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one of the saddest things I have read
If you want to see “the Lie” in action then read this article. It is an offering from Oprah.com. Here is a peek or two or four: I contemplate divorce every day. It tugs on my sleeve each morning when … Continue reading
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Tagged divorce, marriage, spiritual warfare, temptation, the Lie, truth
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offered without further comment
megan mcardle: We live in degenerate times, my friends. Our ancestors got into ships that would hardly do for a weekend sail on the lake, crossed stormy oceans, fought mountain cats and drought, sailed their prairie schooners into the wilderness, … Continue reading
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Tagged comprehension of the world around, peanut allergy, peanuts, warning label
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Piper on the importance of doctrine
John Piper has a post up pointing to and discussing briefly Joseph Bottum’s essay on the decline of protestant America. Mr. Piper quotes a last point from Bottum and then concludes: What happened? “The churches’ desperate hunger to mean more … Continue reading
Posted in church, culture
Tagged doctrine, John Piper, orthodoxy, piper, protestantism
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one pollster's take on the church of the future
here is a part of Chuck Warnock’s post on one pollster’s take on the future of the church in the U.S.: “The church of the future will be a bungalow on Maple Street, not a megastructure in a sea of … Continue reading
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Tagged authenticity, church, community, future, pollster, Zogby
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Transparency is worth zero if you have no passion
Michelle Greer has a great post up about “transparency in marketing.” (warning, a mild expletive) Her point is that the latest marketing buzzword means nothing to a person/company that is bored with or dislikes their own product. Here is some … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, gospel, jesus, marketing, transparency
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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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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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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
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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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
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
Ligonier Ministries Blog
who knew? Ok, the Foolish Galatian did. R.C. Sproul’s Ligonier Ministries has a blog. the top post right now is an article called Truth and Consequences by Gene Edward Veith. Gene begins the article like this: The old atheists maintained … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheists, bleak worldview, camus, golden compass, ligonier, pullman, r. c. sproul
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two solid hits from RPM
Ramblin Pastor Man had some good ones up yesterday. First up was a link to a paper by Tim Keller and David Powlison about passing along bad reports about other people (a/k/a gossip). Well written and extremely practical instruction about … Continue reading
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Tagged batman, christian love, communication, culture, dark knight, gossip, heath ledger, joker
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Never let Go
Julie wanted me to see this video. It is a remix of the video of one of the best songs on the Remedy CD. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRfcARM8OwI&hl=en&fs=1]
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Tagged david crowder, John Piper, louis giglio, never let go, remedy
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the Foolish Galatian
New link added to the blogroll. He has some great stuff on his blog. For instance, did any of you guys know that CC DeVille was a follower of Christ? Go spend some time over there. He shares my addiction … Continue reading