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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sin’
26 Jun
Respectable Sins: Where do we go from here?
In the final chapter of Respectable Sins, Bridges asks the question that forms the chapter title: where do we go from here? I’ll use this as an opportunity to reflect (as Bridges does) on the book overall: Bridges is a spirtiual-masochist (I made that up, I think): “At times, this may have been painful. I [...]
25 Jun
Respectable Sins: Worldliness
Alas, we have come to chapter 20 and the last of the respectable sins from the aptly named book by Jerry Bridges, Respectable Sins. In this final chapter, Bridges addresses the sin of worldliness and a few of its manifestations. First, however, it is important to define terms – especially one as broad and possibly [...]
24 Jun
Respectable Sins: Sins of the Tongue
I just can’t read more than a chapter of Jerry Bridges’ book, Respectable Sins, at a time anymore. Chapter 19 is by far the shortest chapter in this book, but once again it carries a powerful punch. In this chapter, Bridges addresses the sins of the tongue and he is not just talking about gossip. [...]
19 Jun
Respectable Sins: Envy, Jealousy, & Related Sins
Envy…yes, I know a little about envy. And it is often subtle and hard to discern in our own hearts. I struggled with envy during my first year in seminary. In particular, I envied my classmates who had seemingly better circumstances than we did – especially my friends who did not have to work and [...]
18 Jun
Respectable Sins: Judgmentalism
“We equate our opinions with truth.” (Bridges, 141) Well isn’t that why we blog? After all, I can’t help it if I’m right! Actually, this very notion of judgmentalism, which Jerry Bridges writes about in chapter 17 of Respectable Sins, is one of the reasons that I was hesitant to start this blog – for [...]
10 Jun
Respectable Sins: Weeds of Anger
When Bridges talks about the weeds of anger, he is referring to the long term results of anger. And though we often think of anger as something that may come and go and just a part of life, there is no mistaking the Biblical stance on anger (hint: it’s not very favorable to anger). Here [...]
9 Jun
Respectable Sins: Anger
I don’t get angry, I get even. Okay, not really. In chapters, fifteen and sixteen of Respectable Sins, Jerry Bridges addresses the topic of anger. He states at the end of chapter sixteen that his goal has been to “help us face the fact that much, if not most, of our anger is sinful, even [...]
4 Jun
Respectable Sins: Impatience and Irritability
Okay admit it: you were impatient with my late posting of my reflections on chapter 14 from Respectable Sins. Well, maybe not. Impatience and Irritability are the topics of this chapter and this topic hit home for me again. Impatience is defined “as a strong sense of annoyance at the (usually) unintentional faults and failures [...]
3 Jun
Respectable Sins: Lack of Self-Control
Introduction & Schedule for blogging on Respectable Sins Reflections on Chapters 1 & 2 Reflections on Chapters 3 & 4 Reflections on Chapters 5 & 6 Reflections on Chapters 7 & 8 Reflections on Chapters 9 & 10 Reflections on Chapters 11 & 12 In chapter 13 of Jerry Bridges very good book, Respectable Sins, [...]
28 May
Respectable Sins: Selfishness
Jerry Bridges addresses another difficult to spot sin (in ourselves, we have no problem seeing it in other people) in chapter twelve: selfishness. I know for myself, there have been two main times when my selfishness has been brought to the light in a major way: the first few months (or is it years?) of [...]
27 May
Respectable Sins: Pride
Introduction & Schedule for blogging on Respectable Sins Reflections on Chapters 1 & 2 Reflections on Chapters 3 & 4 Reflections on Chapters 5 & 6 Reflections on Chapters 7 & 8 Reflections on Chapters 9 & 10 Are we having fun yet? I don’t know about you, but this is a challenging book to [...]
20 May
Respectable Sins: Discontentment & Unthankfulness
Introduction & Schedule for blogging on Respectable Sins Reflections on Chapters 1 & 2 Reflections on Chapters 3 & 4 Reflections on Chapters 5 & 6 Reflections on Chapters 7 & 8 In chapters nine and ten, Bridges continues to take us on a journey into our hearts and our lives to see the sins [...]
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