February 2012
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Feb 22nd
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“O Lord and Master of my life! Take from me the spirit of sloth,...”
– A common fourth-century prayer of Lent from St. Ephrem the Syrian
Feb 22nd
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“We modern people think of miracles as the suspension of the natural order, but...”
– Timothy Keller
Feb 21st
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“Hope alone is to be called ‘realistic’, because it alone takes...”
– Jurgen Moltmann, Theology of Hope
Feb 16th
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“In the Christian understanding, Jesus does not tell us how to live so we can...”
– Tim Keller, The Reason for God
Feb 6th
January 2012
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“You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than...”
– John Bunyan #simplebutprofound
Jan 31st
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Jan 7th
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“Christ became flesh, a servant, without form or comeliness, the most despised of...”
– Herman Bavinck (1854–1921)
Jan 7th
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December 2011
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Dec 31st
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How is God’s passion for his glory not a form of...
For me this question has been somewhat of a recurring theme in last couple of months, popping up in conversations, in people’s questions, and in interviews with celebrities and writers… so, I thought this post might be helpful (I hope it is). In the The End for Which God Created the World Jonathan Edwards wrote, The emanation or communication of the divine fullness, consisting in the...
Dec 30th
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November 2011
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Nov 22nd
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“The truth which I have proposed to handle, and whose defence I have undertaken...”
– John Owen, Doctrine of the Saints’ Perseverance What say you?
Nov 18th
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a great day for the church.
Nov 14th
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Nov 9th
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August 2011
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Aug 9th
July 2011
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The Future of Our City... A Critique of the New...
The Following Is An Op-Ed Written by Tim Davis and Published by the Springfield News-Leader: In case you have not read the city of Springfield’s 20-year Strategic Plan, please be advised that: You are not in Kansas anymore. The chapter of the Strategic Plan titled “Global Perspective and Diversity Planning” is something foreign. It condenses the ideas of the 2010 Strategic Plan...
Jul 30th
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“Christianity is not the move from vice to virtue, but rather the move from...”
– Gerhard Forde
Jul 25th
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“Contemporary theology has lost touch with the missionary impetus of the...”
– peter jensen, The Revelation of God
Jul 4th
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June 2011
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Jun 28th
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“What is antinomy? The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines it as ‘a...”
– J. I. Packer
Jun 11th
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let’s kickstart this thing. http://kck.st/kO9M4P
Jun 10th
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May 2011
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May 21st
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another one of the videos from this year’s Easter service at JRA… once again, props to our creative services team.
May 20th
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still so good.
May 19th
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“We do not presume to come to this your table, merciful Lord, trusting in our own...”
– Thomas Cramner, Book of Common Prayer
May 18th
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GALATIANS 2.10... remembering the poor
This week I am doing some work in chapter two of Paul’s letter to the Galatians. In verse 10 the apostle makes a comment about the Jerusalem church’s commendation that he remember the poor. Commentators offer varied observations and interpretations of this verse, but after reading a fair amount of them and reflecting here are the two major takeaways for me… The request for...
May 17th
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The videos our creative team put together for this year’s Easter service were flat-out amazing. This was the service opener… I love the voiceover.
May 17th
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the end of the mushy middle
May 9th
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April 2011
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Mind Your Own Mortgage a Review
I began reading Mind Your Own Mortgage last year while my wife and I were in the midst of a furious house-hunting mission. It seemed like a good idea to gain a more robust understanding of all that was entailed in procuring and maintaining a mortgage loan, especially in light of the economic climate in which we found ourselves.   What I found in opening Robert Bernabé’s book was a very readable...
Apr 28th
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Apr 23rd
March 2011
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“Mystery is not a word I often use even though I am a theologian. Indeed, I avoid...”
– Stanley Hauerwas, Cross-Shattered Christ: Meditations on the Seven Last Words
Mar 9th
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Mar 1st
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February 2011
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Feb 27th
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“Men easily attain a certain equality of condition, but they can never attain as...”
– Alexis Tocqueville
Feb 18th
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Feb 17th
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this video is fabulous. download it for free here: http://wscal.edu/resource-center/resource/what-is-the-gospel1
Feb 16th
October 2010
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“What Jesus calls his hearers to do, most fundamentally, is not a cognitive act...”
– johnhowardYODER, the war of the lamb: the ethics of nonviolence and peacemaking (via jonwasson)
Oct 11th
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September 2010
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“If, of course, postmodernism, with all of its disdain for history in any...”
– carlTRUEMAN, Minority Report: Unpopular Thoughts on Everything from Ancient Christianity to Zen-Calvinism
Sep 16th
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“The way that God has prepared for the saving of sinners is a fruit and product...”
– John Owen, GOSPEL GROUNDS AND EVIDENCES of the FAITH OF GOD’S ELECT
Sep 4th
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“Imitating Christ makes people lay down their wallets, their reputations, their...”
– Kenda Creasy Dean, Almost Christian (via jonwasson) It has been a while since my last post… time to get back to it. Thanks Jon Wasson for starting me off on the right foot.
Sep 3rd
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July 2010
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Time to come clean...
catalogliving: Gary has no idea what exactly Elaine does in the shower every day, but he certainly knows better than to touch her wooden shower spoon or shower branch. I thought this was pretty darn funny.
Jul 26th
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austinariail: “Was the United States Ever a Christian Nation?” Dr. Bryan Chapell of Covenant Seminary
Jul 3rd
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socraticism and christianity: incompatible?
[a little context] Earlier today Cornel West tweeted: “Socraticism and Christianity: At the end of the day you have to choose.” Without too much thought I retweeted his comment, and in response to this retweet I was asked by a friend if I agreed with Mr. West (because, if you don’t already know retweeting should not be taken as a sign of automatic agreement with the content of the tweet you choose...
Jul 1st
June 2010
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“There is no agreement in the church today about what happens to people when they...”
– n.t. wright this quote is from his book Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church you can read a longer excerpt from the book, posted as an article here: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/april/13.36.html
Jun 22nd
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“The gospel is not moral conformity, which is religion, nor is it self-discovery,...”
– timKELLER (via paradoxum)
Jun 19th
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Jun 16th
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“When the heart is cast indeed into the mould of the doctrine that the mind...”
–  John Owen (1616-1683)
Jun 10th
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Talking to the World by Tim Keller →
In this short blog Keller processes the way which Christians communicate in the present cultural context. How do Christians gain a hearing for Scriptural truths in the midst of a culture who holds the Bible suspect?
Jun 9th
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Simplified Missional Living →
Austin area Acts 29 pastor, Jonathan Dodson, posted some helpful ideas for intentional missional living. enjoy.
Jun 9th
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glenn beck: dead sea scrolls edition →
one simply cannot argue with this in depth defense of glenn beck’s understanding of the dead sea scrolls. well done. If you want a more informative critique of mr. beck’s comments as well as a more accurate understanding of history (as in the way things actually took place) check out mr. art boulet’s blog post: ...
Jun 9th