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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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For Luther, Jesus Was Enough

January 3, 2012
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Many Christians are spiritually hungry, but satisfy themselves on the wrong food. Rather than seeking and resting in Jesus and all we have in him, some desire a fresh voice from heaven, the visitation of angels, or something else. I encourage you to thoughtfully read Martin Luther’s words below, taken from Table Talk. Reading this [...]

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No Devle!

January 1, 2012
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My son drew this picture for me while at Redeemer today. It pretty concisely expresses the Christian attitude toward our great enemy, but I thought a few words from Martin Luther would prove to be helpful meditation as well. By good experience, I know the devil’s craft and subtilty, that he not only blows the [...]

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Resolution, Repentance, and Revolution

December 28, 2011
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What is Repentance? It is sorrow for sin, accompanied by a determination, with the help of God, to sin no longer. A Brief Catechism of Bible Doctrine, James P. Boyce 2012 kicks off in a few days, which means the only thing more common than New Year resolutions will others saying how ineffective and superficial [...]

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It is Better to Receive Than To Give

December 20, 2011
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Is it better to give than to receieve? Of course. Jesus said so. This proverbial wisdom points to the need to be generous, selfless, and sacrificial in contrast to the greed and selfishness characteristic of fallen man. We often hit on this theme during the Christmas holidays, but I’ve come to the conclusion that this [...]

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My Savior God is With Me

December 14, 2011
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All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). ~Matthew 1:22-23 ESV~ I imagine we are all either meditating on, and potentially teaching on, the gospel reality of “God [...]

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How to Handle God’s Hatred

December 12, 2011
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One of the earliest passages of Scripture the Holy Spirit used to press into my life was Proverbs 6:16-19. There are things God hates. The idea of God hating never made me feel uncomfortable; at least not about his character. The discomfort I felt had to do with the reality that what he hated existed [...]

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