By Hannah Michels, one of our teenagers:
I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free. I won’t forget the men who died to give this right to me.
To be free is the thing most sought after. Many people wish for it not realizing what they are asking for. True freedom can [...]
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Our new song of freedom by Hannah Michels
Posted in Gospel, Sin on October 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
How can I change? – A quick thought from Philip Ryken
Posted in Sanctification, Sin on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thinking again about our union with Christ and what it means for us in our attempts to change, Philip Ryken offers these encouraging words. His opening couple of lines are citing the Puritan William Perkins.
“We are in mind and meditation to consider Christ crucified: and first, we are to believe that he was crucified for [...]
How can I change? – A quick thought from Sinclair Ferguson
Posted in Christ is Lord, Sanctification, Sin on October 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last week Phil preached on being united to Christ from Romans 6:1-5. Here is a wonderful quote from Sinclair Ferguson that expounds on the glories of our union with Christ. More than a point of doctrine, it is life, power, hope, and grace to the believer:
This, then, is the foundation of sanctification in Reformed theology. [...]
Hitting the wall, finding grace
Posted in Idols of the heart, Sanctification, Sin on October 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Paul Tripp writes about the mid-life crisis in his book, Lost in the Middle. Walking us through the challenges and conflicts of heart that can erupt at these times, he makes this excellent point:
The presence, power, practicality, and glory of God’s grace in Christ Jesus are most evident and effective when we have hit the [...]
The Emergent Journey: Are the Pilgrims Still Making Progress? Part 1
Posted in Bible, Books, Cross, Culture, Gospel, Sin, Theology, tagged emergent, emergent church, journey, mclaren, mystery on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Experience, Journey, Doubt, Traveler, Introspection, Mystery. These are some of the key words of the Emergent movement. The authors of Why We’re Not Emergent rightly begin their book with the first chapter focusing on what emergent’s hold to be of great importance to their entire doctrinal system (though they would say they have NO doctrine…), [...]
A.W. Tozer on Sin #2
Posted in Sanctification, Sin on February 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Sin has many manifestations but its essence is one. A moral being, created to worship before the throne of God, sits on the throne of his own selfhood and from that elevated position declares, ‘I AM.’ That is sin in its concentrated essence, yet because it is natural it appears to be good. It is [...]
A.W. Tozer on Sin
Posted in Sanctification, Sin, Theology on February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Because man is born a rebel, he is unaware that he is one. His constant assertion of self, as far as he thinks of it at all, appears to him a perfectly normal thing. He is willing to share himself, sometimes even to sacrifice himself for a desired end, but never to dethrone [...]
Is it godly to watch a rated-R movie? Romans 14 says…
Posted in Romans, Sanctification, Sin on February 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
At youth group a couple weeks ago we looked at Romans 14 and those “weak” and “strong” in faith. I think all of us were challenged by the night. We began by asking the question, “who is more godly?” and filling it out with different scenarios:
…the person who gossips or the one who tames their [...]
The news is bad…now what? Romans 3:9-20
Posted in Romans, Sin on February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In Romans 1:18-3:20 Paul has labored more extensively than in any other passage of Scripture to leave us with the sobering awareness that there is no way of salvation outside of Christ. Wherever we turn–to a rule of life, to our achievements, to our status–we find nothing that earns a place in the eyes of [...]
Me?…ungodly?
Posted in Heart Change, Sanctification, Sin on December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Jerry Bridges begins his look at our Respectable Sins by tackling the sin of “ungodliness.” This might be one we conveniently ascribe to people out there and never quite own that it’s also in there, as in, in our own hearts. But, Bridges defines ungodliness in a way that helps us to see that it’s [...]
