Monday, September 27, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Uncharitable Judgement
"The more sure we are of someone else's heart motive, the more likely we are uncharitably judging them." -- Bob Kauflin
Proverbs 28:26
Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool,
but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Mark Twain on parenting...
"Things run along pretty smoothly until your kid reaches thirteen. That’s the time you need to stick ‘em in a barrel, hammer the lid down nice and snug, and feed ‘em through the knothole. And then, about the time he turns sixteen, plug up the knothole!" --- Mark Twain
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Apostles and Missions
“The function of first century apostles finds its ongoing expression in the efforts of those called and gifted to lead the church into missions.” -- Jeff Purswell
Read more here.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
On Haiti
I'm sure, by now, everyone knows about the horrible earthquake that recently occurred in Haiti. The pain and devastation is sobering. The destruction and cost of life may turn out to be the equivalent of a thousand 9/11s.
In light of all this, what do you do with Pat Robertson's recent statement; that Haiti is under a curse for the pact it made with the devil, some 200 years ago?
Some intelligent remarks and responses have been offered:
Last night, our PC class posted that question to CJ Mahaney. I didn't get his remarks written down word-for-word, but it was something akin to this: Our response to the tragedy in Haiti should be one of sorrow; our hearts should go out. Personally, our response ought to be one of amazement; that we weren't the one swallowed up in an earthquake. In light of God's holiness and our sinfulness, it is only amazing grace that we stand here alive today with hope for tomorrow.
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There are many charities mobilizing to bring aid to Haiti. Sovereign Grace Ministries is joining in on the effort.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Christmas Warning
Beware this Christmas season of the lust of the eyes. Its a simple sin, really. It expresses itself as a passionate craving for whatever I see. What I see, I want... and must have.
Obviously its okay to want things, but when those desires demand more from our affections than they warrant, it has turned into lust of the eyes.
Biblical example: Samson, in Judges 14
1 Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman. 2 When he returned, he said to his father and mother, "I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife." 3 His father and mother replied, "Isn't there an acceptable woman among your relatives or among all our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?" But Samson said to his father, "Get her for me. She's the right one for me."
Samson was morally prohibited from marrying an unbelieving foreigner, yet he was ruled by the lust of the eyes.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Means of Grace
Wayne Grudem: The means of grace are any activities within the fellowship of the church that god uses to give more grace to Christians.
Not a means to receive grace (for that would be an oxymoron), rather they're a place of positioning ourselves to receive grace.
"Means" typically considered:
- word- prayer- sacraments- leadership- relationships- spiritual gifts- church discipline
Monday, November 23, 2009
Glory in God's Glory!
"God’s great work in Christ Jesus in bringing glorious salvation to fallen beings is designed to bring praise to God’s great glory. This merits repeating: Salvation is not an end in itself. The praise of God is the highest good. God’s work in the lives of His people, according to Paul, is centered in the context of the praise of His glory. In other words God’s worship is the divine goal of His redemptive work." -- Ronald B. Allen
The Wonder of Worship: A New Understanding of the Worship Experience, p. 21
The Wonder of Worship: A New Understanding of the Worship Experience, p. 21
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The Present Reality of Justification... that is, the need to realize justification everyday.
“Only a fraction of the present body of professing Christians are solidly appropriating the justifying work of Christ in their lives. Many have so light an apprehension of God’s holiness and of the extent and guilt of their sin that consciously they see little need for justification, although below the surface of their lives they are deeply guilt-ridden and insecure. Many others have a theoretical commitment to this doctrine, but in their day-to-day existence they rely on their sanctification for justification... drawing their assurance of acceptance with God from their sincerity, their past experience of conversion, their recent religious performance or the relative infrequency of their conscious, willful disobedience. Few know enough to start each day with a thoroughgoing stand upon Luther’s platform: you are accepted, looking outward in faith and claiming the wholly alien righteousness of Christ as the only ground for acceptance, relaxing in that quality of trust which will produce increasing sanctification as faith is active in love and gratitude." --- Richard Lovelace, Dynamics of Spiritual Life
Jerry Bridges' Soap Box
You must draw a line in the sand regarding these two doctrines: (1) the inspiration of Scripture and (2) the penal substitutionary atonement. Of course there are other doctrines that are foundational to Christianity (i.e. the Trinity), but the above mentioned doctrines are the two most central doctrines of Christianity that are under attack in our day. II Timothy 3:16
All Scripture is breathed out by GodII Corinthians 5:21
For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
All Scripture is breathed out by GodII Corinthians 5:21
For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
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