June 2012
3 posts
“Self-esteem is in my opinion, the wrong paradigm. I don’t need to esteem...”
– My response to the statement, ”All women have low self esteem, that’s why even models throw up!”
“The grace of God does not find men fit for salvation, but makes them so.”
– Augustine of Hippo
The 17 Most Misused Verses in the Bible →
Here’s a look at the “most misused verses” Eric writes about in his book:
“Judge Not” - Matthew 7:1
“Plans to prosper you and not to harm you” - Jeremiah 29:11-13
“Where two or three are gathered” - Matthew 18:20
“Ask for anything in My name” - John 14:13-14
“All things work together for good” - Romans 8:28
“If My people who are called by My name” - 2 Chronicles 7:14
“Jesus as the firstborn...
May 2012
46 posts
“As long then as the former time endured, He permitted us to be borne along by...”
– The Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus, Chapter 9, approx 130 A.D. and an early evidence for belief among those taught directly by Apostles that it is by faith through grace while we were yet sinners that God chooses us for salvation.
“Joy is the serious business of heaven.”
– C.S. Lewis
“Gay Christianity” Refuted by Dr....
“Master those books you have. Read them thoroughly. Bathe in them until they...”
– C. H. Spurgeon
“You asked what happens to people who live far away from the gospel and have...”
– John Piper, Letter to a 12-Year-Old Girl About the Eternal Destiny of Those Who Have Not Heard the Gospel
For Today - Fearless (music video) →
weak-but-not-destroyed:
New album Immortal out 5-29!!
I heart this.
“In a 1958 letter published by Ebony magazine, [Martin Luther] King responded to...”
– Gay Marriage and Martin Luther King’s Dream by Dan Delzell @ CP
“A God without wrath brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment...”
– Richard Niebuhr on theological liberalism.
“When a man gets saved,he gets saved from God….God saved you from Himself,...”
– Paul Washer
Download Mars Hill Worship Music →
Seriously, I dare you to find a more rocking rendition of How Deep the Father’s Love for Us than the one by Kenosis. Amazing talent, glorious worship.
Five Reasons Christians Should Continue to Oppose... →
The temptation, then, is for Christians go silent and give up the marriage fight: “It’s no use staying in this battle,” we think to ourselves. “We don’t have to change our personal position. We’ll keep speaking the truth and upholding the Bible in our churches, but getting worked up over gay marriage in the public square is counter productive. It’s a waste of time. It makes us look bad. It ruins...
“I want all my friends to see what a hip, unprejudiced human rights proponent I...”
– Every godless heathen on facebook in the past few hours.
“Krauss seems to be thinking that these vacuum states amount to the...”
– On the Origin of Everything: a review of ‘A Universe From Nothing,’ by Lawrence M. Krauss @ NY Times
The only way you are going to stop sinning is that...
So quit focusing your energy on fighting a losing battle through self-righteous behavioral modification and turn your eyes to Jesus to put your sin to death. You can’t, he can.
No not one.: whollynew: Follow your heart? You... →
whollynew:
Follow your heart? You sure you wanna do that?
But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
(Matthew 15:18-19 ESV)
Jesus said…
Homosexual "marriage" will not bring God's wrath,... →
We are on the precipice of seeing what happens when people turn from God to such an extreme degree that He not only withdraws his blessings from us, he removes his restraint on evil and turns us over to the desires of the flesh.given the history of such societies, I can only wonder what America will look like in 20 years and whether it will still be legal to preach the truth about sin and the...
“The Story: South Korean customs officials seized thousands of smuggled drug...”
– South Korea Finds Smuggled Capsules Contain Human Baby Flesh @ TGC
“Martin Luther has a controversial statement: “Be a sinner. Sin boldly.” I love...”
– Don’t Hold Your Hair Back When You Vomit by C. Michael Patton @ Parchment & Pen
HOW TO HEAR GOD'S VOICE 100% OF THE TIME →
Are you struggling to figure out if those whispers that your pastor has told you to listen for are really God’s voice or a case of gastrointestinal hallucinations caused by a bad batch of pepperoni pizza?
