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Monthly Archives: February 2009
philosophers go at each other
and there is a play by play. very interesting stuff. Plantinga is the christian and Dennett is the militant atheist. Much more at the link. 3:52 pm – I have just realized that Dennett is taking far too long. The … Continue reading
two clips from John Piper
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words matter
Vision Navigator posted a video with this introduction: Ran across this short movie called Validation…funny, intriguing, touching, and a great story that illustrates the power of words, and the fundamental human need for recognition and affirmation. here it is, what … Continue reading
foto friday
spring is springing. here is a bee on a redbud on the Capitol grounds. My new spring header came from this. Love the determination on 2’s face: and I just can’t seem to get enough of flags:
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Tagged 105mm, 80-200mm, 80-200mm f2.8 AF-D, austin, austin texas, basketball, capitol, d300, nikkor 105mm f2.8 AF, nikon, nikon d300, photography, texas
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James MacDonald's blog
James MacDonald is the senior pastor at Harvest Bible Chapel in Chicago. He is currently in California undergoing radiation treatments for prostate cancer, but he is still updating his blog. he recently did a video post on songs that Harvest … Continue reading
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Tagged brian mclaren, emerging church, harvest bible chapel, james macdonald, walk in the word
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gospel centered preaching
here is Matt Chandler talking about gospel centered preaching as opposed to silly irreverent myths [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5YzI7b92L8&hl=en&fs=1] p.s. I am trying to remember where I saw this and will update with a link when I remember
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
generations
baptist 21 is publishing a series of articles by a guest poster, Steven A. McKinion, who is a theology professor at Southeastern Seminary. Professor McKinion is describing the heirs of the Conservative Resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention. He talks … Continue reading
yesterday
we went to church at Austin City Life yesterday. About 80-100 of us crowded into the Hideout Theater. Turns out it was the last Sunday in that venue and next week the church will meet at the Parish on 6th … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin City Life, church planting novice, creation project, jonathan dodson
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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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Interview with Dinesh D'Souza
I first became acquainted with the work of Dinesh D’Souza back in law school when I read Illiberal Education. It was both interesting and eye opening in its willingness to take on directly the sacred cows of the left wing … Continue reading
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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Rick Santelli goes off
Everybody has probably seen this already, but let me tell you, this was some good T.V. right here. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZB4taSEoA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Hat tip to KLo and Reformissionary.
foto friday
february is a bit too early for baseball and the weather was not very cooperative for pictures the other night. I decided to use the fog and try for artsy instead. the scene in B&W coming up to the plate … Continue reading
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Tagged 28mm, 80-200mm, 80-200mm f2.8 AF-D, baseball, d300, february, fog, nikkor 28mm f2.8 AF, nikon, nikon d300, photography, weather
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John 10
I have been spending some time in the Gospel of John lately. It is amazing how reading familiar words can have a new impact on you when you are reading them again. Just look for a minute at some phrases … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, God's grace, grace, jesus the great shepherd, Jeus, John 10, life, love, providence, sacrifice, sheep, shepherd
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high praise for Finally Alive
John Piper’s new book, Finally Alive is earning high praise by reviewers. Tim Challies says at the beginning of his review: As I read the final page of Finally Alive I realized that I had found a new favorite book … Continue reading
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Tagged adrian warnock, books, finally alive, John Piper, reviews, tim challies
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Training
I have signed up for Governor Perry’s fit Texas challenge and I am preparing to participate in the Texas Round Up (5K or 10K that is the burning question). My signing up for this after 20 or so years of … Continue reading
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Tagged exercise, fit texan competition, physical activity, Rick Perry, rogue running, texas roundup, training
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Right Thinking in a World Gone Wrong
Here are two blurbs from the new book Right Thinking in a World Gone Wrong the first one deals with the emptiness of chasing the “American dream”: Until sinners submit to the truth about God, they will never acquire what … Continue reading
legislating morality
Kevin DeYoung has a post up on his blog about why he believes it is not only permissible but necessary to legislate morality in the case of abortion. First he makes the point that I was making to Jesurgislac in … Continue reading
missing the moment
The third of the reactions posted by Timmy Brister that I found particularly interesting is a longer read that gets to the heart of why I think this fight matters and why it is even occurring. An article at Baptist … Continue reading
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Tagged baptist twenty one, generational warfare, mark driscoll, relevance, unnecessary fussing
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friends ride in
Timmy Brister has posted a round up of reactions to the Baptist Press article on Mark Driscoll. I found three of them to be particularly interesting. First, Ed Stetzer writes that Friday is for Friends and he says, in part: … Continue reading
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Tagged baptist press, charity, ed stetzer, friends, friendship, grace, jd greear, love, mark driscoll, repentance
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more fighting
I think that the leadership of the SBC is really misunderstanding the moment we are in historically, culturally, theologically. Here is the Baptist Press article about Mark Driscoll. Here is a response from Southeastern Seminary that just had a conference … Continue reading
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Tagged baptist identity, baptist press, calvinism, landmarkism, Timmy Brister, Todd Burus
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phriday photos
I am just fascinated by the most intense light of the sun right now. here is sunset reflected off the arm of a power line here is the bottom of the sun peeking out of the cloud and for something … Continue reading
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Tagged 80-200mm, 80-200mm f2.8 AF-D, d300, nikon, nikon d300, photography, sunset, texas
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