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grace in marriage
after adultery. God’s grace and power displayed. Paul Tripp: Paul Tripp- Adultery and new beginnings from Crossway on Vimeo. From the z man.
Lessons from Tiger Woods
C.J. Mahaney has some thoughts about what we can all learn from Tiger Woods and his troubles this last week. Excellent stuff. Go read it all. Hunted by Sin But Tiger is being hunted by something more menacing than journalists. … Continue reading
the cost of sexual immorality
Governor Mark Sanford’s sin of sexual immorality that has been recently publicly unmasked has had devastating consequences for his family, his staff of employees, his state, and for people who admired him from a distance as a straight shooting morally … Continue reading
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Tagged consequences, mark sanford, randy alcorn, sexual immorality, sin
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truth in love
Paul reminded the Ephesian church that only with truth would there be mature Christian unity and only if truth was spoken in love. Truth cannot be ducked or minimized in any way, but it must be softened with compassion. It … Continue reading
tyranny?
why use such a strong word when judges make up law and choose to favor one group over another rather than allow democratic processes to work? Keith Pavlischek at First Things quotes Nathan Diament who calls this struggle over competing … Continue reading
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Tagged christianity, clash of rights, gay rights, love, love your neighbor, sin, sinfulness, truth, tyranny
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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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Porn-Again Christian
Mark Driscoll has uploaded chapter two to his book Porn-Again Christian here. Mark also posted a video introduction to the book. In his words the book is “brutal” taking a “brick to the back of your head” and deal with … Continue reading
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Tagged adultery, fornication, lust, mark driscoll, masturbation, porn-again christian, pornography, sexual sin, sin
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speaking of sin
what should we do with sin? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0GEv78335o&hl=en&fs=1]
one more thing
this bit of the Miami Herald opinion piece quoted below must also be addressed: Evangelicals divorce, do drugs, drink alcohol, have sex outside marriage, have abortions — you name it, they do it, at the same rates as everyone else. … Continue reading
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Tagged children of light, choices, differences, pornography, sin, testimony
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do we tolerate sin?
Ligonier has a book review of Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate (NavPress, 2007) by Jerry Bridges. Tragically, the idea of sin has disappeared in many churches, and where the concept remains, it is sometimes deflected. In other words, … Continue reading
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Tagged ezekiel, faith, respectable sins, sin, tolerance of sin, trust
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transitions
transitioning a conversation to the gospel requires the intention to do so and the opportunity. Joe Thorn has a list of eight topics from which the gospel is an easy leap. There are more in the comments. Here are the … Continue reading
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Tagged church, community, conversation, evangelism, missions, politics, sin
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