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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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John Piper tweaks
Here is the video of John Piper out in Seattle at Mark Driscoll’s church. He is hitting the same themes he always does, but with some very important tweaks. give it a listen.
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Tagged christian hedonism, God's glory, John Piper, mars hill church, self worship, the gospel, worshipping God
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egomaniacal God
John Piper’s message to Passion 2010 is excellent. (BTW, one of the photographers at Passion 2010 this year was my Austin Stone peep and fellow photographer, Scott A. Wade. He is so talented. love his work. I won a family … Continue reading
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Tagged egomaniacal God, God's glory, John Piper, passion 2010, photography, scott a. wade
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Glory to God in suffering
Here is a video from John Jordan’s facebook page explaining further how God can be glorified in the midst of suffering. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK00Tcb6ROY&hl=en_US&fs=1&] further information on this topic in II Corinthians 4:7-5:15 and Hebrews 10:32-39.
suffering as a tool to edify the church
Challies has another great post today. This one discussing Ligon Duncan’s exposition of how God uses suffering in our lives to build up the church. Go read the whole thing. So I guess this is something we ought to keep … Continue reading
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Tagged challies, God's glory, God's sovereignty, jeff mangum, ligon duncan, role of suffering, suffering
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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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two clips from John Piper
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCH5tDx9MQE&hl=en&fs=1] and [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OJ4Ysp5l98&hl=en&fs=1]
What "reformed" means to Kevin DeYoung
Kevin DeYoung has written about what it means to him to be called “reformed”. The whole post is very good and you should read it, but I especially liked these two paragraphs. I delight in the glory of God and … Continue reading
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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just thinking out loud here
I noticed some similarities this weekend between John 1:13 and Romans 9:16 Ephesians 2:9 and Romans 9:11 reckon if maybe there is a point here that we miss most of the time? just wondering.
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Tagged bible study, God's glory, God's grace, God's love, God's mercy, god's will, God's word, God's work
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