Text: Colossians 2:16-23 Theme: The Gospel free us, but man-centered religion enslaves us. Quotations: “The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness [...]
Posts Tagged ‘gospel’
5 Aug
July Books
With getting more situated and settled at our new home and the rest, I have been able to return a bit to my reading. I am thankful for that. Here are my brief thoughts (not necessarily a full-blown review) on the books that I completed reading during the month of July. A Thousand Splendid Suns [...]
27 Jun
John Piper on Movies & TV
There is much to commend in this brief article by John Piper: Why I Don’t Have A Television and Rarely Go to Movies. Even if we should disagree or have different practices. There are, perhaps, a few extraordinary men who can watch action-packed, suspenseful, sexually explicit films and come away more godly. But there [...]
8 Jul
Quotation: The Art of Pastoring
From David Hansen’s The Art of Pastoring: The call to repent assaults the Old Adam in us: the life of the flesh, our involvement in the sinful structures of this world, our stubborn refusal to yield to God’s will. We cherish our sin, we clutch it, it kills us but we love it. The gospel [...]
30 May
The New Bully Pulpit
Apparently Barack Obama’s church has become the new bully pulpit (pun intended!). You probably have heard about the most recent flap over a guest preacher’s words at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. If not, read here. McCain has also had his own trouble with endorsements or associations with well known televangelists as well. [...]
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