When we think about suffering, we are prone to think about how bad it feels, to become inward focused, to ask “Why me?”. When we actually experience suffering, we flesh out the values that we really hold to be true: whether we really believe that God is of first importance, or if we naively believe that the world should revolve around us. We rarely ever stop to think about anything outside of ourselves. We often don’t stop to realize there’s a bigger picture, and a purpose behind the pain.
Posted in Bible Study
Tagged Christ, Christianity, Church, Church at Ephesus, Crucifixion, David Platt, Divine Plan, Egyptians, Ephesians, Evangelism, Evil, Exodus, God, God’s Will, Gospel, Hell, Israel, Israelites, Jesus, Joseph, Joseph and the Coat Of Many Colors, Missional Living, Pain, Radical, Religion, Sovereignty, Suffering, The Bible, The Cross
Totally hijacking this from the Desiring God blog
More gospel-centered hip-hop at Humble Beast Records.
Posted in Conferences
Tagged Christ, Christianity, Church, Church at Ephesus, Crucifixion, Desiring God, Divine Plan, Ephesians, Evil, God, God’s Will, Gospel, Jesus, John Piper, Lord of the Rings, Our Fathers Our future, Pain, Pauline Letters, Paul’s Epistles, Propaganda, Propaganda and the Gospel, Religion, Return of the King, Sovereignty, Suffering, The Bible, The Cross, Unity in Christ
I love movies, especially movies with epic battle scenes. Movies have the capability of communicating either very direct messages, or very subtle messages, and it still be enjoyable to the movie watcher. Many times, we don’t even realize that the movie communicates a message; it’s just a story. Depending on the message communicated, this could be good or bad. One of my favorite movies of all time is the Lord of the Rings trilogy. If you haven’t seen it yet, go watch it now. Seriously, this blog will be here in 9 hours when you’re done watching.
Posted in Pop Culture
Tagged Christ, Christianity, Church, Church at Ephesus, Crucifixion, Divine Plan, Ephesians, Evil, Fellowship of the Ring, God, God’s Will, gondor has no king gondor needs no king, Gospel, Jesus, Lord of the Rings, Our Fathers Our future, Pain, Pauline Letters, Paul’s Epistles, Religion, Return of the King, Sovereignty, Suffering, The Bible, The Cross, Unity in Christ
And, Everything – Jesus = Nothing
This was part of The Resurgence’s 2011 Conference: Our Fathers, Our Future. I thought it was important enough to post here.
Posted in Conferences
Tagged Christ, Christianity, Church, Church at Ephesus, Crucifixion, Divine Plan, Ephesians, Evil, God, God’s Will, Gospel, Jesus, Our Fathers Our future, Pain, Pauline Letters, Paul’s Epistles, Religion, Sovereignty, Suffering, The Bible, The Cross, The Resurgence, Tullian Tchividjian, Unity in Christ
Well, Rob Bell certainly stirred up a lot of commotion very quickly with his promo video for, and the release of, his book, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived. The conversations and blogs about his book, and the topic of Universalism overall, exploded overnight, and then seem to have died out just as quickly. Pastor David Platt, author of Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, offers a different perspective, and a strong challenge to those who profess Christ as Lord, Savior, and Treasure.
Posted in Life Lessons
Tagged Christ, Christianity, Church, Church at Ephesus, Crucifixion, David Platt, Divine Plan, Ephesians, Evangelism, Evil, God, God’s Will, Gospel, Gospel Coalition, Hell, Jesus, Kevin DeYoung, Love Wins, LoveWins, Mark Driscoll, Missional Living, Pain, Radical, Reformission, Religion, Rob Bell, Sovereignty, Suffering, The Bible, The Cross, The Resurgence, Unity in Christ, Universalism, Universalist, Universalists
