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what the Bible is about
Collin Hansen has posted a great video as he says: To whet your appetite for the 2011 national conference—They Testify About Me: Preaching Jesus and the Gospel from the Old Testament—I wanted to share this clip from Tim Keller’s address at the … Continue reading
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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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the Jesus threat
Todd Bumgarner posts an interesting quote from John Stott. what do you think about this? The context is Stott talking about the first century Jewish people and their priests and how they reacted and responded to Jesus’ ministry: “So they … Continue reading
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Tagged authority, jesus, john stott, pharisees, power, priests, sanhedrin, sovereignty, The Cross of Christ, todd bumgarner
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the Ministry of Meekness
Continuing to read Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, we arrive on pages 95-97 at his description of the ministry of meekness that Christians owe to one another: Only he who lives by the forgiveness of his sin in Jesus Christ … Continue reading
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Tagged dietrich bonhoeffer, gospel of mark, jesus, leadership, Life Together, meekness, servant leadership, teaching
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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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the Shack part IV (conclusion)
this is the wrap up of my series on The Shack. Part I, Part II and Part III are intended to convey to you that God is God. The reason that I am so exercised about this book is simple. … 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
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Tagged God's glory, jesus, John 9, John the Baptist, Luke 13, matthew 3, repentance, winnowing fork
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what is christmas?
love this video. That’s Christmas! from andy pearce on Vimeo. hat tip to Adrian Warnock
what is community?
I have been struggling with what a christian community should really be for almost six years now. Acts 2:42 says that the first church devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to prayer, to fellowship and to the breaking of bread. … Continue reading
the good news of the Gospel
Challies has an excellent summary of the gospel message as it is really compared to how it is usually preached. (my previous post on this topic is here) First the real bad news according to the Bible: But the gospel … Continue reading
Death by love
Death by Love is out now. here is what Adrian Warnock says about it: Without in any way softening his commitment to the centrality of Jesus taking the punishment of sin in our understanding of the cross, Driscoll is far … Continue reading
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Tagged adrian warnock, Cross, death by love, jesus, justification, mark driscoll, pain, propitiation, substitutionary death, suffering, the gospel
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more on harsh language
Here is Doug Wilson’s response to the arguments put forward by Nathan Busenitz that I referenced earlier today. Here is Doug’s response to Nathan’s third argument which was definitely the best one he had: 3. And last, Busenitz presents what … Continue reading
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Jesus and politics
here is a helpful reminder from Timmy Brister: Those of us who profess allegiance to Jesus Christ cannot allow Him to be painted in colors of blue or red. Furthermore, we cannot allow ourselves to be identified with a political … Continue reading
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Tagged community organizer, election 2008, jesus, King of kings, lamb of God
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Transparency is worth zero if you have no passion
Michelle Greer has a great post up about “transparency in marketing.” (warning, a mild expletive) Her point is that the latest marketing buzzword means nothing to a person/company that is bored with or dislikes their own product. Here is some … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, gospel, jesus, marketing, transparency
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Hebrews and Eschatology
The whole book of Hebrews was written to Jewish believers in Christ who were thinking about/considering the possibility of returning to Judaism. The writer’s purpose was to persuade these believers to stay with Jesus. He (or she) wrote that Jesus … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, jesus, melchizedek, partial, perfect, premillenial, priesthood, prophecy
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