Part 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 Part 24 || Part 25 || Part 26 | Part 27 || Part 28 Your weekly installment of 20 grace tweets from Scotty Smith: A sign you’re growing in grace: In the past 6 months, someone’s commented [...]
Archive for October 2011
Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 29
October 31, 2011The Gospel Alphabet: H is for Hope
October 30, 2011A | B | C | D | E | F | G In his book, Grounded in the Gospel: Building Believers the Old-Fashioned Way, J.I. Packer has a chapter entitled “The Gospel as of First Importance.” In that chapter, Packer discusses the pastoral and formational applications of the Gospel. Many are familiar with the quote from Tim Keller that “the Gospel is not the ABC’s of [...]
50¢ Word(s) of the Week, Part 20
October 29, 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 Monday: lapsus » fall, lapse (specifically, the fall of Adam and Eve from original righteousness) Tuesday: gratia particularis sive specialis » particular or special grace (grace of God given savingly only to the elect) [...]
Roots Reading Initiative (New from PLNTD)
October 24, 2011I’m excited to share with you a new project from PLNTD called the Roots Reading Initiative. Over the past several months, we have been working on the creation of a whole new approach to leadership and networking in church planting through what we are calling the PLNTD ecosystem. We endeavor to create an environment through [...]
Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 28
October 24, 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 Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 Your weekly installment of 20 grace tweets from Scotty Smith: A sign you’re growing in grace: You no longer morph into a legalist or [...]
The Gospel Alphabet: G is for Grace
October 23, 2011A | B | C | D | E | F In his book, Grounded in the Gospel: Building Believers the Old-Fashioned Way, J.I. Packer has a chapter entitled “The Gospel as of First Importance.” In that chapter, Packer discusses the pastoral and formational applications of the Gospel. Many are familiar with the quote from Tim Keller that “the Gospel is not the ABC’s of [...]
Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 27
October 10, 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 Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 Your weekly installment of 20 grace tweets from Scotty Smith: A sign you’re growing in grace: Though you don’t let anyone put you under the [...]
The Gospel Alphabet: F is for Fidelity
October 9, 2011A | B | C | D | E In his book, Grounded in the Gospel: Building Believers the Old-Fashioned Way, J.I. Packer has a chapter entitled “The Gospel as of First Importance.” In that chapter, Packer discusses the pastoral and formational applications of the Gospel. Many are familiar with the quote from Tim Keller that “the Gospel is not the ABC’s of [...]
50¢ Word(s) of the Week, Part 19
October 8, 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 Monday: Trinitas » Trinity, the existence of God as one in essence (essential) and three in person (persona) #Trinity Tuesday: subsistentia » individual instance of a given essence (Latin equivalent of Greek hypostatis) #Trinity Wednesday: persona [...]
What No Ear Has Heard
October 3, 2011The video below has gone viral, with over four million hits on YouTube. You can read all about it here. Sarah Churman, deaf for her entire life, hears her own voice for the fist time in 29 years after being given a hearing implant. I could not help after watching this video but think about [...]
The Gospel Alphabet: E is for Evangelism
October 2, 2011A | B | C | D In his book, Grounded in the Gospel: Building Believers the Old-Fashioned Way, J.I. Packer has a chapter entitled “The Gospel as of First Importance.” In that chapter, Packer discusses the pastoral and formational applications of the Gospel. Many are familiar with the quote from Tim Keller that “the Gospel is not the ABC’s of [...]
Free Audiobook – Think by John Piper
October 2, 2011For the month of October, ChristianAudio is giving away as a free download John Piper’s audiobook Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God. This is a really helpful book, and if you have a regular commute or exercise routine, this audiobook is well worth your time. Here’s a video trailer for [...]
Come Thou Fount – Mumford & Sons
October 1, 2011I really like Mumford & Sons. I really love “Come Thou Fount”.




















And now for a personal update
October 6, 20112011 has been one of the most eventful years of my life. As someone who likes to plan and prepare things, I thought I had a good beat on where the Lord was leading me at the beginning of the year. And yet I can say that the majority of my days this year have [...]
Categories: Church Planting, Life With Grace, Personal Commentary, Prayer Request
Tags: Church Planting, Grace Baptist Church, PLNTD Network
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