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October 27, 2009

Sometimes readers of the Bible see the conditions that God lays down for his blessing and they conclude from these conditions that our action is first and decisive, then God responds to bless us. That is not right. John Piper’s Blog. Read the rest of the post. So good.

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The shock of being an insider.

October 26, 2009

This is a quote that rocked me to the core last week. It’s something Tim Keller references in his study Gospel Christianity 101 (which you should immediately purchase, read, and use as the curriculum at your small group) He quoted Richard Hays from his book The Moral Vision of The New Testament: God’s… invasion of [...]

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I love my church.

October 25, 2009

I love it because you don’t have to wear a mask. I mean, I still do… I just don’t have to. I see the pastors every week taking off their masks and allowing us to glimpse how the gospel is changing them. Someday, I’ll take mine off, too. My church isn’t perfect. But the one [...]

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October 16, 2009

A person who worships God because God is man-centered is not God-centered. And the worship may not be worship. John Piper.

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The subtlety of Self.

October 12, 2009

It’s so easy to share even a message about Jesus and not share the message of Jesus. Take Matthew 4:1-11 as an example. It’s a fairly well known passage about Jesus being tempted in the wilderness by Satan. Every single time I have ever talked or meditated on this passage I have made the action [...]

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I want the kick drum.

October 4, 2009

The other night at the Derek Webb concert I had a blast. Very few artists can make me think like he can. His perspective on life is amazing. I think my favorite song on his new album (which he plays ALL of at the show) is “The Spirit and the Kick Drum.” It is a [...]

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Sabbaths are a Sign.

September 30, 2009

I was reading in the book of Ezekiel (as per the YouVersion “daily reading” plan which has regrettably looked for me more like an every-other-daily plan at best) recently and was struck by Ezekiel 20:12. Did you catch that? (mouse over the verse to read it) God gave us the sabbath (a day of rest [...]

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Hope-Accosted Waiting.

September 29, 2009

Can I be honest? The past week has been a struggle. We are facing an elephant-sized amount of financial support to raise, and despite having been off campus working full-time on developing additional support, we have a net gain of around (negative) 100 bucks per month this month. It has felt insurmountable at times, and [...]

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Peace, Now! COEXIST! Make love, not war!

September 24, 2009

I’ve seen many of these types of bumper stickers and signs, lately. And I agree, we should work toward peace, now. But what these stickers and the sentiments behind them fail to take into account is that, essentially, all of the war-mongers out there are thinking the same thing. “There would be peace, if everybody [...]

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What’s the point of confession?

September 20, 2009

I am stuck on the thought that what I witnessed yesterday over at Stuff Christians Like, though good, is not confession. I did a quick perusal of the words translated as “confess” in our English Bibles (thanks to my Logos Bible Software, it took all of 5 minutes) and found out that Christian confession, from [...]

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