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Don’t assume the gospel. Make it explicit and central.
D. A. Carson has famously written and said: In a fair bit of Western evangelicalism, there is a worrying tendency to focus on the periphery. [My] colleague … Dr. Paul Hiebert … springs from Mennonite stock and analyzes his heritage … Continue reading
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What does it mean to be “born again”? (Regeneration)
“Regeneration is a sovereign act of the Holy Spirit which monergistically transforms a child of the devil into a child of God, and which necessarily results in a life of repentance and faith being subsequently manifest in that individual.” – … Continue reading
Very Clear Practical Help on Living as a Constant Evangelist from Jeff Vanderstelt
“If we start to learn to integrate the extra hours of our life with the life of unbelievers there will be unlimited opportunities to share the gospel. It isn’t hard to find opportunities to share the gospel. It’s hard for … Continue reading
Romanticism shapes our lives today…
Paul Miller reminds us that we are often shaped today by the romanticism of the 1960’s. He writes, “Deep within the American psyche is the 1960’s Romantic idea, originally from Emerson and Rousseau, that if something doesn’t feel natural, it … Continue reading
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When does a legitimate goal/desire become a sinful idol?
“[When does the pursuit of a legitimate goal become idolatry, or ‘ideology’?] An ideology arises the moment the end ndiscriminately justifies every means… Thus a nation’s goal of material prosperity becomes an idol [the ideology of materialism] when we use … Continue reading
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John Calvin defines humility
John Calvin writes in his commentary on Matthew 18:4 (Commentary on a Harmony of the Evangelists Matthew, Mark, and Luke, Volume Second, p. 333 [in Calvin’s Commentaries Vol XVI, Baker Book House, 2003]): That man is truly humble who neither … Continue reading
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Randy Alcorn’s piece of counsel to improve your preaching
From CJ’s blog: What single piece of counsel (or constructive criticism) has most improved your preaching? “It is impossible to make a balanced statement.” You can spend all day qualifying what you’re saying and removing the punch from it. Jesus … Continue reading
Martin Luther on comfort in temptation
I got an email today of what was said by Luther on this day, May 16, a couple of hundred years ago. 1540 – German reformer Martin Luther remarked: ‘In the worst temptations nothing can help us but faith that … Continue reading
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Quotes by Mark Driscoll that Help Me Think and Live part 3
On service length and elements: “Because of this, our worship service takes up to two hours and is an event that people simply make time for, not unlike a big concert or movie. We made the sermon the hinge for … Continue reading
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More Quotes that helped me think and live from Mark Driscoll
“When I told our people that we were going to grow beyond 150 people and expand to two services, some of them freaked out. The most common complaint was that we would no longer have real community because people are … Continue reading
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