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Think
John Piper has a new book out called Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God. Vitamin Z has an excerpt today that makes me want to read the book. check this out: Now, the key question … Continue reading
Holiness of God
Do we understand and/or appreciate the holiness of God? Here is Isaiah’s account of his personal encounter with God and his reaction: [6:1] In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted … Continue reading
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Tagged God's holiness, holiness, Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God Almighty, isaiah 6, throne room of God
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relativism’s real world danger
I am finishing up Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s book Nomad. I encourage everyone to read it. Ms. Ali speaks from personal experience and with passion about the shortfalls and dangers of Islam as it is increasingly practiced worldwide. Two passages from … Continue reading
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Tagged ayaan hirsi ali, cultures, ignorance, inquiry, islam, muslims, nomad, paternalism, relativism, soft bigotry of low expectations
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joy and expertise
it is a delight to watch and learn from somebody who has great expertise in an area and great joy in working in that area. what a wonderful example of taking pleasure at work and doing it well. watch this: … Continue reading
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Tagged dan pink, Drive, expertise, motivation, phil johnson, soda pop, the Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, tony morgan
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the importance of doctrine
Kevin DeYoung posts a quote from J.C. Ryle’s book Holiness (link is to a 99 cent Kindle edition) that talks about the importance of having and defending sound doctrine. read this a couple of times: Mark what I say. If … Continue reading
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Tagged belief system, beliefs, doctrine, holiness, importance of doctrine, J.C. Ryle, sound doctrine
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Radical
here is the promotional video for Radical by David Platt. Radical by David Platt from Taylor Robinson on Vimeo. I read it a couple of weeks ago and I was capsized by it. It is now on my “read it … Continue reading
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Tagged books, crazy love, David Platt, francis chan, radical
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more from David Platt
FB_David Platt from Ronnie Floyd on Vimeo. I am about halfway through the book. Desiring God on twitter wanted 140 character reviews. here was mine: @desiringgod i’m about 1/2way thru @plattdavid ‘s Radical. thought provoking. good concrete examples. necessary medicine. … Continue reading
Radical
I started reading a few pages of this book Sunday morning before church. then at the end of the service during the announcements, Matt Carter held it up and suggested that we read it. Now I am 30 pages in … Continue reading
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Tagged biblical christianity, books, cultural christianity, David Platt, radical
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bookshelf
I just finished Norm Podhoretz’ book and I am almost finished with Francis Chan. Next I will split time between Jane Austen and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. We are doing the Piper study with our home group on Friday evenings. Amazon.com Widgets
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Tagged books, bookshelf, currently reading, dietrich bonhoeffer, francis chan, jane austen, mansfield park
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Forgotten God
I am reading Francis Chan’s book, Forgotten God It is very similar to the writing style and approach that Francis took when he wrote Crazy Love(which is on my “read every January list”). In other words, it is easy to … Continue reading
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Tagged forgotten God, francis chan, fruit of the spirit, God the Holy Spirit, the Comforter
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book recommendation
John Piper is making a book recommendation other than the Bible. My lovely wife read Same Kind of Different As Me last year and also recommends it highly. here are some lines that Piper mentioned: “Denver and I are not … Continue reading
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Tagged denver moore, John Piper, ron hall, same kind of different as me
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current bookshelf
my current bookshelf of books that I am reading looks like this Amazon.com Widgets quite a stack on my nightstand
effect of literature
Kevin DeYoung wonders what hath literature wrought? I agree strongly with his conclusion: I’ll take passionate and logical romantic rationalism over the tired tirades of false dichotomies any day. plus, I enjoy his perfect parallel prose. anyone who reads here … Continue reading
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Tagged alliteration, Kevin DeYoung, romantic rationalism, tired tirades
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more reviews of The Shack
some big guns have turned their attention to Wm P. Young’s book, The Shack. Tim Keller of Redeemer Presbyterian has read it and Dr. Al Mohler is concerned about the discernment ability of modern evangelicals in light of the fact … Continue reading
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Tagged al mohler, idolatry, the shack, theology, tim keller, william p. young
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perfect book at the perfect time
on a secular economic and political note, Jonah Goldberg’s book Liberal Fascism is celebrating its two year anniversary today. What a perfect book for today’s political climate. A fairly easy to read but still quite serious and unvarnished look at … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, jonah goldberg, liberal fascism, politics, progressives
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Logos 4 is out
Libronix has come out with Logos 4. Here is a video introduction of the new product. It looks really great, but I will wait till they get the Mac kinks worked out before I make the leap. Can’t wait to … Continue reading
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Tagged bible study, bible study software, libronix, logos 4, Logos for Mac, software
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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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Tagged Deep Church, emerging church, jim belcher, Kevin DeYoung, why we're not emergent
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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
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
4 G's
from Jonathan Dodson, Tim Chester’s 4 G’s: In You Can Change, Tim Chester helpfully points us to four basic promises. The 4 Gs: 1. God is great – so we don’t have to be in control 2. God is glorious – so … Continue reading
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Tagged creation project, God's promises, jonathan dodson, tim chester, you can change
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another review of The Shack
Trevin Wax has the same problem with The Shack that I do. I really like his approach to the “it’s just fiction” argument. Check this out: Let’s say you meet an author who wants to use your grandparents as the … Continue reading
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Tagged discernment, fiction, god, Godhead, justin taylor, the shack, trevin wax, trinity
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no direct fellowship?
going back to pages 35-36 of Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, he makes a curious argument. He says that Christians should not desire to be directly involved in the lives of other believers. Check this out: Because Christ stands between … Continue reading