December 2009
27 posts
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“Knowing Christ well is so spiritually thirst quenching because no person,...”
– Donald Whitney, Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health (p22)
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“Official Christianity, of late years, has been having what is known as bad...”
– Dorothy Sayers, Letters to a Diminished Church (p1)
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“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man...”
– Theodore Roosevelt
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“You have taught me the necessity of a messiah…
…that is to be...”
– Puritan prayer
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Tim Keller on Criticism →
Brief post on how our hearts respond to criticism and how to handle it well.
John Newton quote from the article:
“A man may have the heart of a Pharisee, while his head is stored with orthodox notions of the unworthiness of the creature, and the riches of free grace. Yea, I would add, the best of men are not wholly free from this leaven; and therefore are too apt to be pleased with such...
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“Achievement can’t really answer the big questions - Who am I? What am I...”
– Tim Keller, Counterfeit Gods (pp74-75)
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“The idol of success cannot be just expelled, it must be replaced. The human...”
– Tim Keller, Counterfeit Gods (p93)
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“The reason for our confusion [about the Bible] is that we usually read the Bible...”
– Tim Keller, Counterfeit Gods (pp36-37)
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Biblical Counseling at Mars Hill West Seattle →
Helpful posts and videos by James Noriega, Pastor of Biblical Living & Counseling, at Mars Hill West Seattle.
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Tools for Missional Church →
Great spread of free missional resources for missional churches, communities and movements from the blog “Church Planting Novice” by my friend Jonathan Dodson at Austin City Life (Acts 29).
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Church Planting for the Rest of Us →
Helpful new blog (subtitle: “speaking up for the guys who may never plant mega-churches, while being thankful for those who do”) led by Dustin Neeley (Acts 29 planter).
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“This is one of the problems confronting the Christian Church today. This...”
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Preaching and Preachers (p31-32) (Note: written over 30 years ago)
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“So I would lay it down as a basic proposition that the primary task of the...”
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Preaching & Preachers (p30)
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My Heart is Full...I am Thankful →
Words from Matt Chandler (The Village) before surgery on his brain to remove a mass. Sobering and full of grace.
Go here for video as well.
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“The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be...”
– Jonathan Edwards, The Christian Pilgrim (Works, vol 2, p244)
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“A sinner does not ‘decide’ for Christ; the sinner...”
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Preaching and Preachers (p280)
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“Ministers, in order to be burning and shining lights, should walk closely with...”
– Jonathan Edwards, True Excellency (p390)
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“To blame a minister for declaring the truth to those who are under awakenings,...”
– Jonathan Edwards, Concerning Revival (pp390-391)
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“We are all one in sin, one in failure, one in hopelessness, one in need of the...”
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Preaching and Preachers (p133)
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“In true worship, there is always understanding with the mind and there is always...”
– John Piper, The Supremacy of God in Preaching (p10)
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“Our primary calling as followers of Christ is by him, to him and for him (i.e....”
– Os Guiness, The Call (p31)