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5 Gospel Perspectives That Shape Lives
Tim Lane & Paul Tripp, in their helpful book How People Change, suggest that there are 5 Gospel Perspectives that shape lives. In other words when we understand these principles, and regularly consider our own lives in relation to them, we see change. These principles, considered collectively, cultivate the best conditions to see fruitful sanctification.…
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Appropriating Grace
Here is an important reminder and challenge from Richard Lovelace, from his monumental Dynamics of Spiritual Life: Only a fraction of the present body of professing Christians are solidly appropriating the justifying work of Christ in their lives… Many… have a theoretical commitment to this doctrine, but in their day-to-day existence they rely on their…
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Sad State of Evangelicalism
An excellent, “must read”, article by Mark Galli for Christianity Today: The Troubled State of Christian Preaching. This is a great example of a “I Wish I’d Said That”. All of Galli’s insight resonate … Here is the gist of Galli’s tought, set within the context of the Presidential Inauguration and Louie Giglio being put…
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Why I Won’t Forgive Lance Armstrong
I have no inclination to forgive Lance Armstrong. I feel no need to. Armstrong, the infamous cyclist who has now been stripped of several Tour de France victories, an Olympic medal, and has had a host of other indignities hoisted upon his head, has finally confessed to doping in order to enhance his performance. And…
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Uneasy ‘Calvinist’
I feel no little uneasiness when labeled a Calvinist. It is not that the description is unfitting. Nor is it because I have any disaffection for Calvin. Quite the contrary. My reservation is that there is much baggage that accompanies that label – baggage assigned by those who reject the tenants of the Faith associated…
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Losing Our Gospel Grip
Evidence abounds all around that the current Spiritual climate of the typical Evangelical church is rightly described by sociologist Christian Smith as “more akin to Moralistic-Therapeutic-Deism than anything resembling historic Christianity.” I paraphrased Smith there, but it reflects the essence of Smith’s assessment. (If you want a refresher on what Moralistic-Therapeutic-Deism is click here & here.)…
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Bible Reading Plan for Slackers
I am long overdue to draft a post. But new year equals new beginnings, right? While I will again eschew making any New Years Resolutions, except to resolve not to make any resolutions – (hey, it worked last year!) … I do plan to get back into the swing of writing and posting. Let me…
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2 Mistakes Christians Make
People tend to make two mistakes when they think about the redeemed life. The first is to underestimate the sin that remains in us; it’s still there and it can still hurt us. The second is to underestimate the strength of God’s grace; God is determined to make us new. As a result, all Christians…
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10 Questions to Ask at a Christmas Gathering
Do you have any Chrstmas gatherings to attend this holiday season? My thanks to Don Whitney for suggesting the following questions to spruce up the conversation, especially at church:
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Advancing Progressively Backwards
T.S. Eliot penned a penetrating poetic analysis of our cultural plight: It seems that something has happened that has never happened before: though we know not when, or why, or how, or where. Men have left God not for other gods, they say, but for no gods; and this has never happened before that men both deny gods…
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Justified: Profound & Practical
…but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. ~ Romans 5.8-9 Matt Chandler passionately proclaims the profound practical benefits of God’s grace…
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10 Principles for Worship
The highest calling and greatest privilege of all Christians is to love and worship God. In worship we encounter God with increasing awareness of who he is. In worship we together magnify God’s glory. The following are 10 principles, developed over a number of years, and influenced by a variety of sources, that not only express my philosophy of worship,…
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