Tag Archives: martyrdom

meaning it

Posted on July 6, 2010 by bkingr

I have been working on figuring out what “meaning it” looks like for 23 years or so. Here courtesy of Vitamin Z is an example: Like most North Koreans, Son Jong Nam knew next to nothing about Christianity when he … Continue reading →

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propaganda

Posted on June 26, 2010 by bkingr

a study in comparison and contrast first: second (doesn’t this one seem impossibly dated and silly already?):

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do something risky with your life

Posted on December 29, 2009 by bkingr

here is John Piper talking about the stoning of Stephen and its application for us. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AZVkexI1qQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Hat tip to m cubed

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Paradise

Posted on December 16, 2008 by bkingr

In a Tabletalk article Burk Parsons mentions the 2005 film Paradise Now about Islamic terrorists about to blow themselves up and uses it as a segue to discuss the concept of Paradise for believers: Jesus promised paradise to the thief … Continue reading →

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the result of knowing Christ

Posted on November 19, 2008 by bkingr

here is the result of KNOWING the Jesus described below. when you KNOW the sovereign supreme Jesus intimately well, then you can calmly reject pardons that would keep you from burning at the stake if you would only reject that … Continue reading →

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