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stinging snobbery
Andrew Stuttaford links to a piece by Brendan O’Neill that puts into a pithy phrase the thing that just crawls under my skin and irritates at a low grade burn most of the time, but erupts into a volcanic flame … Continue reading
Posted in politics, teaching
Tagged ace of spades, andrew stuttaford, brendan o'neill, leftism, national review, pride, snobbery, the gospel
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Think
Vitamin Z has an interesting quote from John Piper about Christianity being compatible with thinking. Here it is, what do you think? Paul commands us to think about what he says. Use your mind. Engage your reasoning powers when you … Continue reading
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Tagged John Piper, Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God, vitamin z
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interesting take
Here is an interesting take on the rapture from Tullian TchividJian. Talking about Matthew 24 he says: But a closer look at the context reveals that in those pictures Jesus gave of men in the field and women at the … Continue reading
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Tagged new earth, new heaven, rapture, second coming, Tullian Tchividjian
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why?
we are wired to want the anwer to the “why?” question whenever things happen that we don’t like or enjoy. We seldom care about “why?” when we are doing well and everything is going the way we like. I often … Continue reading
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Tagged centrality of God's glory, challies, God's glory, God's sovereignty, John 9, matthew henry, providence, sovereignty, suffering
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conversation
here is a fascinating conversation between Sky Jethani, Mark Dever and Jim Wallis. There are five parts to the conversation, but it is well worth watching. part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 and part 5 what do you … Continue reading
God’s exaltation of God
I have mentioned before the message John Piper gave at Passion 2010. I was reading it again this morning to finish a lesson and it struck me again how wonderful it is. Go take a look. God’s Radical Devotion to … Continue reading
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Tagged egomaniacal God, erik reece, exaltation of God, God exalting himself, John Piper, oprah winfrey
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Old Testament preaching
interesting questions and answers over at the Gospel Coalition with Collin Hansen talking to Mike Bullmore about the challenges and opportunity involved in preaching from the Old Testament. here is one, but go check out the rest. What are the … Continue reading
Posted in bible, teaching
Tagged bible, love, love of God, mike bullmore, old testament, preaching
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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
Posted in books, teaching
Tagged God's holiness, holiness, Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God Almighty, isaiah 6, throne room of God
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child like faith?
Frank Turk has a provocative post today about saving faith and its progression over time. It comes complete with a math analogy. Now, if in 10 years my son and I sit down and he says to me, “Dad, open … Continue reading
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Tagged child like faith, conscience, faith, frank turk, maturity, progress, pyromaniacs, understanding, willful ignorance
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man of one woman
@darrinpatrick was the guest preacher at the Austin Stone this last Sunday during our summer preaching series. He is the lead pastor at the Journey in St. Louis. His message was an excellent one from Philippians 4 on the need … Continue reading
Posted in culture, family, teaching
Tagged adultery, affairs, darrin patrick, faithfulness, josh dix, marital faithfulness, oneness, porn addiction, pornography
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why theology?
Joe Thorn posts an interview with Ray Ortlund about the importance of theology. here is the middle bit. What is the central task of the theologian? To love the Triune God wholeheartedly, according to the Bible. Nothing complicates theology like … Continue reading
chandler on suffering
it is so very essential to have a sound theology regarding suffering before it hits your life. It will come and when it comes you need to already have thought about it. Here is a video that Justin Taylor posted … Continue reading
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Tagged Between Two Worlds, brain cancer, cancer, justin taylor, matt chandler, sovereignty, sovereignty of god, suffering
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procrastination
Joe Thorn is hurting me today. Why is procrastination wrong? Edwards argues that procrastination presumes upon the grace of God, assuming that he has given us future time when in fact our time may be short. We do not know … Continue reading
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Tagged grace, joe thorn, jonathan edwards, presumption, procrastination
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weekend reading
a couple of articles for your reading pleasure this weekend. the first one by Angelo M. Codevilla is political in nature about the divide in this country between the political class and the “country class”. Long but interesting. here is … Continue reading
Posted in culture, politics, teaching
Tagged angelo m. codevilla, country class, God's power, graeme goldsworthy, legalism, power, reading, ruling class, self power, weekend, weekend reading
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randy alcorn on suffering
Randy Alcorn was on Family Life’s radio broadcast Family Life Today almost two weeks ago talking about his latest book If God Is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil If you struggle with this area at all, … Continue reading
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Tagged choice, faith, if God is Good, randy alcorn, sovereignty, theodicy
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more on Grace
further to yesterday’s post, here is an excellent outline by Matt Chandler on what it looks like to “make every effort” to walk the Christian life. We fight sin and grow in godliness by using the weapons grace provides. There … Continue reading
grace first to last
there was an interesting post yesterday by Mike Potemera on the Corner. In it Mike quotes a catholic, Thomas Merton quoting Karl Barth on the importance of faith. here is the portion of Barth quoted by Merton: Everyone who has … Continue reading
sovereignty of God in salvation
Brian Lopez has reposted a list from Jonathan Edwards of six ways that God is sovereign in salvation. here are numbers 2 and 4 2. God exercises His sovereignty in the advantages He bestows upon individual persons. “Everyone needs salvation, … Continue reading
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Tagged election, jonathan edwards, sovereignty in salvation, sovereignty of god, vitamin z
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hands of God
this was something that Charles Stone linked to on twitter yesterday. It is his daughter’s story of ministering to strip club dancers in seedy clubs. what do you think of this ministry? what is your gut reaction to this?: We … Continue reading
western civilization 101
here is a wonderfully refreshing perspective on the clash of civilizations from Rodney Stark. Be sure to read it all and here is a bit to get you started: The Crusades did not arise ex nihilo, but were part of a … Continue reading
Posted in culture, teaching
Tagged Baylor, Between Two Worlds, christianity, civilizations, clash of civilizations, history, islam, justin taylor, order, patheos.com, rationality, Rodney Stark, science, the Crusades
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preparing to suffer
here is Matt Chandler from Together for the Gospel 2010 talking about the need to prepare for suffering. spend 50 minutes here as soon as you can. T4G 2010 — Session 8 — Matt Chandler from Together for the Gospel … Continue reading
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Tagged comfort, comfort in trouble, doctrine, matt chandler, preparing for trouble, sound doctrine, sovereignty of god
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scream of the damned
Sunday before last at the Austin Stone Halim Suh ended his sermon with an extended quote from C.J. Mahaney’s sermon at Resolved 2008 called “the Cry from the Cross”. I remember listening to that Mahaney sermon and the John Piper … Continue reading
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Tagged austin stone, c.j. mahaney, halim suh, jesus, John Piper, mark 15:34, the cross
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Luther on mercy
Here courtesy of Stand to Reason Blog is Martin Luther discussing divine mercy: It is an evangelical word and the sweetest comfort in every way for miserable sinners, where Ezekiel [Ezek. 18:23, 32] says: “I desire not the death of … Continue reading
two tough takes
here are two tough to hear takes on the Christian life described in the Bible compared to the modern church in the U.S. today. from David Platt: and from Francis Chan: HT to Timmy Brister for posting both of these … Continue reading
Posted in church, culture, teaching
Tagged Christian life, christianity, David Platt, faith, francis chan, safety, suffering, Timmy Brister
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