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why?
we are wired to want the anwer to the “why?” question whenever things happen that we don’t like or enjoy. We seldom care about “why?” when we are doing well and everything is going the way we like. I often … Continue reading
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Tagged centrality of God's glory, challies, God's glory, God's sovereignty, John 9, matthew henry, providence, sovereignty, suffering
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chandler on suffering
it is so very essential to have a sound theology regarding suffering before it hits your life. It will come and when it comes you need to already have thought about it. Here is a video that Justin Taylor posted … Continue reading
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Tagged Between Two Worlds, brain cancer, cancer, justin taylor, matt chandler, sovereignty, sovereignty of god, suffering
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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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why me?
These are questions we tend to ask when things aren’t going the way we would desire for them to go. Why me? Why this? Why now? Justin Taylor posts an answer tree from David Powlison, “God’s Grace and Your Sufferings,” … Continue reading
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Tagged comfort, david powlison, deeper questions, God's love, justin taylor, sovereignty, suffering
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Matt Chandler
Matt Chandler’s surgery to remove a mass from his frontal lobe begins in about 20 minutes. Be in prayer for him during the surgery and for a complete recovery. Here is a post from Matt going into surgery about the … Continue reading
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Tagged adversity, gratitude, matt chandler, sovereignty, suffering, village church
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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
Posted in culture, teaching
Tagged arminian, calvinist, faith, God's sovereignty, hope, illness, love, mark lamprecht, pelagian, providence, sovereignty, trust, wes widner
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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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Choice, Sovereignty and an example
John Piper recently explored free will, God’s sovereignty and Paul’s example. fascinating stuff. One of the most influential passages in the Bible that God used to open my mind to his sovereignty over my will is Philippians 2:12-13. Work out your … Continue reading
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Tagged choice, effort, God's sovereignty, god's will, John Piper, sovereignty, transformation, working
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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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powerful stuff
Timmy Brister posted this video “Choosing Thomas” and like he says it is worth the next ten minutes of your time. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToNWquoXqJI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] somewhat related, Randy Alcorn talks here about the absolute necessity for Christians to have a well developed theology … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, choice, God's sovereignty, life, pro-life, sovereignty, suffering, tragedy
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Do people have free will?
Andrew Naselli takes a long look at the question of free will over here. Fascinating stuff. take some time this weekend to explore it. Here is the introduction to get you started: Non-Christians and Christians alike often give the same … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew naselli, free will, John Piper, reformation21, sovereignty, sovereignty of god, spectacular sins, the shack
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conception of self part II
earlier I quoted C.S. Lewis in Perelandra to illustrate the point that our enemy has as his project the inflation of our ego to the point that we find it difficult to deny anything to ourselves and our own vision … Continue reading
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Tagged C.S. Lewis, god, love, Perelandra, selfishness, sovereignty, trust
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the Shack part I
I am reading the Shack. It took all the way to page 165 (out of 246) before I got completely angry. Up to that time I was reading at a relatively low grade frustration level. The prose was juvenile. the … Continue reading
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Tagged evil, free will, god, responsibility, sovereignty, the shack, W. Paul Young
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sovereignty
John MacArthur nails it with the opening sentence of this post (the second and third sentences are excellent as well) which is an excerpt from the book Ashamed of the Gospel. No doctrine is more despised by the natural mind … Continue reading
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Tagged carnality, choice, election, free will, john macarthur, predestination, rebellion, responsibility, sovereignty
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stormy seas? no problem
Courtesy of John Mark at Sweet Tea and Theology, here is a great quote from John Newton (the author of the hymn Amazing Grace) I heartily sympathize with you in your complaints; but I see you in safe hands. The … Continue reading
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Tagged amazing grace, comfort, God's sovereignty, john newton, sovereignty, storms
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suffering
I noticed in the sidebar at the Straight Up blog a three part series on God’s role in suffering by Gerald Hiestand. Here is part three which contains links to the first two parts. Go check it out. I like … Continue reading
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Tagged choice, determinism, free will, gerald hiestand, indeterminism, morality, responsibility, sovereignty, suffering
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God's glory
Al Mohler also touches on the question that I quoted from John Piper the other day. First he starts with an important reminder: Human beings are trapped in a human frame of reference. When we think of motivation, we inevitably … Continue reading
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Tagged al mohler, Dr. Al Mohler, glory of God, god, God's glory, sovereignty, sovereignty of god
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Is God for us or Himself?
Is God for us or Himself? That is the question answered by this sermon from John Piper delivered at Wheaton College back in 1984. My brother-in-law, Todd, sent me the link by email last weekend. Such an excellent reminder of … Continue reading
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Tagged God's purpose, God's sovereignty, John Piper, sovereignty, sovereignty of god
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Spectacular Sins
I am just finishing the book Spectacular Sins by John Piper. As you might expect from Piper, his purpose is to demonstrate from scripture the sovereignty of God in every situation including several specific spectacularly sinful occasions. He deals with … Continue reading
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Tagged John Piper, sin, sovereignty, sovereignty of god, spectacular sins, supremacy of Christ
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Why pray?
Pulpit Magazine concludes its series on why we should pray if God is sovereign with part 4 here. The first three parts are linked here. “5. We should pray because God has ordained prayer as a means by which He … Continue reading
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Tagged intercessory prayer, job, prayer, sovereignty, sovereignty of god
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why pray?
A recurring theme in our men’s Bible study and on this blog is the question “why should we pray if God is sovereign over all?” another variant is “why should we pray if God is going to to what God … Continue reading
sovereignty of God
Joe Thorn is back up and running with his blog. here is his post quoting from A.W. Pink on the Sovereignty of God. here are two snips from either end, but go read the middle. How different is the God … Continue reading
God is Sovereign
Todd Burus is on the same wavelength that I was on in the comments to this post. God is sovereign. Honestly, I don’t think there are nearly as many people who believe this as there are that say it. Ask … Continue reading