From John Piper:
1. Jesus Christ, as he is presented to us in the New Testament, and as he stands forth from all its writings, is too single and too great to have been invented so uniformly by all these writers.
2. Nobody has ever explained the empty tomb of Jesus in the hostile environment of [...]
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9 Ways to Know the Gospel is True
Posted in Theology on November 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Piper on the Prosperity Gospel
Posted in Theology, Videos on November 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
(HT: Z)
The Beautiful Monotony of the Gospel
Posted in Theology on October 27, 2009 | 5 Comments »
When I got to seminary, I bristled at the idea that we as preachers are to preach the gospel in every sermon. That sounded boring to me. And after all, how do I preach the gospel from the book of Exodus? Or Amos? People in that time hadn’t even heard the name of Jesus yet. [...]
Nightline Interviews Benny Hinn
Posted in Theology, Videos on October 26, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Wow. Very interesting. Especially when he starts talking about his finances.
(HT: Challies)
Stewarding the Experience
Posted in Theology on October 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We often think of stewardship in terms of money. And that’s not wrong – surely the Bible teaches that we have been financially entrusted with funds, and it’s our job to manage them well for the sake of the kingdom of God. But stewardship is bigger than that. Consider, for example, Philippians 1:29:
“For it has [...]
David Letterman and the Gospel
Posted in Pop Culture, Theology on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Russell Moore has a great post about what David Letterman can teach us about the gospel. In case you missed it, Letterman admitted on his show last Thursday that he was the victim of extortion, that he had numerous affairs with people on staff of the Late Show, and someone had found him out. That [...]
Jesus is MORE Real
Posted in Theology on September 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Sometimes I have a Hallmark picture of heaven in my mind. It’s a place where you lazily drift from cloud to cloud, and everyone wears diapers, and everything’s in hazy, slow motion. There’s also alot of smoke there for some reason. In that picture, heaven is almost like a dream, of an LSD-induced vision. Everything [...]
Humilty = Honesty
Posted in Theology on September 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Humility is a tricky subject, to say the least. It’s tricky because I might write a post that tells you what I have learned about being humble. But then I wouldn’t be humble any more because I’d be proud of my humility. Or I might write a post about what an idiot I am. But [...]
Christianity Isn’t a Crutch
Posted in Theology on September 15, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Maybe you’ve heard it before:
“Christianity is a crutch for the weak.”
When someone says it, they usually mean that people believe in the gospel because they need to believe in it. They don’t have the intestinal fortitude to accept the randomness of life, so they fabricate in their minds these ideas of a loving and sovereign [...]
My Thoughts on Piper’s Tornado
Posted in Current Events, Theology on September 1, 2009 | 5 Comments »
This post by John Piper has spawned a ton of discussion as of late. To me, the core discussion, to isolate it from the specific situation of the tornado in Minneapolis that disrupted the Lutheran meeting where they affirmed the inclusion of gay clergy, is one about natural disasters and sin.
It’s not unlike the discussion [...]
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