tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371318589924549072012-02-16T03:53:05.679-05:00An online fellowship of pilgrims.Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14722312700234291256noreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737131858992454907.post-57443307065335564672008-12-15T08:15:00.002-05:002008-12-15T08:36:54.072-05:00

"May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, that..."Now certainly, we know God's blessing can be immediate and tangible in our daily lives. We know that his blessing isn't always apparent. We know that his blessing isn't necessarily what we had in mind. We know that his blessing can overwhelm us with joy and gladness, sometimes tears. We know that his blessing is

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Will the copy say to what is real, "I have no need of you"? And yet, we think and live in copies all day long. Are we not beating the air aimlessly? Is your truth, to which you hold so dearly, tangible? Is it painful, powerful and desirable? Does it delight you?In our own unconsciousness, copies suck dry every byte of energy within us unless they move us toward the real. Real truth does the

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If you are conscious when you breathe your last breath, what will you be thinking? Who would you want to be present?

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The Hebrew understanding of the 24 hour day is very different from modern western society. It began in the evening and ended in the afternoon.Genesis 1:5 "God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day."Psalm 5:3 "O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch."Lamentations 3:

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your chest expands to make room for the air. Then, you must exhale or you'll look like a puffed up blowfish, and so is learning. So, what are you breathing and why?

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Summary: God's design is for male leadership in the Church.Ever since the 1970s, the question of a woman serving as a teaching elder or senior pastor has been a watershed issue for the Church. Some assert that gender is irrelevant concerning church leadership; others maintain that biblical eldership is a role held exclusively for qualified men. The controversy is rooted in the interpretation of

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I've been thinking a lot about the pastor's responsibility of shepherding the church, and how he is only effective to the extent of, firstly, the Father shepherding him, and secondly, the measure of his shepherding his own family. And I believe this is so right because the pastor does not make the church! The Church belongs to Christ! The Good Shepherd cares for each individual believer. The

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Hey guys, just thought I'd share this with you. You know how the Schaeffers and the story of L'Abri have influenced my philosophy of ministry. Well, I met someone today who was influenced in a similar way. Dr. Parker, Professor of Worldview and Culture at SBTS, caught the vision of L'Abri early on in his academic career, and ten years ago, he started the Trinity Institute in Texas. Here's the

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I would be the last to deny that women are given gifts that they are meant to exercise. But we must not be greedy in insisting on having all of them, in usurping the place of men. We are women, and my plea is Let me be a woman, holy through and through, asking for nothing but what God wants to give me, receiving with both hands and with all my heart whatever that is. No arguments would ever be

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I've been reading a book (Romancing Your Child's Heart) that qualifies what it looks like to really show your child who God is and what he has done. The deeper I get into the book the more I realize this is not just about parenting. It's about all of life. Jesus did it for the disciples, and the disciples kept it going... yada, yada, yada... church history. I love books that show a depth greater

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vera tu et summa sauvitas - AugustineI love Augustine's view of God. I love John Piper's view of God. Their view of God comes from the Bible. The Bible's view of God works for me very well.

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Let me direct your attention to a new blog listed on this site- William Li's Travels. Will is journeying to Japan to spend one year there studying. The dude has a heart for Jesus and a passion to spread the gospel to the world. While his intention is to study in Japan, he believes God will use him for more than that during his time there. I will be frequenting this site to see how his time goes.

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In the epilogue, Johnson updates the reader on the impact the book has made in the scholarly community as well as in the public domain. He asks the questions: what is a critic of evolution and why is criticism so unusual? He emphasizes that for him it is not a Bible versus science debate. He is interested in what scientific investigation has to tell us about the origin and history of life. The

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The biblical data leaves no option for a Christian to hold to any version or aspect of Darwin’s theory of evolution. A healthy acknowledgement of the many and diverse views on origins in the past and in the 21st Century presents the theistic evolutionist with a problem. Even prior to the biblical data, the current challenges to evolutionary theory present the theistic evolutionist with a problem.

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Looking back on the past two years of my life, I feel almost like Chris Farley in that awful movie Almost Heroes - where he falls down the mountain and gets to the bottom and replies, "What was that all about..." or something like it. That feeling he had at the bottom of the mountain is the feeling I have had before. The beauty of it is that God was the one who kinda shoved me down the mountain.

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Saint Brendan’s Prayer(“ascribed to Saint Brendan the Navigator before sailing across the Atlantic”)Shall I abandon, O King of mysteries, the soft comforts of home?Shall I turn my back on my native land, and turn my face towards the sea? Shall I put myself wholly at your mercy,without silver, without a horse,without fame, without honor?Shall I throw myself wholly upon You,without sword and shield

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I am not so blog-savvy as Justin Taylor, so I will stand upon his shoulders to make links available to the rest of you (also, I like his site, so I'm happy to add readers to it, if I may). Follow this link, and you will find the other links associated with this post. With that said, allow me to comment just below:Between Two Worlds: Robert George at Southern SeminaryProfessor George eloquently

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Over the last few months I've been leading our church through Paul’s letter to the Colossian church. I have always loved this letter because of the place in which it elevates Jesus. I love the description of Him there in chapter one- Rescuer, Image of the invisible God, Creator, Sustainer, Centerpiece of everything that has ever been, Redeemer...there is so much about the Christ there in the

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In chapter Five of Jerry Bridges book, The Discipline of Grace, I have been challenged to examine my life based on what our dear brother Paul writes to his friend Titus. Here is a link to the Scripture passage.The apostle Paul has for us in this letter wonderful encouragement and exhortation on Practical Christian Living. His foundation being the grace and mercy of our Lord Jesus, in His death

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