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Archive for November 2010
I confess. I always wanted to do this as an 8-year-old!
November 29, 2010One of the first movies I ever owned was Breakin’. Shortly after that was Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo. These two movies marked me as a 5 year old, and unfortunately after my mother watched several failed attempts of me spinning on my head, I never made it to the age of eight as a break [...]
Monday is for “kingly” administration: Disciple-Making Delegation
November 29, 2010Previous posts on disciple-making in “kingly” administration series: » Disciple-Making Structures » Disciple-Making Venues The goal of discipleship is not only maturity and growth, but exercising gifts while being equipped for ministry. Delegation is an art, and those in leadership responsible for the decentralization of the mission need to not only be competent in the [...]
5 Books Every Christian Should Read
November 28, 2010I had the privilege of joining Tim Challies, Owen Strachan, Trevin Wax, and Terry Delaney of coming up with a short list of books (five to be exact) we believe every Christian should read. Terry, who came up with the idea, explains a little about our thinking in this blogpost. There are other great books [...]
What is a disciple?
November 27, 2010“With the world under his feet, with heaven in his eye, with the gospel in his hand and Christ in his heart, he pleads as an ambassador for God, knowing nothing but Jesus Christ, enjoying nothing but the conversion of sinners, hoping for nothing but the promotion of the kingdom of Christ, and glorying in [...]
GCM Everyday Audio
November 26, 2010Last month, he GCM Collective held a one-day training focused on the gospel, community, and mission in everyday contexts. Steve Timmis and Tim Chester has a new book coming out soon on the “ordinary” church–living as gospel communities on mission in everyday life, not just Sunday’s. The audio from this one-day conference is not available, [...]
Hallelujah
November 25, 2010Happy Thanksgiving folks! Here’s a couple of fun videos of flash mobs breaking out in the Hallelujah Chorus in malls this year. Now here’s an encouraging trend I would like to see go viral in the real world!
Justified Thanksgiving
November 24, 2010* This is part three of three in a series based on a Thanksgiving sermon I preached this past Sunday based on Luke 18:9-14. In this section, I argue that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the source of all acceptable thanksgiving. Or, in other words, we should thank God for justification by faith! For [...]
Religion by works vs. Salvation by grace
November 23, 2010One of the most helpful ways of distinguishing between religion and the gospel is through this series of statements by Tim Keller. You can find these words in his message “On Being the Church in the Culture” from the 2006 Reform & Resurgence Conference. Religion (salvation by works) v. Gospel (salvation by grace) [Acceptance] “I [...]
The Quest for (Self) Justification
November 23, 2010* This is part two of three of a series from a Thanksgiving sermon I preached Sunday from Luke 18:9-14. This part focuses on the quest for justification (and its relationship to thanksgiving). To read part one, go here. The most important word in this passage (Luke 18:9-14) is found in verse 14. It is [...]
Unacceptable Thanksgiving
November 22, 2010* This is part one of three of sermon notes I preached Sunday about Thanksgiving from Luke 18:9-14. This passage speaks powerfully to what I called “justified thanksgiving.” This week is a special time in the calendar year. We call it Thanksgiving—a time where family and friends come together to share meals, discuss their lives, [...]
Tim Keller at Urban Plant Life
November 20, 2010Steve McCoy pointed us to some Tim Keller gold last week. Here are eight newly formatted PDFs of Tim Keller talks from the recent Urban Plant Life Conference and Consultation in London. Gospel Renewal Church and Culture Contextual and Missional Gospel Preaching Integrative Ministry Gospel Theology Movement Dynamics Church Planting You can get these and [...]
How NOT to Help the Poor
November 18, 2010One of the biggest dilemmas right now in places like Haiti is the unintended consequences of crisis relief without long-term vision for indigenous empowerment and cultural revitalization. For example, see Exhibit A from this past week. A book that I have been reading that is incredibly helpful (and a manual for our work in Haiti) [...]
Those “not far from the kingdom” may be farther than you think
November 22, 2010Reflecting on the Pharisee in Luke 18:9-14 makes me think about the temptation to legislate morality by arbitrarily judging which sinners we think are most “savable.” If the Temple that day were a typical Sunday morning, I presume most churches would cater to the man with moral superiority. He shows interest in religion and shows [...]
Categories: Gospel, Personal Commentary
Tags: Gospel, Justification, Repentance, Self-Righteousness
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