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Reckless Love: A Response to John Piper
Read more: Reckless Love: A Response to John PiperRecently a new phenomenon has hit the Christian scene becoming a staple of most radio stations and many Sunday morning worship services, Reckless Love. No, not the Finnish Guns and Roses cover band, the worship song by Cory Asbury. This song, despite its insanely huge popularity, has taken some criticism from many high profile Christian…
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Are We God’s Pawns?
Read more: Are We God’s Pawns?A pastor once told me that God’s people are simply pawns in his ultimate plan to glorify himself. Seriously. He said “pawns.” That would be a great metaphor if chess players actually loved their pawns, but they don’t. The world’s greatest chess player never loved his pawns, much less died for them. So when I…
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Around the Town: Weekly Round Up
Read more: Around the Town: Weekly Round UpJeremy Lin is the newest feel good story in sports. Lin, a point guard for the New York Knicks, is also a Christian. Is Lin the Tim Tebow of basketball? Carl Park from the Gospel Coalition shares his thoughts about Lin’s Christianity. Here is a similar post by Timothy Gombis. Additionally, here is an opinion…
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Around the Town: (1/29/12)
Read more: Around the Town: (1/29/12)Although touched upon earlier this week at the Cities, the blogosphere has seen a slew of posts and comments regarding the 39th anniversary of Roe V Wade. As you can see from our blog roll, fellows such as Albert Mohler and John Piper at Desiring God (either themselves or through their ministry teams) have offered some thoughts on…
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Letter to Myself at 15
Read more: Letter to Myself at 15Dear Bryan, You’re probably at the piano, writing songs about things you know nothing about, like love and loss. Or doing vocal warm-ups so you can audition for that blasted show choir. (Don’t bother. You won’t make it until your senior year, and when you do, you’ll become a bigger nerd than you already are.)…
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Double the Church Sites, Double the Fun: Multi-Site Churches: Part 1
Read more: Double the Church Sites, Double the Fun: Multi-Site Churches: Part 1Over the course of the next few weeks I’ll be looking at multi-site churches. They represent an increasingly popular phenomenon, aided in no small part by advances in technology. In this first installment, we’ll look briefly at what multi-site churches are, with future installments looking at the arguments in favor of and against using such…
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Is the aNTi Wright Polemic Justified?
Read more: Is the aNTi Wright Polemic Justified?We all know Wright has received a bad wrap from many conservative Christians over the years. I can remember being introduced to Wright’s view on Justification in a context in which I was told how detrimental his ideas were. Furthermore, one of the most influential figures for my theological thinking, John Piper, wrote an extensive…