Yesterday I preached a message entitled “A Celebration of Grace”. It was the conclusion of a 4-part series on grace from passages in the Gospel according to Luke. My final text was a very familiar text to Christians, commonly called the “parable of the prodigal son.” Two particular readings affected me greatly this past week. [...]
Archive for August 2011
The Canceling Power of a Divine Kiss
August 29, 201150¢ Word(s) of the Week, Part 13
August 27, 2011Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3 || Part 4 || Part 5 || Part 6 || Part 7 || Part 8 Part 9 || Part 10 || Part 11 || Part 12 I started a new series on Twitter several months ago, called “50¢ Word(s) of the Day”. Here’s the thirteenth installment from this past week: Monday: parousia » parousia, advent (esp. second visible coming of Christ as Judge) Tuesday: credenda » things to be believed [...]
Nathan Finn on “The Gospel and Baptist Identity”
August 26, 2011Dr. Nathan Finn has recently completed an excellent blog series entitled “The Gospel and Baptist Identity.” I for one am glad to see the two merged together as it is my hope that the identity of Baptists would fundamentally be characterized by the functional centrality of the gospel. Be sure to check out the blogposts [...]
Calvin on the Gospel
August 25, 2011I have stumbled across this several times in the blogosphere, and every time I realize how sweet it is. From his preface to Pierre-Robert Olivétan’s 1535 translation of the Bible “To all those who love Christ and his gospel,” Calvin writes: Without the gospel everything is useless and vain; without the gospel we are not [...]
Meaningful Meals – Excerpts from Tim Chester
August 24, 2011While on vacation last month, I read through Tim Chester’s bookA Meal with Jesus. I found it to be incredibly provocative and insightful regarding the life and mission of Jesus. I was challenged in a number of ways and continue to revisit the exegetical and practical work Chester delivered in this little book. Though I [...]
Sow the Seed!
August 22, 2011Last Thursday, I took my boys in the bike trailer to our local public library to read books together. The library is one of those “third places” I’m realizing that can be a good way to meet people in my community. Like neighborhood parks, the library provides opportunity for my kids to meet other kids, [...]
Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 24
August 21, 2011Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3 || Part 4 || Part 5 || Part 6 || Part 7 || Part 8 Part 9 || Part 10 || Part 11 || Part 12 || Part 13 || Part 14 || Part 15 || Part 16 Part 17 || Part 18 || Part 19 || Part 20 || Part 21 || Part 22 || Part 23 Your weekly installment of 20 grace tweets from Scotty Smith: A sign you’re growing in grace: If you’re a husband, you no longer say to your wife, “That’s a [...]
50¢ Word(s) of the Week, Part 12
August 20, 2011Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3 || Part 4 || Part 5 || Part 6 || Part 7 || Part 8 Part 9 || Part 10 || Part 11 I started a new series on Twitter several months ago, called “50¢ Word(s) of the Day”. Here’s the twelth installment from this past week: Monday: imitatio Christi » imitation of Christ (a central theme in Christian piety & spirituality) Tuesday: ira dei » the wrath [...]
Matt Papa – Here Am I, Send Me
August 19, 2011Yes.
Atmospheric Repentance
August 17, 2011That’s a new term I learned from Dr. David Powlison after watching the video below. Atmospheric repentance is based on the initial cry of the Reformation as articulated by Martin Luther in the first of his 95 Thesis: When our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, said “Repent”, He called for the entire life of believers [...]
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
August 16, 2011Michael Horton answers the question about the prevailing religion of the day and why we need a recovery of the gospel. By the way, if you have not picked up Horton’s trilogy on the gospel, they are must-read’s: Christless Christianity Gospel-Driven Life The Gospel Commission
Grace Saturated Community
August 16, 2011The more I dwell on the amazing grace of God, the more I realize how deeply I need to grow and be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus (2 Tim. 2:1; 2 Pet. 3:16). I have been dwelling on it quite a bit lately as I have been preaching a mini-series on [...]
All Our Sin for Your Grace
August 15, 2011Yesterday, I had an opportunity to preach at Grace Gathered from Luke 7:36-50. I wanted to show how the grace of God builds a genuinely loving community of forgiven sinners. Luke’s account of Jesus’ interaction with the “woman of the city” is a truly remarkable testimony of sheer grace. This morning, I listened to the [...]
Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 23
August 14, 2011Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3 || Part 4 || Part 5 || Part 6 || Part 7 || Part 8 Part 9 || Part 10 || Part 11 || Part 12 || Part 13 || Part 14 || Part 15 || Part 16 Part 17 || Part 18 || Part 19 || Part 20 || Part 21 || Part 22 Your weekly installment of 20 grace tweets from Scotty Smith: A sign you’re growing in grace: You don’t park your car half-way into another slot just to protect against dings. [...]
Hurricane Irene, Mercy in Models, and Mobilizing Disaster Relief
August 25, 2011I live in a part of the country very familiar with hurricanes (southwest Florida). Because of where we live, we have houses fit with metal storm shutters, elevated lots, and houses secured by cinder block from the ground to the ceiling. This is not so for many places that are not considered to be primary [...]
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Tags: Disaster Relief, Hurricane Irene
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