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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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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
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
tightrope
the questions are several. how do you love someone without giving them the impression that their activity is ok? How do you accept someone without accepting their actions? How do you insure that someone knows that God loves us all … Continue reading
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Tagged christian love, faithfulness, gospel, grace, homosexuality, jennifer knapp, love, mere orthodoxy
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grace in marriage
after adultery. God’s grace and power displayed. Paul Tripp: Paul Tripp- Adultery and new beginnings from Crossway on Vimeo. From the z man.
Lessons from Tiger Woods
C.J. Mahaney has some thoughts about what we can all learn from Tiger Woods and his troubles this last week. Excellent stuff. Go read it all. Hunted by Sin But Tiger is being hunted by something more menacing than journalists. … Continue reading
Grace
Austin Christian Fellowship is having a series on the Most Beautiful Word. If you want to hear a demonstration of what Grace is and why it is indeed the most beautiful word, then listen to the interview with Bob and … Continue reading
II Timothy 3:12
II Timothy 3:12 says “12 Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,”. Do you believe that? Do you believe that all means all and that persecution really means persecution? Really? here is … Continue reading
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Tagged God's grace, God's instrument of grace, grace, John Piper, persecution, suffering, suffering as grace, vitamin z
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God Provides
Continuing with Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, we get to this on page 72: God must feed us. We cannot and dare not demand this food as our right, for we, poor sinners, have not merited it. Thus the sustenance … Continue reading
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Tagged dietrich bonhoeffer, food, grace, Life Together, provision, sustenance
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reality of marriage
Challies put up an article on Monday just after his eleventh wedding anniversary that was a very real look at marriage through the device of wanting to give his younger newly married self some counseling. the whole thing is good, … 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
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Tagged children, grace, suffering with your children, the gospel, tim keller
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truth in love
Paul reminded the Ephesian church that only with truth would there be mature Christian unity and only if truth was spoken in love. Truth cannot be ducked or minimized in any way, but it must be softened with compassion. It … Continue reading
the object of the Christian life
Todd Burus has had a couple of interesting posts on depression and biblical counseling this week. The book he is reading is Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ book Spiritual Depression: It’s Causes and Cure. Yesterday, Todd talked about the spirit of bondage and … Continue reading
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Tagged depression, fear, grace, love, martyn lloyd-jones, performance, pleasing God, spirit of bondage, Todd Burus
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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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friends ride in
Timmy Brister has posted a round up of reactions to the Baptist Press article on Mark Driscoll. I found three of them to be particularly interesting. First, Ed Stetzer writes that Friday is for Friends and he says, in part: … Continue reading
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Tagged baptist press, charity, ed stetzer, friends, friendship, grace, jd greear, love, mark driscoll, repentance
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God saves bad people (hallelujah!)
here is a word from Dr. Art Azurdia III courtesy of the Ramblin’ Pastor Man. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoMIDK1SXTU&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Romans 5:1-11: 1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, dr. art azurdia iii, god, grace, love, mercy, penal substitutionary atonement, sinners, substitutionary atonement
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Santa Claus v. Grace
the best Christmas news you could ever receive. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aKEkzh0Inw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] hat tip to Vitamin Z
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Tagged birth of Jesus, good news, grace, law, law v. grace, Santa Claus, the gospel
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Godly living
this quote from Joel Beeke on ligonier’s blog is a great way to explain the christian walk: The way to godly living is surprisingly simple: we are to walk with God in His appointed way (Micah 6:8), diligently using the … Continue reading
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Tagged duty, duty and grace, godly living, grace, ligonier, micah 6:8, sanctification
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Tim Keller
Tim Keller has a new book out called The Prodigal God. he explains what it is and why he wrote it here. a sample: What’s the book about? It’s about being ‘prodigal.’ The word ‘prodigal’ is an English word that … Continue reading
speaking of worldview
here is a clip of a talk by a young lady who survived an attempt on her life and lived to tell the tale (albeit with scars). Makes for an interesting point of view on life. she gets the God … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, abortion survivor, gianna jessen, grace, worldview
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persuasion
Paul said that since we know what it means to fear God, we seek to persuade men. Then he said, “we implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.” In his earlier letter to the same group he … Continue reading
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Tagged edification, grace, persuasion, preaching, teaching, todd hiestand
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discipline and bitterness
Here are some thoughts about dealing with hard discipline and avoiding bitterness. It is wise counsel for all of us. You must approach tough experiences with maturity and demonstrate a humble and teachable attitude. The season of suffering is meant … Continue reading
Jon Bloom on Hebrews 12
Is God punishing me? that is the question we sometimes ask when things aren’t going well. Jon Bloom takes a look at Hebrews 12 and concludes: These saints were not to interpret their painful experiences as God’s angry punishment for … Continue reading
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Tagged charles spurgeon, discipline, grace, holiness, love, martin luther, mercy, pain, randy alcorn
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