they antithetical? or can they be complimentary and fill the gaps in each other’s approach? Must we choose one … Continue reading
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Tagged church, church basement road show, culture, doug pagitt, emerging church, mark scandrette, tony jones, truth
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connecting with the culture
Newbigin in the quotes from my post below says that we, as Christians, should try to understand the culture from the point of view of the Gospel. In other words, we should be countercultural and have a different framework for … Continue reading
Josh Harris on Feeding the Flesh
here is a great illustration of our relationship to our fleshly nature before and after salvation. good stuff. Friends, what we view in media becomes our meditation. It either feeds our desire for godliness or it feeds our flesh. Which … Continue reading
ruminations on moral philosophy
here are some of Jason Lee Steort’s ruminations on moral philosophy also known as Lessons From the Joker. go read it a couple or three times, think it over and then report back here to discuss the similarities of Steort’s … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, morality, morals, nihilism, philosophy, relativism, vandals
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Newbigin in the morning
I have been crashing on Newbigin this morning. Some deep thinking to get my mind going. A bracing shot of metaphorical cold water to the face as a wake up call. I first re-read his 1985 article/presentation “Can the West … Continue reading
two weeks at camp
after two weeks at as work crew at camp, they are still in one piece.
unbelievable numbers
Ok so through several links beginning at the Ramblin Pastor Man, I found the results of an askmen.com poll that are just unbelievable. I would be interested to see how these numbers would look in a survey with better methodology … Continue reading