“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life, says this: ‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.” [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Does the Church Replace Israel?
February 27, 2008Eschatology Q & A - Matthew 19:28, Revelation 3:10 and Dispensational Presuppositions
February 27, 2008Kim Riddlebarger provides another good answer in support of Amillennialism…
Melissa asks (February, 21, 2008):Dear Mr. Riddlebarger, I have been listening to your series (Amillennialism 101) with great interest. Having only been taught and believing premil dispensationalism (but with a lot of questions about it), I do find compelling arguments in your series. I am seriously [...]
More From The Text and Context Conference
February 27, 2008From Bob Kauflin at Worship Matters…
It’s been a full two days here at the Text and Context Conference at Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington. One of the highlights was hearing my good friend, C.J. Mahaney, preach on Pastoral Care and Loving People from 1 Cor. 1:1-91 Corinthians 1:1-9 [1:1]Paul, called by the will of [...]
Text and Context Conference: Q & A Session with John Piper, Matt Chandler, and Mark Driscoll
February 27, 2008I loved the Q & A session! There were many excellent answers for the questions sent in, and it was good to hear Matt Chandler. The interactions between Piper and Driscoll were great fun! Hoping for a dvd.
Thanks again to Justin Buzzard for his conference posts…
Day 2 of the conference came to a close with a [...]
Text and Context Conference, Session 2
February 26, 2008More from Justin Buzzard…
After a 20 minute break which included the longest line for a male restroom that I’ve ever seen (8 toilets for 1200 men!), C.J. Mahaney commenced the second session of the conference. C.J. preached 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 under the title, Pastoral Character and Loving People. C.J. refers to this text as, “A [...]
Pride and Providence
February 26, 2008John Flavel writes…
“The strength of our unmortified corruption shows itself in our pride and the swelling vanity of our hearts when we have a name and esteem among men. When we are applauded and honoured, when we are admired for any gift or excellence that is in us, this draws forth the pride of the [...]
The Root of Experience is Knowledge
February 26, 2008Amy from The A-Team Blog, makes a good point…
It’s funny to me that while William Wilberforce needed to argue in his book, A Practical View of Christianity, that the religious affections–love, gratitude, joy, hope, trust, etc.–are a necessary a part of our relationship with and service to God, we have the very opposite problem only [...]
Closer to God, Further From the Truth
February 26, 2008Another excellent post from Martin Downes…
Being in error and knowing that you are in error are two different things.The former involves an objective position in relation to the truth (see 1 John, passim, for the antithesis between truth and error but especially 4:1-6). The latter involves a subjective awareness of your position in relation to the [...]
The Good
February 25, 2008Absolutely everything is for our good. The problem is many times we do not understand the good. The good isn’t big ministries, the good isn’t fame in the Christian life, the good isn’t that after we die someone will write a book about us, the good isn’t that we’re respected as the greatest pastor [...]
Jesus As Example
February 25, 2008“To focus on Jesus as example is to reduce him from sovereign Savior to ethical coach, and to transform his gospel into law.”
- Dennis E. Johnson, Him We Proclaim (Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 2007), 15.
(HT: Of First Importance)
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