Don’t know who wrote this at Ligonier, but this is excellent: Martin Luther declared that a new Christian must withdraw from the world for a season, but upon reaching spiritual maturity he must embrace the world as the theater of redemptive activity. His message was, “Away with the cowards who flee from the real world [...]
Archive for March 2010
Cloaking Cowardice with Custom-Made Bushels
March 31, 2010Father
March 30, 2010For the Christian in prayer, the most powerful word is his first word – Father. Far too often, if not always, we hurry past the fact that we are addressing God as Father to get on to the things on our mind and heart. But when was the last time that you were staggered by [...]
Gospel in Life – A New Gospel-Centered Resource by Tim Keller
March 29, 2010I’m really jazzed about a new resourced just released by Tim Keller and Redeemer City to City called Gospel in Life. The Gospel in Life is an intensive eight-session course on the gospel and how it is lived out in all of life–first in your heart, then in your community, and then out in the [...]
In Prayer
March 28, 2010This prayer from the Valley of Vision is working me over. Had to pass it along to you. “In Prayer” O LORD, In prayer I launch far out into the eternal world, and on that broad ocean my soul triumphs over all evils on the shores of mortality. Time, with its gay amusements and cruel [...]
Great Sale on Two New Gospel Resources
March 27, 2010Hurry, because you only have until April 1st to take advantage of this sweet deal by Westminster Bookstore. Check it out. You get two gospel resources for the price of one ($14.49). Here’s a description of the two books . . . You Can Change: God’s Transforming Power for our Sinful Behavior and Negative Emotions [...]
POTW :: Tubing
March 26, 2010View in Flickr (See it LARGE) View in Flickr (See it LARGE) Yesterday morning, my wife and I took our 10-month-old son to the hospital to have tubes put into his ears. He has had ear infections since mid-January, and over the course of the past three months fluid has continued to develop and worsen [...]
Gospel Transformation
March 25, 2010I’ve been “tweeting” lately pictures of gospel transformation in Scripture (see here, here, and here for examples). But earlier today I came across the video below on Bill Streger’s blog that powerfully depicts gospel transformation in contemporary context. If you were to ask me what church life should be all about, I believe this video [...]
Word and Deed Together
March 25, 2010Word and deed ministry should always go together in the mission of the church. I take this from (1) the example of Jesus, (2) the mission of the Twelve, and (3) the practice of the early church. I believe Matthew 4:23 and 9:35 are intentional summaries of the earthly mission of Jesus. They encapsulate the [...]
The Church Consumer
March 23, 2010Now I know this video is somewhat silly, and I assume intentionally so (to make the point). The question I think worth asking is, “Does the culture in my church accommodate, encourage, or tolerate this kind of perspective about the church?” HT :: Phil Awtry
The Resurrection Story: God’s Wonderful Surprise
March 22, 2010Last November, I posted the video of the birth of Jesus Christ from The Jesus Storybook Bible–a resource that God has used in the lives of my two boys in incredible ways. Below is the video of the resurrection story entitled “God’s Wonderful Surprise” taken from JSSB. If you would like to incorporate family devotions [...]
The Gospel and Satanic Oppression
March 21, 2010Some very sobering words from the pen of John Stott: The world’s opposition is strong and subtle. And behind these things stands the devil, bent on ‘taking men alive’ and keeping them prisoner. For the devil hates the gospel and uses all his strength and cunning to obstruct its progress, now by perverting it in [...]
POTW :: Back Again
March 20, 2010View in Flickr (See it LARGE) View in Flickr (See it LARGE) Man, it has been probably a year or more since I have done a POTW. As much as I love photography, it has been one of those things that gets laid aside when you have these two little ones by your side. [...]
Five Years and Counting
March 18, 2010Five years ago this week, I walked into Boyce Centennial Library to find my friend Zach Mabry getting on a Xanga blog-ring which made absolutely no sense to me. I had heard about blogging because of what had recently happened to Dan Rather, and I knew the potential influence they would have in our culture, [...]
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