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the Jesus threat

Posted on October 18, 2009 by bkingr

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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self-righteousness is no respecter of persons

Posted on May 27, 2009 by bkingr

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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word association

Posted on April 15, 2009 by bkingr

Thom S. Rainer, President and CEO of Lifeway, did an experiment on Twitter regarding what people think of when they hear “southern baptist.” The admittedly unscientific results are not encouraging. here are the first few responses. Go to the link … Continue reading →

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small reminder

Posted on April 8, 2009 by bkingr

from Jesse Phillips “Love the Lord with all your heart, mind and strength” and “Love your neighbor as yourself.” In fact, it seems that no other admonition is repeated more in the New Testament than to love and be loving … Continue reading →

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Religiosity

Posted on March 21, 2009 by bkingr

I am often amazed at the difference between people’s perception of Jesus and the real Jesus revealed in the Bible. One of the reasons I enjoy Mark Driscoll is that he absolutely nails this distinction between popular conceptions of Jesus … Continue reading →

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religion v. redemption

Posted on November 15, 2008 by bkingr

While we are talking about Mark Driscoll, here is probably my most favorite ten minutes from him that I have yet heard. Just watch this (several times) and think about it. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXKT8IPdvzA&hl=en&fs=1]

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