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Monthly Archives: April 2009
under the curse of God
courtesy of Kevin DeYoung. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqK5IfAKsBE&hl=en&fs=1]
three days
Today is Good Friday which brings up the perennial question of how Jesus could be three days and nights in the grave when he was crucified on Friday and rose again on Sunday. Here is a decent explanation by Walter … Continue reading
phridai photoes
more flowers. I am loving this spring.
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Tagged 80-200mm, 80-200mm f2.8 AF-D, d300, flowers, friday fotos, nikon, nikon d300, photography, spring
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consumerism
Vitamin Z is continuing to post quotes from Skye Jethani’s book The Divine Commodity. This one was especially good: “Given the extent to which American Christianity has adopted the methodology of consumerism by appealing to and rewarding desires, we shouldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in church, culture
Tagged church growth, consumer methods, consumerism, skye jethani, the divine commodity
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small reminder
from Jesse Phillips “Love the Lord with all your heart, mind and strength” and “Love your neighbor as yourself.” In fact, it seems that no other admonition is repeated more in the New Testament than to love and be loving … Continue reading
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Tagged catalyst, jesse phillips, love, love God, love your neighbor, pharisees
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what he said
here is Mark Driscoll talking about holding truth tightly while being relevant to the culture. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WuKIxQszJw&hl=en&fs=1] Bumped up from last July, because it is still relevant. here is the page where you can download the entire message that the above … Continue reading
Posted in bingo/ditto, church
Tagged church, discernment, driscoll, relevance, truth
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data points
here are two data points on the slide we are going down. first, courtesy of Andy McCarthy, is Matthew Franck’s discussion of the Iowa Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing homosexual marriage in Iowa. here is the opening, but go read it … Continue reading
that Newsweek cover story
Newsweek has a cover story on “the End of Christian America.” here is an optimistic bit from the article: Let’s be clear: while the percentage of Christians may be shrinking, rumors of the death of Christianity are greatly exaggerated. Being … Continue reading
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Tagged al mohler, dan kimball, newsweek, post-christian, vitamin z
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Romans 5:6-8
Romans 5:8 is well known. “but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” But the thought that Paul is expressing actually begins in verse 6. Here is the whole thing: … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged justification, matt chandler, redemption, romans 5:6-8, salvation, the gospel
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original sin, part 2
about a month ago, I posted on Original Sin. Specifically, one of the leaders of the emerging church had decided that he didn’t believe this doctrine and Kevin DeYoung called him out on it with scripture. yesterday, I received this … Continue reading
Posted in church, culture, teaching
Tagged dead in sin, ephesians 2, flesh, free will, heresy, Kevin DeYoung, made alive, original sin, romans 5, romans 6, sin nature, tony jones
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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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more wolf shooting
Some of you may recall Mark Driscoll’s talk at last year’s Desiring God national conference. I reviewed it briefly here and linked to it. In the talk, Mark made the point that wolves are false teachers who prey upon the … Continue reading
friday fotos
more flowers a bit abstract solo in the sun
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Tagged 105mm, 105mm f2.8 AF, 80-200mm, 80-200mm f2.8 AF-D, austin, austin texas, bluebonnets, d300, nikon, nikon d300, photography, texas
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wise as serpents, harmless as doves
Jesus sent his twelve disciples out by two’s in Matthew 10 to proclaim the imminence of the Kingdom of Heaven. As part of his charge to them, Jesus told them in verse 16 that he was sending them out like … Continue reading
Fireproof
I love the way Doug Wilson writes. You cannot read him when you are half asleep or you will be completely lost. He has written a blurb review of Fireproof, the Christian marriage movie from last year. But it was … Continue reading
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Tagged christian movies, doug wilson, fireproof, movies, propaganda, tim challies
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