Author Archives: bkingr

new First Things blog

there is a new blog in the fold at First Things. It is Evangel. Headed up by Dr. Russell Moore and written by him and several others including Justin Taylor and Joe Carter. Looks like a good one to check … Continue reading

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the Jesus threat

Todd Bumgarner posts an interesting quote from John Stott. what do you think about this? The context is Stott talking about the first century Jewish people and their priests and how they reacted and responded to Jesus’ ministry: “So they … Continue reading

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photo phriday

Tuesday morning was very foggy misty and gray. Tuesday afternoon was sunny and very bright. tried the 50 f1.4 for under the basket shots.

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30 years

speaking of Justin Taylor, you have got to check out his post about John Piper’s call to the ministry 30 years ago if you haven’t already. The picture is worth the trip over this link. but the testimony is good … Continue reading

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gospel coalition

Kevin DeYoung and Justin Taylor have moved their blogs over to the Gospel Coalition’s site. Here are their new digs: DeYoung Restless and Reformed Between Two Worlds

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Choice, Sovereignty and an example

John Piper recently explored free will, God’s sovereignty and Paul’s example. fascinating stuff. One of the most influential passages in the Bible that God used to open my mind to his sovereignty over my will is Philippians 2:12-13. Work out your … Continue reading

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The only real question for believers

Matt Carter finished up the Blueprint series at Austin Stone Community Church yesterday. Please download all 5 of these messages and give them a listen. At the beginning of yesterday’s message, Matt asked the only question really worth asking for … Continue reading

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He is winning everything in sight

look at him go. Here from Reason TV is the catalogue: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31nqvyBTWis&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] HT to Veronique de Rugy

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fridai fotoes

sunlight. joseph in uniform Lighting information for the Joseph pictures: two sb800’s and a setting sun. SB800 on the camera in TTL Commander mode. SB800 set to TTL on moving voice activated stand to camera right 3 feet away and … Continue reading

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any marriage is fixable

any marriage is fixable/salvageable with the right spirit and in the right power (II Peter 1:3). check out this story: Al added, “We kept drifting apart. I knew what I was doing was wrong; I was too proud to ask … Continue reading

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J.I. Packer on Repentance

Timmy Brister is starting a blog series on the importance of ongoing repentance in a Christian’s life. His post today in that series is this quote from J.I. Packer: “We need to realize that while God’s acceptance of each Christian … Continue reading

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Roles

An interesting phenomenon is occurring all of the sudden. Women are not as happy as they thought they would be in a society that is less bound by traditional roles for the sexes. here is the study that provoked the … Continue reading

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Driscoll in Austin

Mark Driscoll started the Austin Song of Solomon conference yesterday evening. It was an excellent way to spend a Friday evening with my lovely wife of 20 years. Tim Hawks the pastor of Hill Country Bible Church kicked off the … Continue reading

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fotoe fridae

Another sunrise. I love sunsets and sunrises and the colors they make. up a little farther and I keep telling my wife that I need a 24-70 f2.8 for the close in work

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Deep Church?

Kevin DeYoung takes a good long look at Deep Church by Jim Belcher. As you know, Kevin wrote his own book about the emerging church movement, so he knows whereof he speaks. he approached this new book with trepidation: I … Continue reading

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death to self-righteousness

the Gospel ends self-righteousness. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0g-s4Qhtyk&hl=en&fs=1&] ht to Timmy Brister

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two on suffering

first courtesy of Vitamin Z we get this comforting bit that we will never be able to fully explain the problem of evil but that we can trust God anyway: So how do Christians explain the problem of evil? The … Continue reading

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Body metaphor

Randy Alcorn posts an excerpt from Philip D. Kenneson’s Life On The Vine: Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit in Christian Community (Downer’s Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1999). I agree that we should probably all spend some time thinking a … Continue reading

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this is also amazing

this is also amazing, but in a different way. surely at some point people will get really sick and tired of being hectored by someone who thinks they know better than everybody else. surely? Doesn’t he realize this country has … Continue reading

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this is amazing

everybody has seen this already, but the man is amazing. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-FjJzslb6Y&border=1&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] HT to Ed Morissey.

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emerging church conversation

Here is an interesting interview by Trevin Wax of Robbie Sagers about the emerging church. Trevin is a blogger and Robbie is a PhD student and special assistant to Dr. Russell Moore. Robbie has contributed a chapter to Evangelicals Engaging … Continue reading

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friday fotoes

these cool mornings feel very fallish. loving the change after a very long, very hot, very dry summer. capitol renovations are on the horizon. soon this will be covered up with scaffold.

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Logos Bible software

I mentioned Logos in passing the other day as my preferred Bible software to use on my laptop. I have been using it for at least 10 years and I love it. When I originally moved to Mac OS back … Continue reading

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Aaron Ivy – Worship Band

Aaron Ivy – Worship Band, originally uploaded by Doug Klembara. Here is Aaron Ivy at Kyle Field in Aggieland. Doug Klembara (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougklembara/) took this picture and some others. He estimates the crowd at 7K.

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accountability for rejecting Christ

here is John Piper’s illustration of the difference between moral inability and legal inability and why a person can be held accountable for rejecting Christ even though they can’t choose Christ on their own accord. Give it a listen and … Continue reading

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