Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Quick Administrative Post: Advertisements
Today I disabled advertisements on this blog. I had little control over the content and I found them distracting. Whatever income generated by advertising was not worth this site promoting things that might lead others astray.
Righteousness and the Law
In the law, the righteousness of God is revealed, a righteousness that condemns all our pretenses of righteousness as ‘filthy rags.’ But in the gospel, a righteousness that is from God, that is, a gift of righteousness, is revealed…
We need to constantly hear the law of God, in spite of our own failure to conform to it, so that we will be running to Christ.—Michael Horton in The Law of Perfect Freedom: Relating to God and Others Through the Ten Commandments
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
On Being Unloving and Lazy
It’s been a few days since the Strange Fire Conference at John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church. Many writers have summed up the conference better than I could. Eric Davis has written a superb and fair summary of the event.
Mars Hill Church‘s Mark Driscoll managed to stir up some controversy by stopping by with some books. This is best summed up by Darren Wiebe.
I don’t pretend to know Pastor Driscoll’s motivations, but upon a close examination of the evidence at hand, the most charitable thing one can say is that it was a misguided publicity stunt; a stunt that unfortunately distracted folks from examining the meaning and message of the conference.
I don’t always agree with Pastors MacArthur or Driscoll, but I have respect for their ministries. The Strange Fire Conference was a legitimate examination of trends (and abuses) in the Church today. It was done with an eye toward speaking the truth in love.
Allowing someone to believe a lie is unloving and lazy; speaking the truth is loving and often difficult. Truth is, by its very nature, divisive. By divisive I mean it causes one to discern — to decide on one position over another.
Of course this is my opinion. I welcome yours.
Mars Hill Church‘s Mark Driscoll managed to stir up some controversy by stopping by with some books. This is best summed up by Darren Wiebe.
I don’t pretend to know Pastor Driscoll’s motivations, but upon a close examination of the evidence at hand, the most charitable thing one can say is that it was a misguided publicity stunt; a stunt that unfortunately distracted folks from examining the meaning and message of the conference.
I don’t always agree with Pastors MacArthur or Driscoll, but I have respect for their ministries. The Strange Fire Conference was a legitimate examination of trends (and abuses) in the Church today. It was done with an eye toward speaking the truth in love.
Allowing someone to believe a lie is unloving and lazy; speaking the truth is loving and often difficult. Truth is, by its very nature, divisive. By divisive I mean it causes one to discern — to decide on one position over another.
Of course this is my opinion. I welcome yours.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Preachers of L.A.
A new reality series "Preachers of L.A." is underway on Oxygen (cable network). This is yet another reason I don't miss having cable. From the trailers I have seen, this program is not doing the Kingdom any favors. More on this later.
Strange Fire Conference
Go to http://www.tmstrangefire.org to check out the live stream of the Strange Fire Conference from John MacArthur's Grace Community Church. October 16–18.
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