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faith comes from hearing
At one of my less regular stops on the blogosphere this morning, I found an excellent example of how to interpret the Bible. Romans 10:17 says: 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. what … Continue reading
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Tagged context, faith, hermeneutics, interpretation, john samson, reformation theology, understanding
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I took up twittering this weekend. @bkingr, if anybody is interested. I just now found out from vitamin z that John Piper twitters too. check out his last four tweets. Liar, lunatic, or LORD. Yes. And let your jaw drop … Continue reading
Posted in teaching, tech
Tagged John Piper, social media, technology, twitter, using available tools
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The Meaning of Man's Will
R. C. Sproul has a three part series on what it means when we say that man has free will. Fascinating stuff. This is the kind of stuff that keeps a person from swearing off the internet altogether. Here are … Continue reading
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Tagged choice, free will, God's sovereignty, negative free will, r. c. sproul, sovereignty of god
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more on perspective
courtesy of vitamin z, here is something that I have thought of before from Chris Brauns, Unpacking Forgiveness: Biblical Answers for Complex Questions and Deep Wounds “If we begin to get a glimpse of the vast glory of God, we … Continue reading
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Tagged ants arguing, chris brauns, God's greatness, perspective, Unpacking Forgiveness
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modern fatherhood
Dr. Mohler hits a glancing blow at something that really bothers me about the way fathers are portrayed in current popular culture. Fatherhood has been marginalized and the rule and authority of fathers have been depreciated, ridiculed, and continuously redefined. … Continue reading
Posted in culture, teaching
Tagged Dr. Al Mohler, father's day, fatherhood, myths of fatherhood
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accountability
My sister sent me a link to this open letter to pastors on the importance of recognizing danger and taking steps to avoid it. Although it is addressed to pastors, it applies to everyone. If you care at all about … Continue reading
learning vicarious suffering
courtesy of vitamin z, I saw this quote from Tim Keller: “You need to get used to this reality. Once you become a parent, for the rest of your life, you’ll never be happier than your unhappiest child, because your … Continue reading
Posted in family, teaching
Tagged children, grace, suffering with your children, the gospel, tim keller
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different perspectives
Todd Bumgarner has posted a contrast in perspectives: “If you will keep the right attitude, God will take care of all your disappointments, broken dreams, the hurts and pains, and He’ll add up all the trouble and sorrow that’s been … Continue reading
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Tagged jesus, joel osteen, perspective, todd bumgarner, todd's mindbloggler, trials
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learning someone else's lessons
John Mark went to the Advance 2009 conference where the topic of hero worship of celebrity pastors came up. John Piper and Kevin DeYoung have some thoughts about “celebrity pastors” in our current environment. There is a very interesting and … Continue reading
Posted in culture, teaching
Tagged adulation, austin stone, celebrity pastors, emulation, human worship, imitation, jeff mangum, John Piper, Kevin DeYoung, self-feeding
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hypocrisy
Last night I had a mental block and couldn’t think of the saying “hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue.” I got past the mental block and made the point that I wanted to make without the saying. … Continue reading
Religion v. the Gospel
helpful reminder and summary. here are some to get you started, but please do go read all of them. RELIGION: I obey-therefore I’m accepted. THE GOSPEL: I’m accepted-therefore I obey. RELIGION: Motivation is based on fear and insecurity. THE GOSPEL: … Continue reading
pray believing
Challies has a great essay up about Acts 12 and you should go read it. I particularly liked this part because it so accurately reflects the common human experience. Despite the miraculous (Peter being rescued, Herod being struck down) there … Continue reading
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Tagged acts 12, answered prayer, challies, early church, peter, pray believing, pray in faith, rhoda
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moral decision making in America
Dr. Albert Mohler takes a look at President Obama’s declaration of June as gay, lesbian, transgendered, bisexual month. Along the way Dr. Mohler states his background assumption with regard to moral decision making by most people in this country: Most … Continue reading
Posted in culture, politics, teaching
Tagged Dr. Al Mohler, homosexuality, LGBT month, pride in sin, universal sinfulness
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Free will of the wind
I downloaded and listened to this sermon last week. Powerful explication of John 3:8. listen to, watch or read the whole thing. So the point so far is that the wind is mysterious. It has a will of its own, … Continue reading
panting for God
how long has it been since you felt like this? 1 As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. Jeff Mangum talked about … Continue reading
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Tagged austin stone, brotherly affection, divine power, faith, knowledge, our effort, self-control, self-feeding, steadfastness, virtue
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Teaching
Mark Driscoll has a post on the spiritual gift of teaching. The Spiritual Gift of Teaching Defined The gift of teaching is the God-given ability to understand and communicate biblical truth in a clear and relevant manner so that there … Continue reading
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Tagged gift of teaching, learning research, mark driscoll, resurgence blog, spiritual gifts, teaching
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trusting God in judgment
R.C. Sproul has a good reminder of the need to trust God even at the point of judgment. A person who trusts God trusts not only His promises but His judgment. Even in a prayer of contrition, such a person … Continue reading
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Tagged depravity, god, God's judgment, pride, r. c. sproul, trust God
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dealing with doubt
here is John Piper talking about doubts [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD2O13CIb6U&hl=en&fs=1&]
oh, I'm much worse than that
I love this bit of self-deprecation and reliance on grace from Martin Luther as updated by Carl Trueman. This is some good stuff. …..it has been brought to my attention over the last years that I am the hapless lackey … Continue reading
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Tagged attacks, carl trueman, evil, lunacy, martin luther, personal attacks, temptation, vitamin z, web bandits
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self-righteousness is no respecter of persons
courtesy of vitamin z, I ran across Tullian Tchividjian’s excellent post on the double reach of the disease of self-righteousness. good stuff. Now, it’s very interesting that in the Bible it’s always the immoral person that gets the Gospel before … Continue reading
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Tagged older brother, pharisees, prodigal son, self righteousness, Tullian Tchividjian, vitamin z
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Piper on Obama on abortion
Take a look and listen to this: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O68MByaMVdM&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] transcript here.
Posted in culture, politics, teaching
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Shepherding to truth
Matt Chandler’s excellent post on shepherding people to truth: Give people texts to read and then give them plenty of space to wrestle. I love strong, convincing theologically driven books. The Bible’s better. Listen. Don’t listen to respond. Listen. You’ll … Continue reading
the will of God
My sister sent me a link to this page yesterday. the question being answered is this one: Question: Can you help me understand God’s perfect will versus His permissive will? I don’t think that the answer went the direction that … Continue reading
the Shack part III
I have written two posts (part I and part II) now rebutting with scripture this statement from “Sophia” in the Shack: “But I still don’t understand why Missy had to die.” “She didn’t have to, Mackenzie. This was no plan … Continue reading
Posted in books, teaching
Tagged God's glory, jesus, John 9, John the Baptist, Luke 13, matthew 3, repentance, winnowing fork
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the Shack part II
Saturday, I wrote the first part of my rebuttal to this statement spoken by “Sophia” the distillation of God’s wisdom on page 165 of the Shack: “But I still don’t understand why Missy had to die.” “She didn’t have to, … Continue reading
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Tagged Babylonians, captivity, chaldeans, ezekiel, God's sword, habakkuk, Judah, the shack
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