By John Piper
For a moment, forget the political puzzle of getting money backwhen the country is nine trillion dollars in debt. The more immediate question is: How will you make much of Christ with your “economic stimulus payment”? The president says it will be in the mail in time for Cinco de Mayo.
Clue: Nobody in [...]
Some verses to consider in light of our previous post:
James 1:27 - Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
I Thessalonians 3:11-12 - Now may our God and Father Himself and Jesus our Lord [...]
There certainly has been a good amount of publicity for N.T. Wright’s new book “Surprised by Hope.” (I look forward to reading it soon myself). As a big fan of Bishop Wright who has read and listened to him with some frequency, I have gotten a good handle on his view of life, death and [...]
Powerful.
What’s your attitude towards the sin in your life? Passive?
John Piper makes a powerful statement in this video regarding spiritual warfare. Is Satan the cause of all of our problems? Or are we?
“Nobody goes to hell because of Satan. One will go to hell because of sin!
Our lust is what leads us to sin. Here [...]
Saw this advertisement for the job search site, Monster.com
This ad made me think about our lives for the LORD. Are we living up to our potential. He created us to glorify Him. His son died to offer forgiveness for our sins against Him. He sent His spirit to those who turned to Him to empower [...]
Interesting article from Christianity Today:
“Whatever Happened To Evangelism?”
It is interesting to read the thoughts on American Christian’s views on Evangelism from Palau, who is originally from Argentina. In this short interview he hits on a number of issues which continue to plague the church today. He propses that evangelism is not an option or a [...]
This was awesome. I am trying to understand this very thing - regeneration - where my desires are changed by the holy spirit and what I used to love to do, I now hate and what I hated to do, I now love. Certainly the world’s pressures continue to exist but joining into a partnership [...]
Mark Driscoll gives his thoughts on a tribal foreigner who visits America and is appalled at the idolatry. It isn’t what you might think. An interesting perspective I think we’d do well to consider.
Thoughts?
“The predominantly intellectual understanding of metanoeo as a change of mind plays very little part in the New Testament. Rather the decision by the whole man to turn around is stressed. It is clear that we are concerned neither with a purely outward turning, nor with a merely intellectual change of ideas.” - Colin Brown, [...]
MSNBC Article - Churches Beef Up Security
In light of the recent church shootings in Colorado, the discussion has been raised concerning whether or not churches should have armed security to patrol Sunday services. The armed woman in the Colorado church this week was able to shoot and deter the gunman from killing more churchgoers, yet [...]
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