Why Bad People Do Good Things
Mark Driscoll has a new post up at the Washington Post. It is really good. Check it out!
Found out about this (and found the pic) via The Resurgence website.
You are Dead if You Don’t Breath…
John Piper being… John Piper. Thank God for his work in John Piper.
Sweet Sermon!!!
This is easily one of my favorite sermons that I have ever heard! Make the time to listen to it. After listening, you will probably want to listen to it again. Of course, it is all about Jesus.
Transformation of a Working Girl (Joshua 2 -6)
by Arturo G. Azurdia
Thought Provoking Quote of the Week (Nov. 1 – 7)
“Work hard and play hard, but never get the two confused.”
-D.A. Carson
Free Stuff!!!
Just found something awesome on the Gospel Coalition website. Over 18oo free seminary courses!!! Just imagine learning amazing things from amazing teachers, all for free!!! Well after you are done imagining, go on over to HERE (http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/resources/category/courses/a#BySchool) and get to downloading. Instead of listening to talk radio or the weekly top twenty try redeeming the time when you are driving in your car or working out.
What are You Celebrating on Halloween?
Luther Puts a Nail in the Heart of Bad Religion—And 3 Other Holidays
Why did Martin Luther nail his famous 95 Theses to the Wittenberg church door on October 31, 1517?
He was confronting two religious observances that promoted false saintliness and exploited people’s fear of judgment and purgatory. There’s a curious connection between Halloween and Reformation Day, and it’s more than just proximity on the calendar.
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Dr. Michael Horton’s New Book
Michael Horton has a new book entitled The Gospel-Driven Life. Over the past couple of years Dr. Horton has really impacted my life through his writings and radio show- The White Horse Inn. I highly encourage you to listen or read anything by him…
Favorite quote (so far) from the book:
“The bible is not a collection of timeless principles offering a gentle thought for the day. It is not a resource for our self-improvement. Rather, it is a dramatic story that unfolds from promise to fulfillment, with Christ at the center. Its focus is God and his action. God is not a supporting actor in our drama; it is the other way around. God does not exist to make sure that we are happy and fulfilled. Rather, we exist to glorify God and to enjoy him forever. God is not a facilitator of our “life transformation” projects. He is not a life coach. Rather, he is our Creator, Lawgiver, Judge, and covenant Lord.”
Michael Horton- The Gospel Driven Life (pg 26)
Is God Punishing Me?
Great answer to a common question. Thank God for the Gospel!
Two Ways of Living Life
John Piper on Important Principles in Reading the Bible
Found this on John Piper’s blog, really helpful.
One of the Most Important Principles in Reading the Bible
October 27, 2009 | By: John Piper
Sometimes readers of the Bible see the conditions that God lays down for his blessing and they conclude from these conditions that our action is first and decisive, then God responds to bless us.
That is not right.
There are indeed real conditions that God often commands. We must meet them for the promised blessing to come. But that does not mean that we are left to ourselves to meet the conditions or that our action is first and decisive.
Here is one example to show what I mean.
In Jeremiah 29:13 God says to the exiles in Babylon, “You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” So there is a condition: When you seek me with all your heart, then you will find me. So we must seek the Lord. That is the condition of finding him.
True.
But does that mean that we are left to ourselves to seek the Lord? Does it mean that our action of seeking him is first and decisive? Does it mean that God only acts after our seeking?
No….
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