Totally hijacking this from the Desiring God blog
More gospel-centered hip-hop at Humble Beast Records.
Totally hijacking this from the Desiring God blog
More gospel-centered hip-hop at Humble Beast Records.
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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.
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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.
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Ephesians 1:15-23 ESV
[15] For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, [16] I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, [17] that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, [18] having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, [19] and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might [20] that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, [21] far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. [22] And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, [23] which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
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Ok, verses 7-14, we’ll pick it up at the end of verse 6.
[6] to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
In the previous blog, we ended saying that God blessed us so that we would praise Him and His grace. Paul continues in verse 6 to say that it is in God’s grace that we have been blessed in the Beloved (Jesus). Paul then moves forward to identify how God’s grace has blessed us, or some of the specific things we, as Christians, can directly attribute to God’s grace. Continue reading
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