Posted in Christian Life, tagged Calvinism, Doctrine, Perseverance, Spurgeon on November 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If ever it should come to pass,
That Sheep of Christ may fall away,
My fickle, feeble soul, alas!
Would fall a thousand times a day.
I realized after I put this post up that the title could be somewhat misleading. I cherish Christ, because he is the good shepherd, he will not break his covenant with me, for [...]
Posted in Christian Life, tagged commitment, Cupid, love, marriage, romance, Voddie Baucham on November 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Bryce and I will celebrate our 1 year anniversary in 24 days. I was going to wait to post this until then, but I was too excited about it. Instead, I’ll write it as a belated Thanksgiving post and do so with a shout of praise and thanks to the Lord for giving me ‘the [...]
Posted in Christian Life, tagged Brent Dodrill, Gospel, sin, Thanksgiving on November 26, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I want to share this quote with everyone as we approach Thanksgiving. It reminded me of my utter sinfulness and my dire need for the gospel of Christ. I want to encourage all of us to use this Thanksgiving as a time of humble, heartfelt praise to our glorious Redeemer.
“These days we call sin so [...]
Posted in Tuesdays with Cal, tagged Christian Hedonism, God, John Calvin, Knowing God, Tuesdays with Cal on November 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Note: I am aware that the word religion has passed out of any and all positive uses these days, and so please bear with Calvin’s outdated use of the word:
Although our mind cannot [truly] apprehend God without rendering some honor to him, it will not suffice simply to hold that there is One to whom [...]
Posted in Scripture, tagged Bible, language, Matt Zrust, Revelation, truth, Word on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In brief, being open-minded does not remove the possibility of being assertive, IF it is an open-mindedness to the Scriptures, and to the possibility that we may have misunderstood something that the Scripture teaches.
That’s in in brief. In not brief,
-first off, I think that its important to recall what the Bible is: a book, words [...]
Posted in Christian Life, tagged Doubt, Emergent, G.K. Chesterton, Humility, Rob Bell on November 21, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Ok, so the Emerging Church wasn’t around when Chesterton was, neither was Rob Bell, who embodies this “new humility.” And maybe this isn’t just limited to the Emerging Church per se. In my time in undergrad, at a christian liberal arts university, and at a bible college, I saw this everywhere. Assertiveness is arrogant. “Open [...]
Posted in Christian Life, tagged Paul and Timothy on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am a part of another ministry called “The Paul and Timothy Project.” Today we announced a revised mission statement and posted on our website. Our new mission statement reads,
The Paul and Timothy Project exists to bring biblical reform to the way pastors/elders are trained in the local church.
Check it out to read more [...]
Posted in Bad Theology, tagged ECM, Emergent Church Movement, Everything Must Change, Generous Orthodoxy, Postmodernism on November 19, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I am going to do a short series of posts on the ECM (Emergent Church Movement). I have been reading some books, along with Bryce, and I am hoping to share some helpful insights.
Sadly, the ECM is experiencing a time in which they are throwing the baby out with that bathwater. As we [...]
Posted in Tuesdays with Cal, tagged Jesus, John Calvin, the gospel on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These two clauses, If thou knewest the gift of God, and, who it is that talketh with thee, I read separately, viewing the latter as an interpretation of the former. For it was a wonderful kindness of God to have Christ present, who brought with him eternal life
The meaning will be more plain if, [...]
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