Are you tired of going through the whole rigamarole of filtering those voices in your head through a six point ‘discernment grid’ to try to ascertain if that’s the Holy...
Kickstarter - Church History →
I just backed Church History by Credo House. A pledge of $25 will get you a DVD of the 4-part class on Church History. Definitely a cool deal!
Right Behind: A Parody of Last Days Goofiness →
LaHaye and Jenkins’ best-selling apocalyptic fiction novel, Left Behind, is already so ridiculous that it’s hard to make a parody of it. Yet the conservative Christian author, Nathan Wilson, bravely sets forth to push it over the top. Tweaked versions of all the original characters work together in an absurd tangle of Evangelical goofiness struggling to make sense of the pathetically...
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“Jesus never mentioned homosexuality once. How has it become...”
– As a man of 37 with family of my own, I can say that I think very differently about “the American Dream” now that I am Christ’s servant. Money is far less important to me than it used to be. I don’t try to seek security in things because I can see how temporal they really...
“The holy and inspired Scriptures are fully sufficient for the proclamation of...”
– Athanasius (c. 296–373) Against the Heathen, 1:3
(Sola Scriptura among the Early Church Fathers)
“For how can we adopt those things which we do not find in the holy Scriptures?”
– Ambrose (A.D. 340–397) On the Duties of the Clergy, 1:23:102
(Sola Scriptura among the Early Church Fathers)
“Neither dare one agree with catholic bishops if by chance they err in anything,...”
– St. Augustine (A.D. 354–430) De unitate ecclesiae, 10
(Sola Scriptura among the Early Church Fathers)
“We are not content simply because this is the tradition of the Fathers. What is...”
– Basil the Great (ca.329–379) On the Holy Spirit, 7.16
(Sola Scriptura among the Early Church Fathers)
“We have learned from none others the plan of our salvation, than from those...”
– Irenaeus (ca. 150) Against Heresies 3.1.1
(Sola Scriptura among the Early Church Fathers)
“But those who are ready to toil in the most excellent pursuits, will not desist...”
– Clement of Alexandria (d. 215) The Stromata, 7:16
(Sola Scriptura among the Early Church Fathers)
“Let the inspired Scriptures then be our umpire, and the vote of truth will be...”
– Gregory of Nyssa (d.ca, 395) “On the Holy Trinity”, NPNF, p. 327
(Sola Scriptura among the Early Church Fathers)
Calvin Bobblehead
I want this. :-)
Dan Savage's ruthless lies about the Bible and... →
“Christianity is often repudiated on the ground that it is circular: The Bible is...”
– Gordon Clark (via monergism)
The Solution
We need to see hearts and minds changed, not change the law.
Pray for healing and revival in our sick hearts. Pray for the renewing of your mind and disciple others.
Politicians? Do you really think they can fix what ails us?
Eight Reasons Why My Anxiety Is Pointless and... →
Words of wisdom from scripture compiled by Justin Taylor @ T4G
Is Homosexuality Compatible with Authentic... →
After some heated back and forth with gay activists (including one who claims to be a Christian) on this article @ the Christian Post, I found this article which summarizes some key responses to homosexual objections from James White’s book “The Same Sex Controversy” to be very insightful. Must read!
“With regard to the opponent, don’t fight with anybody you don’t pray...”
– John Newton “On Controversy” rephrased by Keith Mathison of Tabletalk Magazine
Hating God: Profile of a Hatetheist →
How should a Christian interact with a hatetheist?
When it comes to hatetheists, I find the words of Richard Weaver spot on: “Nothing good can come if the will is wrong. And to give evidence to him who loves not the truth is to give him more plentiful material for misinterpretation.” Paul gives a rather interesting analogy to how the gospel affects people when he says, “For we are a fragrance of...