It is very unusual for me, but right now I’m re-reading Desiring God by John Piper. It’s really good stuff, but it is different than a lot of stuff I’ve been reading, and am currently listening to. I wish I could get in a room with N.T. Wright, Brian McLaren, and John Piper and ask…
Romans 3.8 ‚ÄúWhy not say‚Äîas we are being slanderously reported as saying and as some claim that we say‚Äî‚ÄúLet us do evil that good may result‚Äù? Their condemnation is deserved.‚Äù (Rom 3:8 NIV) ‚ÄúOr haven‚Äôt you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple desecrate the day and yet are…
The other day the boys were playing outside on their scooters while I was getting ready to plant some grass seed. They were skating back and forth and talking a mile a minute at 120 decibels. Isaac skated over and asked ‚ÄúWhat is Batman‚Äôs secret identity again?‚Äù ‚ÄúBruce Wayne‚Äù I told him. ‚ÄúOk, David, since…
‚ÄúFor Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel‚Äînot with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.‚Äù (1Cor…
“If you obey God, He’ll make you happy and successful.” – Bibleman Just to let you know, that isn’t true in the way that most people understand that statement to be true. I don’t like Bibleman. It seems like its the bad parts of 80s theology with the special effects of the 90s. Some of…
Acts 28.31 ‚ÄúBoldly and without hindrance he preached the Kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.‚Äù Matthew 4.17 ‚ÄúFrom that time on Jesus began to preach, ‚ÄòRepent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.‚Äô‚Äù Repent – Metanoeo ‚Äì from Meta, change of place or condition, and noeo, exercise the mind, think, comprehend…
God = Love Jesus = The Way God = Jesus Love = The Way
Eph. 6.16 ‚Äútake up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.‚Äù They had leather covered shields that they would soak in water so that if an arrow hit it, it would go in deep and the fire would be put out. I just realized that…
I don’t want you to get to heaven and ask the question, “are we there yet?” I want you to have lived the life in this community that you tasted it and touched it and felt it and were a part of it all the time. -Rick McKinley, Imago Dei Church
In a way I quite understand why some people are put off by Theology. I remember once when I had been giving a talk to the RA.F., an old, hard-bitten officer got up and said, “I’ve no use for all that stuff. But, mind you, I’m a religious man too. I know there’s a God….
