Archive for October 2011

Signs You Are Growing in Grace, Part 29

October 31, 2011

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 [...]

The Gospel Alphabet: H is for Hope

October 30, 2011

A | 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, 2011

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 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, 2011

I’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, 2011

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 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, 2011

A | 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, 2011

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 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, 2011

A | 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, 2011

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 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 [...]

And now for a personal update

October 6, 2011

2011 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 [...]

Interview with Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert on the Mission of the Church

October 4, 2011

In the coming weeks, I will be sharing about a new reading initiative out of the PLNTD Network for planters and pastors alike.  Our first reading project will be reading two new and important contributions to the subject of the mission of the church.  The first one is the sequel to Total Church by Steve [...]

What No Ear Has Heard

October 3, 2011

The 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, 2011

A | 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, 2011

For 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, 2011

I really like Mumford & Sons. I really love “Come Thou Fount”.


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