I was interested in the graphic which Timmy Brister included in this post on about a three-fold understanding of responding to Jesus’ saving work. Brister’s post unpacks how Packer (no pun intended) came to this breakdown. J.I. Packer, in his excellent book, Grounded in the Gospel: Building Believers the Old-Fashioned Way, unpacks the practical out …
Craig Barnes meditates on a familiar, yet perplexing observation in Mark 6:48 “He intended to pass them by.” Your disciples were “straining at the oars against an adverse wind” when they caught a glimpse of you walking on the water. This time you were planning to pass by them. Apparently, you were hoping that just …
Darryl Hart seeks to give Tim Keller a hand in applying the ten commandments to New York city from a 2K perspective in the form of suggested answers to a hypothetical interviewer. The comment stream of the post has some interesting interplay. Reporter: What does your church think about the first commandment? Pastor 2k: We …
A couple of weeks ago I heard a sermon on the kingdom of God that, to these tired old ears, didn’t seem to say much more than ‘Jesus came to proclaim the kingdom of God and we should all take our part in it by getting busy living our lives for God.’ Not very much …
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