“Christianity is not the move from vice to virtue, but rather the move from virtue to grace.” Gerhard Forde 20 … by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin. 21 But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God […]
This is much more a reflection on the subjects that Ethan Richardson raised in his presentation than a review of his actual talk, in fact his session was far more profound than this post. Sorry Ethan! Two main topics jumped out at me: the plight of 20 somethings, and our use of electronic social media. […]
Matt Sitman, a really brilliant young man and a professor of political theory at the University of Virginia, gave a very interesting and candid talk at the Mockingbird conference this year, and it raised some ideas that I’ve been chewing on quite a bit. All the recordings for the conference are on mockingbird’s site: C’ville Conference […]
The Fall Mockingbird conference is now over, and it was a DOOZY! The subject overall was grace and suffering. As is my wont, I am not going to post a critical review, or a regurgitation of content, but rather my own reflections on the material. All the recordings for the conference are on mockingbird’s site: […]
Shrink: Verb: Become or make smaller in size or amount; contract or cause to contract. Noun: A clinical psychologist, psychiatrist, or psychotherapist. 28 And now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming. 29 If you […]
26 These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you. 27 And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is […]
18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with […]
[yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNWEAt_WDBw’] Don’t worry if we fall in love We will never touch the ground Don’t worry if we fall in love We will never touch the ground Just fall into a dream They say If you die in a dream You die in real life Well I just died in your arms Lost in […]
[yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNWEAt_WDBw’] Don’t worry if we fall in love We will never touch the ground Don’t worry if we fall in love We will never touch the ground Just fall into a dream They say If you die in a dream You die in real life Well I just died in your arms Lost in […]
The full character of the living God is revealed fully in the gospel. It unreasonable to think that we should teach people first that God is holy and that they need to understand this first before they can understand the gospel. They don’t need to understand that God is triune before they can understand the […]