Excerpt from The Discipline of Grace by Jerry Bridges, pgs. 122-23 How then can we develop this love for God so that our obedience is prompted by love instead of some lesser motive? The Scripture gives us our first clue, or point of beginning. when it says, "We love God because ... Read More

UPDATE: I've reconsidered some of the things I originally wrote in this entry and come to understand that Scripture itself, apart from people in general, speaks of both being saved "through" faith and "by" faith and meaning the same thing. The important distinction I wanted to make here was that ... Read More

These are not just a bunch of Reformed people criticizing what's "out there" as it were ... these are people from various backgrounds, denominations and traditions within evangelicalism, including the emerging church, discussing what they see as the gutting of historic Christianity in America. The Reformed movement is not immune ... Read More

(Original): http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hZfIcWnHqBz4kQR90lC_pXaHeW4Q (Archived): http://www.westerfunk.net/archives/terrorism/Two%20ex-Guantanamo%20inmates%20appear%20in%20Al-Qaeda%20video/ You see? This is what happens when you let terrorists go that were in your custody. The fundamental problem with the West is that we do not understand the Islamic, Middle Eastern worldview. And I think this is true for those on the left and the right. On ... Read More

"When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, 'It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.' So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, 'Your father gave this command before he died, "Say to ... Read More

Today, Scot McKnight wrote a post on his blog in which he raised a question which I believe exposes the heart of much of the emerging/emergent/missional/post____/(fill in the next emerging title) church's theology, perspective and modus operandi when approaching the Scriptures. In this particular entry, McKnight writes of a person ... Read More

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I thought this was a timely quote from Matthew Henry's commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, since our church is going through a study on prayer in the believer's life. I pray this encourages you to seek private communion with the Lord. In our fast-paced, entertainment-driven, constantly distracted culture, it ... Read More

Excellent! Man this is good ... ... Read More

I sound like my Grandparents ... and these are mostly "adults" ... the commentary from The Death of the Grown-up aptly applies here. ... Read More