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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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faith doesn’t lessen the hurt
Josh Harris with an insightful quote from Nancy Guthrie’s book Holding On to Hope: A Pathway through Suffering to the Heart of God. In [the book] she recounts losing her baby to a rare genetic disorder: “The day after we … Continue reading
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Tagged endurance, faith, God's sovereignty, hope, loss, pain, sovereignty, sovereignty of god, suffering
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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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what is this?
I am not really sure what this is or what to think about it. I think they have somewhat correctly identified the problem, but the solution seems terribly “off”. read the whole article and see what you think. here is … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, church, evangelism, faith, lifestyle evangelism, perspective, phil johnson
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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
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
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Tagged Christian life, christianity, David Platt, faith, francis chan, safety, suffering, Timmy Brister
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is faith necessary?
Kevin DeYoung takes a crack at answering the question that tripped up Joel Osteen pretty badly on Larry King Live several years ago. here is the beginning. be sure to read the rest of it. “You know, Larry, that’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged exclusivity, exclusivity of the gospel, faith, joel osteen, Kevin DeYoung, the gospel
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Firing Line
I ran across this post regarding an old “Firing Line” episode where William F. Buckley is interviewing Malcolm Muggeridge on the topic of their mutual christian faith. I have listened to the audio at the link in the following block … Continue reading
D.A. Carson on God's existence
How do I know God exists? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvFkZYhlzdQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&] HT to Ramblin’ Pastor Man
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Tagged apologetics, argumentation, D.A. Carson, faith, repentance
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God's Glory
An interesting twitter discussion has arisen between Mark Lamprecht Wes Widner and Jacob Hall. Friends of Mark’s have a six year old son who has developed a brain tumor and on his blog, Mark posted John’s facebook entry about Faith, … Continue reading
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Tagged arminian, calvinist, faith, God's sovereignty, hope, illness, love, mark lamprecht, pelagian, providence, sovereignty, trust, wes widner
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two on suffering
first courtesy of Vitamin Z we get this comforting bit that we will never be able to fully explain the problem of evil but that we can trust God anyway: So how do Christians explain the problem of evil? The … Continue reading
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Tagged comfort, faith, God's love, God's sovereignty, halim suh, Kelly Clark, love, mystery, Return to Reason, sovereignty, suffering, vitamin z
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I Peter 1:1-13
I have been spending a little time in I Peter again this week. I just love that letter and the more I study it the more that I see everything important is there. Yesterday in Bible study we looked at … Continue reading
who do you trust? part III
all right, now let’s go back where we started. In John 10:10, Jesus contrasts himself and his mission with the thief. The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy. Jesus came to bring abundant life. and here are we sheep … Continue reading
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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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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dealing with doubt
here is John Piper talking about doubts [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD2O13CIb6U&hl=en&fs=1&]
a lesson in faith from Hebrew midwives
Kevin DeYoung points to Exodus 1:17 for a lesson in faith from Hebrew midwives. here it is: “17But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.” and … Continue reading
going with what you know
sometimes in the midst of heartbreak and pain, it is easy to lose sight of God. We get overwhelmed. Platitudes and cliches in that moment don’t help. That is why I love the Psalms. David was an emotional guy on … Continue reading
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Tagged alli rogers, david, emotions, faith, god, God's love, God's power, held, knowledge, natalie grant, new today, psalms, trust
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John 10
I have been spending some time in the Gospel of John lately. It is amazing how reading familiar words can have a new impact on you when you are reading them again. Just look for a minute at some phrases … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, God's grace, grace, jesus the great shepherd, Jeus, John 10, life, love, providence, sacrifice, sheep, shepherd
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he knew what was in man
John Piper’s sermon from last sunday on John 2:23-25 is both haunting and reassuring. John 2:23-25 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, faith, john 2:23-25, John Piper, signs and wonders
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a fascinating article
Courtesy of Carl Trueman here is an article in the Times of London from an atheist. His point is that what the continent of Africa needs is the spiritual renewal brought by Christian missionaries. Here is a teaser, but you … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, carl trueman, faith, matthew parris, reformation, renewal, spiritual change, tribal culture
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Paradise
In a Tabletalk article Burk Parsons mentions the 2005 film Paradise Now about Islamic terrorists about to blow themselves up and uses it as a segue to discuss the concept of Paradise for believers: Jesus promised paradise to the thief … Continue reading
two lines at once
Ramblin’ Pastor man has several quotes from Charles Spurgeon posted. Go take a look. I especially enjoyed this bit here: Not only are there a few cardinal doctrines, by which we can steer our ship North, South, East, or West, … Continue reading
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Tagged charles spurgeon, dan lowe, election, faith, free will, predestination, ramblin' pastor man, sovereignty of god
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