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iPhoneography: Levels

November 4, 2011

I had to spend a couple days in the city this week and snapped a few shots as I walked. I’m always struck by the Willis (formerly Sears) Tower. This photo was taken with the iPhone 4 and processed with the Pictureshow app.

5 Ways to be a Good Calvinist: #2

November 2, 2011

Part 1: Assert Without Apology or Pride. Part 2: Critique, Correction, and Warning Part 3 (coming) Part 4 (coming) Part 5 (coming) Please note: this series is addressed to Calvinists (like myself), but obviously applies to all Christians. A couple weeks ago I started this brief, five-part series encouraging Calvinists to do well; to be [...]

Gospel Notes: Suffering and Our Savior

October 25, 2011

As a pastor I am able to see more suffering in more ways than many others can because people in many different stages of life and from very diverse backgrounds give me access to their lives. Of course, this is true for all Christians in a healthy local church. We see physical, social, spiritual, economic, [...]

Puritan Pod: God’s Face

October 24, 2011

Dr. David P. Murray, Professor of Old Testament and Practical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, has given us another Puritan Pod, this time focusing on preaching Christ from the Old Testament. He does this by going to a well-known text that is not explicitly Christocentric, and helping us to see how we can legitimately [...]

Be Humble Scholars of Christ

October 21, 2011

All men are fallible. We all err in many ways, even in our doctrine. Yet, this should not give us reason to eschew theology. Rather, we should pursue a knowledge of the truth with a humble earnestness. Remember that all men on earth are ignorant, and know but as in a glass, and in part, [...]

Teach Others to Teach Yourself

October 19, 2011

Some Christians feel they have no business teaching others when they have so much to learn themselves. Many feel as though God is distant, and grace is small in their lives, and therefore they should not seek to instruct others, or even talk much about these things until they are experiencing more grace and transformation [...]

Gospel Notes: Divine Love, Our Joy

October 17, 2011

How does a man find joy in life when the pleasures of the world fade or are proven to be unfulfilling? The love of God in Christ is not in word only; it is love that reaches from everlasting to everlasting, love shewn in choosing, and in glorifying us. In all the miseries of the [...]

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iPhoneography: Levels

5 Ways to be a Good Calvinist: #2

Gospel Notes: Suffering and Our Savior

Puritan Pod: God’s Face

Be Humble Scholars of Christ

Teach Others to Teach Yourself

Gospel Notes: Divine Love, Our Joy

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