February 2011
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moving the blog
my new blog: http://www.theologan.com
will be posting there monday through friday, check it out.
January 2011
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The Ergun Caner Controversy
I’ve been neck-deep in studying the theological method of Tim Keller for my class, but there is one recent controversy I’d like to talk about and think over with you. I don’t spend much time commenting on blogs, but I do spend many hours of the day reading. Usually with some wrestling or star trek in the background. I’m a geek like that. Bazinga.
The Ergun Caner...
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I did this song for Desiring God...
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How to stay alive to the beauty of God's world
Clyde Kilby’s Resolutions Let me conclude now by reading eleven practical steps used by my former teacher Clyde Kilby to stay alive to the beauty of God’s world. 1. At least once every day I shall look steadily up at the sky and remember that I, a consciousness with a conscience, am on a planet traveling in space with wonderfully mysterious things above me and about me.
2. Instead...
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Don't Waste Your Life: A-Z Reasons to Stop Viewing... →
dgdontwasteyourlife:
From Craig Gross (who got it from Jay Denny) over at the XXX Church Blog:
26 Destructive Consequences Porn Viewing Has on a Man
The following destructive consequences are the result of a Christian man viewing pornography. The A to Z format covers the wide range of negative results that…
December 2010
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Justification by Faith vs. Justification by Works
The child, in danger of the fire, just clings to the fireman, and trusts to him alone. She raises no question about the strength of his limbs to carry her, or the zeal of his heart to rescue her; but she clings. The heat is terrible, the smoke is blinding, but she clings; and her deliverer quickly bears her to safety. In the same childlike confidence cling to Jesus, who can and will bear you out...
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December Book Giveaway from Vitamin Z! →
Just click the post or right here and check it out!
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the Christian's self-satisfication
Many Christians are self-satisfied because they compare their “running” with that of other Christians, usually those who are not making much progress. Had Paul compared himself with others, he would have been tempted to be proud and perhaps to let up a bit. After all, there were not too many believers in Paul’s day who had experienced all that he had! But Paul did not compare himself with others;...
November 2010
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The 3 Most Disturbing Words on TV →
MOVE THAT BUS! How television makes us secure in our idols and our self-righteousness.
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The Garden of Gethsemane
As our blessed Lord approached the cross the horizon darkened for him more and more. From earliest infancy he had suffered from man; from the beginning of his public ministry he had suffered from Satan; but at the cross he was to suffer at the hand of God. Jehovah himself was to bruise the Saviour, and it was this which overshadowed everything else. In Gethsemane he entered the gloom of the three...
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So, what day were you saved?
There is a really big assumption in many churches that you raise a hand or walk the aisle and that is how God saves people. The reason that this assumption (and there are many other variations) is perpetuated is because of faulty theology and a presupposition by people that God saves people only in the same way He has saved the one’s who argue for a singular manner of regeneration. Here are...
Getting People to Follow You Because They Want To... →
Powerful thoughts on leadership which are relevant inside and outside of the church.
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rethinking our thoughts on the church
When you put together the pragmatic thought process of christian leaders, the demands of the average american christian consumer, the ignorance of church history, the lack of critical thinking, and the pervasive biblical illiteracy, this is what you end up with. The assumptions you start with lead you all the way to the conclusion. Mindsets, attitudes, presuppositions, and interpretative...
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“I have found, my brethen, by long experience, that nothing touches the heart...”
– The Heart of the Gospel by Charles Spurgeon
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“It’s true that effective evangelism usually takes place after trustworthy...”
– Trevin Wax (incredible post by an incredible guy)
Dear Dad and Mom, Thanks for Shooting Mario →
Great blog post by Trevin Wax.
October 2010
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A Twelve Step Program for a Gospel Renewal
With this kind of in-depth thinking coming from a youth group, I am hopeful for the next generation. They are asking good questions and finding good answers in the Scripture.
noahmqn:
mackbookpro:
So here’s what I’d consider to be essential for the renewal of the student body at Refuge [Vanguard] and the suburbs we all frequent. We need to be:
Captivated by the Cross and Resurrection (this...
Strawberry-Rhubarb Theology: How Do We Make the... →
An incredibly empowering and helpful article as we weigh the decisions in our life. Will be checking Dane Ortlund’s blog daily to weekly from now on.
September 2010
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The ACLU is not down with Nebraska Coach’s ‘Game... →
An amazing article from the Irish Calvinist on the interplay between a Christian coach in Arkansas who is a “fool for Christ” and the ACLU who hates him. Truth of the matter is that all people have agendas, worldviews, and presuppositions. The hypocritical attitude of the ACLU that teachers are allowed to teach with their worldviews on full display in the classroom and then actively...
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Mark Driscoll's Zoo
Been re-reading through Confessions of a Reformission Rev.: Hard Lessons from an Emerging Missional Church (The Leadership Network Innovation) by Mark Driscoll. What a visceral book on Church. In a good way. Brent Thomas (visit his awesome blog) once told me that Mark Driscoll is the Martin Luther of the “New Calvinist” movement and I see why after reading this book.
People who come...
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The Psychology of Atheism « εξο της παρεμβολης →
Great looking series on the psychology of Atheism. Just click the title of this post and you’ll get to it.
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From a different but awesome blog: Divine... →
The Bible repeatedly and unapologetically underscores the fact that God does not change. In fact, He cannot change because He cannot improve on absolute perfection or decline in His eternally fixed nature. His person does not change: “‘For I the Lord do not change’” (Mal. 3:6). His plans do…
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“One of the things that really reveals how wicked your heart is, is when you are...”
– Matt Chandler, “Family Business” Sermon on 8/15/10 (via ryancollman)
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Jesus Apostrophe: Buying the Missional Home →
This post is going to hopefully be a number of posts on the same general subject.
Missiology, the study of the mission of God, extends into every area of our lives. Every choice we make, at every interval of our lives, touches on the mission of God or runs from it.
Where we buy our coffee, how…
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August 2010
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WatchThank you Thabiti Anyabwile for passing this sermon along on your blog. It has been beyond edifying and very helpful.
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a testimony that declares the glory of God →
Once upon a time, there was a boy.
This is my testimony. My words and heart and history spilled out on page like a black coffee stain. It’s taken years for me to write and here in a mere, few moments, all my deepest secrets will be revealed. I don’t care about who reads them or how they affect…
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Book Review: The Betrayal: A Novel on John Calvin
The Betrayal: A Novel on John Calvin is one of the better novels I’ve read in a long time. Admittedly, I’m slightly prejudiced and inexperienced to review this particular novel for a two reasons.
Yeah, it’s the bobblehead and the beer. No, not really.
I like John Calvin. And I like him because his life was centered around the glory of God. It’s really that simple....
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WatchHow the Lord is glorified through one man and his suffering. One life to live. Live it for Jesus.
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“If you know what He has done at infinite cost to himself—He’s put you into a...”
– Timothy Keller (via firstbreath90)
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Book Review: Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor
Here’s a good reason that Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor: The Life and Reflections of Tom Carson is one of the best biographies I’ve ever read.
It’s real.
I don’t mean to say that the biographies of Carmichael or Wilberforce aren’t true. What I mean to say is that there is a great danger when reading of great saints who accomplished much that our lives in...