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porn-again christian
Mark Driscoll has posted chapters 3 and 4 of his book Porn-Again Christian. If you are a man, then go take the thirty minutes it takes to go read the introduction and the first four chapters. Pornography is a serious … Continue reading
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Tagged adultery, faithfulness, love, lust, mark driscoll, masturbation, porn-again christian, pornography
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true wealth
continuing on the theme of true riches from earlier this week and the real eternal life to come, here is a Pulpit Magazine entry from John MacArthur on putting your hope in money. As we have all seen in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 401k, 529 plan, credit crunch, john macarthur, stock market, stock market crash, true wealth, trusting God, uncertain wealth
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avoiding the "quick fix" mentality
there is a tendency to want to believe that if the right words are spoken in the right order, then complex problems will magically disappear. Well usually they won’t. via Challies, here is how Michael Hyatt puts the temptation: Many … Continue reading
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Tagged challies, curative, magic formula, michael hyatt, prayer, silver bullet
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meditations on life
Todd Hiestand is meditating on life as a big room gradually illuminated by a series of light bulbs. It is well worth a read. Here is a bit from the middle: As the lights continue to illuminate the room, both … Continue reading
Porn-Again Christian
Mark Driscoll has uploaded chapter two to his book Porn-Again Christian here. Mark also posted a video introduction to the book. In his words the book is “brutal” taking a “brick to the back of your head” and deal with … Continue reading
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Tagged adultery, fornication, lust, mark driscoll, masturbation, porn-again christian, pornography, sexual sin, sin
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elder led church
Pulpit Magazine has posted a two part series on elder rule in churches. Part 1 begins with this statement: Biblically, the focal point of all church leadership is the elder. An elder is one of a plurality of biblically qualified … Continue reading
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Tagged church governance, congregationalism, elder led, elder rule, elders, john macarthur
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what is salvation?
just a small little no big deal question to get your week rolling. let’s ask along with the Philippian jailer, What must we do to be saved? Here is a response in the negative from Jonathan Dodson (the rest of … Continue reading
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Tagged cheap grace, easy believism, john macarthur, jonathan dodson, lordship salvation, salvation, treasuring Jesus
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Parenting
John Piper answers a question about the roles of mothers and fathers in rearing children here. He also talks briefly about single parenting. However, I back off a little on essential to say for single moms and single dads that … Continue reading
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Tagged biblical roles, children, fathers, John Piper, men, mothers, parenting, single parents, women
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beyond first impressions
Do you make judgments based on what someone looks like? Do you automatically categorize and rank the people you come into contact with based on their clothes? I know it happens. and so do you. I go to a furniture … Continue reading
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Tagged externality, julie neidlinger, love, neighbor, partiality, superficial, uniforms
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who is in charge?
what rights do you have? A good discussion of the debasing nature of “rights” talk and action by Dr. James Howell over here a sneak peak: Usually, the notion of “rights” plays out as “my right,” which is pretty different … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, christians, gifts, legal rights, lordship, pro-choice, pro-life, tim challies
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Porn-Again first chapter
Mark Driscoll has now posted the first chapter of his book on this page. Keep an eye out for the rest of it as it gets posted. Once it is all up, a free downloadable pdf will be available. I … Continue reading
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Tagged adultery, christian men, lust, mark driscoll, porn-again christian, pornography
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calvinism and evangelism
Tim Challies has a long detailed look at calvinism and evangelism that is well worth reading for those who do not understand why someone who believes in sovereign grace feels the need to spread the good news of the gospel … Continue reading
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Tagged calvinism, evangelism, responsibility, sovereignty, tim challies
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How Sharp the Edge?
Here is the download and outline of Mark Driscoll’s talk this past weekend at the Desiring God National Conference. I listened to it yesterday. Wow. It was great and convicting. As you can see from the outline, Mark said that … Continue reading
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Tagged desiring god national conference, how sharp the edge?, mark driscoll
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Something only Mark Driscoll would do
here is something that only Mark Driscoll would write and that only he would do with it once it was written. Over the years, much of my ministry has been to men in general, and young, single men in particular. … Continue reading
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Tagged christian men, mark driscoll, porn-again christian, pornography
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first reports on Desiring God conference
the first reports are trickling in about the Desiring God fall conference on the power of words. Mark Driscoll just completed his session entitled: How Sharp the Edge? Christ, Controversy, and Cutting Words. It was one of the best messages … Continue reading
excellent Newbigin quote
Todd Hiestand has an excellent quote from Newbigin up this morning. Here is the second half, but be sure to go read the first half too. And we can also see that wherever the missionary character of the doctrine of … Continue reading
on doubt
Here is a post from C.J. Mahaney talking about Os Guiness and his book In Two Minds: The Dilemma of Doubt and How to Resolve It (IVP, 1976). This book is now sold as God in the Dark: The Assurance … Continue reading
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Tagged blue like jazz, c.j. mahaney, disbelief, don miller, doubt, faith, os guiness, testing
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fireproof
Julie and I and some friends of ours went to see this movie last night. It was really good. Not in the usual way. There wasn’t any great acting accomplishment and the script was kind of wooden. But the story … Continue reading
evidence
What is evidence? being a lawyer, I am used to thinking of evidence as coming from admissible documents and witness testimony. whenever I am preparing a case, I engage in “discovery.” discovery is a process of asking questions and requesting … Continue reading
more on Prayer
Here is part 2 of R. C. Sproul’s article on prayer. (I mentioned part 1 here) In this one he asks two questions. Does prayer change God’s mind? Does prayer change things? The answer he gives is different for each … Continue reading
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Tagged changing God's mind, changing things, jonathan edwards, ligonier ministries, prayer, r. c. sproul, sovereignty
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mentoring
here is a bit from Beth Nelson about the value of life-giving mentoring. In his article for the upcoming fourth volume of the Catalyst GroupZine, Tim Elmore describes a life-giving mentor as someone who walks beside another and says, “I’m … Continue reading
true evangelism
here is a good word about evangelism as a lifestyle rather than an event. There are many misunderstandings about the nature of true evangelism. Many people don’t evangelize because when they think of evangelism, they think of the overzealous man … Continue reading
even more language
Continuing this thread of posts, Nathan Busenitz clarifies a bit for us the difference between harsh language condemning sin or heresy and “Flippancy, Frivolity, and Filthy Talk.” It is a useful distinction. In addition, he has this to add about … Continue reading
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Tagged edification, harsh, language, mark driscoll, nathan busenitz, silly
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importance of prayer
here is an article by R.C. Sproul on prayer. a couple of teasers, but go read the whole thing: Prayer is the secret of holiness–if holiness, indeed, has anything secretive about it. If we examine the lives of the great … Continue reading
training children
a danger in a church home is that of raising hypocritical children. Kids more concerned with exterior compliance than having a heart for God. Here is some advice for raising kids to experience true worship. Instead of just dealing with … Continue reading
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Tagged external actions, instructing children, internal faith, rearing kids
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