"In preparation for speaking and writing about the subject of the mind, I mailed a
questionnaire to forty-eight Christian leaders, including such people as Tim
Chester, Mark Driscoll, Joshua Harris, J. I. Packer, Kevin DeYoung, and others.
The survey ... The devotional/theological books mentioned most were John
Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity, and
J. I. Packer's Knowing God. The most .. ..."
"Living in the Love of the Three-in-One Philip Graham Ryken, Michael LeFebvre.
emphasize his particular ... In all history, there never was a more marvelous
display of God's presence with his people than the incarnation. In the mystery of
the ..."
Community Taking Your Small Group off Life Support by Brad House, PublishedByCrossway 256 Pages, Published 2011 by Crossway ISBN-13: 978-1-4335-2317-5, ISBN: 1-4335-2317-5
"If our identity is wrapped up in being self-sufficient and autonomous, then we will
likely never experience life-giving community. ... When we live in community as a
declaration of the gospel, we announce that Jesus has restored what sin had
broken, and we experience life as God intended. ... Being an image bearer is not
only a description of who we are; it is also a description of why we are. We 35
IMAGE."
"I knew the stories, so I read the preface standing in the Eighth Street book- store
in shoes worn so thin from walking I could feel the texture of city sidewalks
through my socks. ... I could date the appearance of every Updike book I've read,
approximately fifty, in relationship to my life, but rather than advance myself as a
candidate for another exiguous and uxorious (Updike words) recounting as in
Nicholson Baker's U and I, I w ..."
"(1) Believer's Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ, ed. Thomas R.
Schreiner and Shawn D. Wright (Nashville, TN: Broadman, 2006); an impressive
set ofessays from noted credobaptist scholars. (2) Bap- tism: Three Views, ed.
David F. Wright (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2009). Professor Wright was my
Doktorvater at the University of Edinburgh, and though a Church of Scotland (
Presbyterian) elder, he was a convinced credoba ..."
"John Piper, God Is the Gospel: Meditations on God's Love as the Gift of Himself (
Wheaton: Crossway, 2005), 42. 3. John Piper's book God Is the Gospel:
Meditations on God's Love as the Gift of Himself is a must-read when it comes to
this ..."
"... the Spirit. This walk is grounded in Scripture, and through this book we are
blessed by the insights of this godly man and firstrate scholar. Those wanting to
know more of the Spirit's work in their lives will be helped greatly by what this
book offers.” Erik Thoennes, professor of biblical studies and theology, Talbot
School of Theology, Biola University; pastor, Grace Evangelical Free Church, La
Mirada, California Walking int ..."
"The criticisms were taken hard by Van Til. Note a couple of his reactions: “I read
the last of the Forum material. I hope I shall be kept by the Spirit of God from
expressing bitterness. The misrepresentation seems to be inexcusable, but I must
aim to express myself more clearly”; “I think it is best to avoid a direct answer lest I
say something that is less than Christian charity demands. So I am beginning to
prepare a pamphlet de ..."
"This is a great lesson taught by a prophet in the midst of terrible evil and suffering
. He said, in essence, “I am going to rejoice and rest in the Lord, and I will be
renewed by the Lord.” In a world in which sometimes there is unjust, undeserved
suffering, the prophet understood that God's plan is bigger than merely his own
life. And therefore he was willing to commit his life to the Lord and to keep on
trusting. Jeremiah Jeremia ..."
"The Theological Vision of Jonathan Edwards Sean Michael Lucas. hundred
entries of books, articles, and dissertations: that's seventy items per year on
Edwards. I had a little experience with this, providing a bibliographical essay at
the end of a book that I coedited with D. G. Hart and Stephen J. Nichols. That
essay went nearly twenty pages, with over one hundred different items cited. And
so, just as obviously, any attempt to mas ..."
"Seeing Jesus in Genesis Nancy Guthrie ... After receiving God's instructions for
going into the ark and taking his family and all the pairs of animals with him, we're
told, “Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him” (Gen. 7:5). Two more times
in this chapter we read that Noah did as God had commanded him. What a
picture of grace at work in the life of a sinner whose natural bent is to go his own
way, trust in himself, and seek ..."
"Cooking dinner. Disciplining children. Your labor is not in vain! “Beauty is vain”—
it's slowly going bye-bye—but service to others, there is nothing fleeting or
frivolous about it. And nothing is more fulfilling, praiseworthy, and liberating than
that. Those you have bent down to serve will rise up to praise God for you. That's
the strange twist of it. “Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life
,” says Jesus, “ ..."
"Race, Cross, and the Christian John Piper ... F. F. Bruce, The Book ofActs (Grand
Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1954), 357–58. ... you can do a state-by-state study of
which states had anti-miscegenation laws and when they were over- turned. ...
For the history of the Loving case and interracial marriage in America, see Peter
Wallenstein, Tell the Court I Love My Wife: Race ... Marriage Bans and the Case
ofRichard and Mildred Loving (Carbo ..."