FridayJul 9, 2010
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Pastor Clint has written an article over at our sister blog, the Underground Awakening concerning the role of repentance in saving faith. Jesus, Peter and Paul placed a great deal of importance on repentance, especially in relation to our response to the gospel. If we are going to understand what they meant by it, we must get that understanding from the Bible, both Old and New Testaments.
With so much weight placed on repentance in responding to the gospel by Jesus and his Apostles, it deserves our careful attention and a correct understanding. The gospel is what Jesus did, plus nothing. Repentance is our response — and even that response is a gift of grace initiated and carried out by God working in us (Rom 2:4.)
Read the entire article here.
MondayApr 26, 2010
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Ever wanted to know the difference between eisegesis and exegesis? (Of course you have, admit it.)
For a helpful little article about how to know when someone is proof-texting the Bible to twist its meaning for their own agenda, mosey on over to pastor Clint’s blog, The Underground Awakening.
MondayFeb 15, 2010
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Here is a fascinating article by Dr. Russell Moore grappling with the issue of the Christian citizen’s responsibility to God and (or?) government. When do we submit? When do we refuse? The Bible is pretty loud on the subject.
Dr. Moore addresses the question raised by a young pastor about the ethics of his decision to be a “conscientious objector” to paying Social Security taxes. In doing so, Moore slices like a razor through the ethical dilemma with Yoda-like mastery and raises a lot more ethical (and biblical) issues that speak directly to believers and their relationship to ordained human institutions.
I think this article will be a particular interest to political junkies.
FridayFeb 12, 2010
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Are preachers too silent on the topic of sexuality? That’s the question posed in this article by Dr. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Mohler begins by describing a report from the Religious Institute celebrating the changing landscape of attitudes toward sexuality in liberal “mainline Protestant” denominations (contrasted with evangelical ones.) Specifically, he identifies the inroads and gains made by advocacy groups such as the Religious Institute in championing the causes of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender persons in religious organizations and churches.
But the real value of this article is actually found in the concluding remarks:
The Religious Institute wants liberal preachers to talk more about sex. My guess is that they will. But what about evangelical pastors? Where is the teaching about God’s gift of sexuality and the glory of God in marriage? Where is the teaching about the Bible’s grace in telling us what is sin? Where is the acknowledgment of human brokenness? Where is the honesty about the struggle to bring all things under submission to Christ? Where is the preaching about how the Gospel lays claim on every dimension of our lives? Where is the teaching about how sex relates to sanctification and holiness?
Where indeed? *crickets chirping*
SundayJan 31, 2010
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Eric Gorski has written an excellent article for the Associated Press on Matt Chandler‘s battle with brain cancer and his relentless belief in the sovereignty and goodness of God in all things. As he fights for his life, Matt continues to make much of Christ. Here are a few excerpts:
“Chandler is trying to suffer well. He would never ask for such a trial, but in some ways he welcomes this cancer. He says he feels grateful that God has counted him worthy to endure it. He has always preached that God will bring both joy and suffering but is only recently learning to experience the latter.”
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“This has not surprised God,” Chandler says on the drive home. “He is not in a panic right now trying to figure out what to do with me or this disease. Those things have been warm blankets, man.”
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“Lord, you gave this to me for a reason. Let me run with it and do the best I can with it.”
You can read the entire AP article here.
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