From the monthly archives:

September 2005

October Fuel

September 30, 2005

I get requests for our Fuel magazine from friends who go to other churches. So, for those who don’t go to Grace, here’s the PDF of October’s Fuel.

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Redeeming Alcohol

September 29, 2005

Steve McCoy has continued the conversation on alcohol, the Bible and the best way to respond to a culture of abuse. Check out his post, Alcohol, Abstention and Redemption. You will find it a good compliment to my earlier post, taking the discussion further. Great stuff.

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God is the Gospel Review

September 28, 2005

There is some controversy over Piper’s new book, God Is the Gospel: Meditations on God’s Love as the Gift of Himself. Of course it wouldn’t be a Piper book if it didn’t give people pause. He speaks provocatively to arrest our attention while drawing us to the truth. This time the controversy I have come [...]

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God is the Gospel?

September 27, 2005

I’ll put up my thoughts of Piper’s new book, God is the Gospel, later this week, but for now you can read his controversial book for free at Crossway’s website.

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Tommy Boy

September 27, 2005

Tom Ascol’s post on Conventional Bureaucracy is great. I have really enjoyed his blog and how he has been approaching the issues in our convention. If you are Southern Baptist check it out.

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Reformonday

September 26, 2005

John Newton’s letters, papers and sermons have been very helpful for me over the past 10 years. For the first “Reformonday” I wanted to share his paper, The Obvious Causes, Symptoms, and Effects of a Decline in the Spiritual Life. Maybe you feel spiritually cold at the moment, and you’ve been thinking of breaking out [...]

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More from the Gutter

September 24, 2005

I am really liking Gross’ book, The Gutter. It’s funny, challenging and hits the issue in a unique way. An issue often overlooked or ignored by churches in suburbia. Part of the problem is that we interpret “gutter” to be the inner-city, or the meth-labs in rural counties. Most probably do not think of the [...]

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