July 2011
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WatchHere is a collection of photos from the Acts 29 church planter and wives retreat a few weeks ago. It was such a sweet time with the Lord and with our church planting brothers and sisters in Christ.
(There is a quick shot of Hallie and I at the 1:50 mark)
June 2011
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“But one real meeting with the living God puts all this self-righteous junk into...”
– Jack Miller, Repentance
“This is the age of the Spirit, and the age of the Spirit is an epoch of...”
– Jack Miller, Repentance
May 2011
16 posts
“Not only do we have a clean slate as Adam did, we’ve got something written...”
– Elyse Fitzpatrick, Because He Loves Me
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“When the Bible talks about sin it is not just referring to the bad things we do....”
– Tim Keller, King’s Cross
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Spurgeon on Studying the End of the World
When asked about the study of millennial views Charles Spurgeon humorously quipped,
“I have heard a great many people talk of it; and if anybody shows me a book on the millennium, I say, ‘I cannot read it just yet.’ A good man has lately written a book on it, and a gentleman recommended it to me so strongly, that I could not but buy it out of courtesy; but I elevated it to...
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“We shall understand why a Christian observes laws: For the peace of the world,...”
– Martin Luther
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“You’re glorifying something when you find it beautiful for what it is in itself....”
– Tim Keller, King’s Cross
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“A gospel is an announcement of something that has happened in history, something...”
– Tim Keller, King’s Cross
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“The gospel isn’t advice: It’s the good news that you don’t need to earn your way...”
– Tim Keller, King’s Cross
“My mother said, “Son, as far as I am concerned, nothing in this life now...”
– Monica, at her death rejoicing in the salvation of her son, Augustine of Hippo
“Only constant meditation on Christ’s love will make us eager to be with...”
– Elyse Fitzpatrick, Because He Loves Me
“The Sad Moralist is the person who understands the profound depth of God’s...”
– Elyse Fitzpatrick, Because He Loves Me
“The Happy Moralist is the person who thinks that his holiness rests pretty much...”
– Elyse Fitzpatrick, Because He Loves Me
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“One more point must be added to this discussion of our role in sanctification:...”
– Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology
“And ‘tis farther to be considered that the thing which God aimed at in the...”
– Jonathan Edwards, in The End for which God Created the World
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“The Word of God and the work of the Spirit are the means by which the people of...”
– Clinton Arnold
“Resolved, to act, in all respects, both speaking and doing, as if nobody had...”
– Jonathan Edwards, 8th Resolution
April 2011
34 posts
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“Why did God choose faith as the means by which we receive justification? It is...”
– Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology
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A Brief Conversation with Tim Witmer
First of all, if you haven’t read Tim Witmer’s book, The Shepherd Leader, you need to. Seriously, you really need to.
I had the privilege of listening to Tim give a brief overview of the book at the Twin Lakes Fellowship a few weeks ago. The audio for that talk is posted over at the TLF site.
I also had the added privilege of spotting Tim in the airport as we were both leaving the...
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“If a man is growing large in wealth, nothing but constant giving can keep him...”
– J. Campbell White
“How much do you have to hate somebody to not proselytize? How much do you have...”
– atheist Penn Jillete, quoted in The Trellis and the Vine
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“Would your city weep if your church did not exist?” This is one of the most...”
– Darrin Patrick, Church Planter
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Shall not be left by thee
Because my soul in grave to dwell shall not be left by thee; Nor wilt thou give thine Holy One corruption to see.
Thou wilt me shew the path of life: of joys there is full store Before thy face; at thy right hand are pleasures evermore.
-Psalm 16:10-11 from the Scottish Psalter
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“The resurrection demonstrated that even death could not be victorious over...”
– Clinton Arnold
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“By His resurrection Christ won the victory over law, sin, flesh, world, devil,...”
– Martin Luther
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The Dawning - George Herbert
Awake, sad heart, whom sorrow ever drowns; Take up thine eyes, which feed on earth; Unfold thy forehead, gathered into frowns; Thy Saviour comes, and with Him mirth: Awake, awake, And with a thankful heart His comforts take. But thou dost still lament, and pine, and cry, And feel His death, but not His victory. Arise, sad heart; if thou...
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“Whosoever, then, seeks really to know the only true God, must regard him as the...”
– John Calvin, Calvin’s Commentaries
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The Time That is Given Us
Gandalf: Always after a defeat and a respite, the Shadow takes another shape and grows again.
Frodo: I wish it need not have happened in my time.
Gandalf: So do I, and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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“There is one other sin for which Christ never made atonement. Mention every...”
– CH Spurgeon, from the sermon, The Sin of Unbelief
“The one essential condition of human existence is that man should always be able...”
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Is the Old Testament Exodus narrative about...
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Crazy Talk
I wrote this for my congregation to encourage us all to consider the amazing and scandalous truth of the resurrection of Jesus.
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Athens was a “very religious” place. But their religiosity had nothing at all to do with Jesus. In fact they had never heard about Jesus. They were joyful pagans.
These Athenians “spent their time in nothing except telling or hearing something...
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“We despise the grace of God when we observe the Law for the purpose of being...”
– Martin Luther, A Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians (1535)
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“There is no sin which Paul and the other apostles detested more than when a...”
– Martin Luther, A Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians (1535)
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“If we could produce a righteousness of our own, then Christ has suffered in...”
– John Calvin, Calvin’s Commentaries
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New Music :: Sojourn's The Water and the Blood
From the Sojourn Music blog about this album:
It’s raw and rough around the edges, much like Sojourn itself is. The songs are re-imaginings and adaptations of the hymns of Isaac Watts, the “Father Of English Hymnody.” Watts was an extraordinary pastor and poet. These songs, these snapshots of the gospel, can profoundly help us to see Jesus as more beautiful and more believable.
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“We need a redeeming, not an exemplary Christ, to save us.”
– Martin Luther, Commentary on Galatians
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“Legalism ignores the depth of our inability to earn God’s favor. It forgets the...”
– Lane and Tripp, How People Change
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The Best Sermon on Adoption I've Ever Heard →
What would you have to believe about God to call him “daddy”? Listen to Derek tremendous exposition of 1 John 3:1-3 to find out.
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“The goal of understanding the truths of the gospel is to have a deeper...”
– Lane and Tripp, How People Change
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Get the New Worship Album from High Street Hymns
Alex Mejias and the crew at High Street Hymns have put out a new album. Last year, HSH set out to produce a hymn a week for their hymnshare subscribers. At the end of that process they asked their subscribers to vote on their top 10 favorites. This album is the product of that democratic process.
What I love about HSH is their two fold desire to revive old hymns and to produce them in such a...
Jeremy Smith Preaching from Genesis 20 →
This is the audio of Jeremy Smith preaching at the Twin Lakes Fellowship. Jeremy is an old friend and this is an excellent exposition of an Old Testament text.