January 2012
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Jan 27th
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Jan 26th
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“God is the sum total of all excellencies as the one than whom no greater,...”
– Herman Bavinck, Doctrine of God, 246.
Jan 25th
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The Most Risky Profession (Christianity Today) →
This is a great article from Christianity Today, last July. A must read for anyone who love Jesus, the church and their pastor(s).
Jan 24th
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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“At the same time he calls us to protect our daughters’ rights, President Obama...”
– Denny Burk, President Obama’s Asinine Remarks on the 39th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
Jan 23rd
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“God is a Spirit, in and of himself infinite in being, glory, blessedness, and...”
– Westminster Larger Catechism, Question 7
Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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You + God + Church + 2012 = What’s Your Plan? →
via Downtown Cornerstone
Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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“God first humbled Himself for our salvation in the Incarnation and on the cross...”
– JI Packer, The Adequacy of Human Language (Inerrancy, ed. Geisler), 216,217
Jan 18th
Jan 16th
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2011 in Pictures →
If you’d like to see what God’s grace to Downtown Cornerstone Church looks like in photo-form, follow this. Thanks for your prayers, support and encouragement. Jesus is alive.
Jan 10th
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“The fact that God’s self-disclosure is couched linguistically in the same...”
– The Adequacy of Human Language, JI Packer, 214 (Inerrancy, ed. Norman Geisler)
Jan 2nd
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December 2011
13 posts
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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Home for the Holidays...and Not Happy About It
For many, Christmas (and Thanksgiving, birthdays, family reunions, awkward anniversaries, that one summer family trip, etc) can be difficult, particularly if your family doesn’t love the Jesus that you love. Going home can feel like visiting a completely foreign culture, where people speak a different language and love foreign things. It can be awkward, uncomfortable, and emotionally...
Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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What You Preach Is Already Decided (Spurgeon) →
Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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Please Consider a Year-End Gift to DCC
Downtown Cornerstone exists to build a great city through the gospel for the glory of God. We love Seattle and want all who call this city home to know and love Jesus Christ. That’s why we exist. God has been incredibly gracious to us in 2011. We launched in April, planted six communities throughout the city, baptized 10 individuals, and saw many move downtown to join Jesus’ mission. We are...
Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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“If we do not pay attention to the whole of biblical truth as a system, we become...”
– Cornelius Van Til, Introduction to Systematic Theology, 5.
Dec 12th
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“If the message of the Gospel were that God is a great tyrant waiting to pounce...”
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones, The Irrationality of Unbelief
Dec 9th
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Dec 6th
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November 2011
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“May God give you grace, not to lay too much stress on your faith, but to grasp...”
– Clement Read Vaughn (Thomas Cary Johnson, The Life and Letters of Robert Lewis Dabney, 480)
Nov 29th
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A Prayer to Stir Your Prayer
Every month our church gathers together corporately to pray. This, of course happens, every week in our communities and discipleship groups, but once a month roughly 40 of us gather in a 33rd floor conference room in the middle of downtown Seattle to ask Our Father to do what only He can do in this city and in our lives. If you’re anything like me, I often need a prayer to stir my prayer. I...
Nov 23rd
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“Knowing Christ well is so spiritually thirst quenching because no person,...”
– Donald Whitney, 10 Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health, 22
Nov 22nd
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Nov 17th
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“I feel so energized. It’s amazing what a little pepper spray will do for...”
– 84 year old woman who got pepper-sprayed at #OccupySeattle (HT: Seattle Times)
Nov 17th
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WatchWatch
Wise, helpful, and life-giving counsel from David Powlison (CCEF) on how he would respond to the statement, “I feel far from God”. HT: Between Two Worlds
Nov 17th
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“A culture that is rooted more in images than in words will find it increasingly...”
– Ken Myers, All God’s Children and Blue Suede Shoes
Nov 16th
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“The great message of the gospel is intended to go to the ends of the earth. To...”
– Ken Myers, All God’s Children and Blue Suede Shoes
Nov 16th
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Nov 14th
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Nov 11th
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Nov 11th
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“Christian faith isn’t a general religious awareness. Nor is it the ability to...”
– NT Wright, Simply Christian, 209
Nov 8th
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Nov 8th
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Nov 8th
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Nov 7th
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Nov 2nd
October 2011
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“The authority of science is essentially tradition.”
– Michael Polanyi, Knowing and Being, 66
Oct 28th
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“As far as the propositions of mathematics refer to reality, they are not...”
– Einstein, Ideas and Opinions, p233
Oct 26th
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“To stay away from Christianity because part of the Bible’s teaching is offensive...”
– Tim Keller, The Reason for God, p112
Oct 24th
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Oct 6th
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“[The church] is a sinful community. It is, during most of its history, a weak,...”
– Lesslie Newbigin, The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission, 54
Oct 5th