Theology

Are You Downcast? Look up!

February 8, 2012
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Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God. (Psalm 42:11 ESV) Yesterday I began reading William Bridge’s A Lifting Up of the Downcast. Though first published in 1649 this is a book that [...]

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First, Shut Your Mouth

February 1, 2012
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Most of us are very familiar with James’ caution, “Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger.” But I also think most of us struggle with all three imperatives. This is not a caution against speaking. Words, or even better, declaration, is essential to our faith and the mission Christ gave the church. [...]

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Truth, Debate, Unity, and The Elephant Room

January 30, 2012
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Last week I was able to hang with friends at the Elephant Room 2 (ER2) outside of Chicago. There was a lot of hype and heat leading up to it, and there has been a lot commentary following. Mark Driscoll, James MacDonald, T.D. Jakes, Jack Graham, Stephen Furtick, Crawford Loritts, and Wayne Cordeiro sat and talked through [...]

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The Elephant Room 2

January 23, 2012
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This Wednesday I’m pumped to join some friends at The Elephant Room. As a believer in debates (I wish the church would do more of them today), I dig the idea of leaders hashing out differences in public. This year is more controversial than the first ER as one of the participants, T.D. Jakes, has [...]

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Blogwatch: Ryan Huguley

January 17, 2012
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Last year there were over 152 million blogs on the internet. How do you choose which ones to follow, and how do you stay on top of their content? If you are reading more than a couple blogs regularly I would encourage you to use a “feed reader” like Google Reader. This will help you [...]

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Infographic: Ordo Salutis

January 12, 2012
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I love theology and good infographics (as does Tim Challies, obviously). Tim posted a great infographic from Soapbox Studios that teaches the “ordo salutis.” This one is not as detailed as John Bunyan’s “infographic,” but then again Bunyan’s was more “info” than “graphic.” Head over to Tim’s blog to see the high-res version.

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Resources for Discipling Your Children

January 11, 2012
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Earlier this week I asked via Twitter, “What tools are you using to disciple your children?” Of course training our children in the way they should go is a holistic endeavor involving instruction, modeling, conversation, formative and reformative discipline, planned rhythms, and spontaneous exhortation (and, of course, the local church). But as a parent I am [...]

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