I recently read TIm Keller’s new book, Generous Justice: How God’s Grace Makes Us Just, and highly recommend it to you. The book can be read quickly but the concepts will have lasting impact. Keller’s writing is Gospel soaked, Biblical, convicting, and helpful. I have yet to find something Keller has written that hasn’t been [...]
Archive for 2010
How Do We Work for Justice and Not Undermine Evangelism? (by Don Carson)
Here is a post from Don Carson giving four handles for how to work for justice but not undermine evangelism. I put a few questions after each point for personal application and reflection. (1) By doing evangelism. I know numerous groups that claim to be engaging in “holistic” ministry because they are helping the poor [...]
Gospel Doctrine, Gospel Culture (Ray Ortlund)
Ray Ortlund is a good brother. He constantly points to the Gospel and has a gift of applying the Gospel. Below is a repost from Ray. Check out more of his Gospel saturated thinking here: http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/rayortlund/2010/10/11/gospel-doctrine-gospel-culture-2/ Gospel Doctrine, Gospel Culture (Ray Ortlund) Gospel doctrine creates a gospel culture. The doctrines of grace create a culture [...]
The Grace of God In The Bible
The Grace of God in the Bible (By Dane Ortlund) (Repost From Dane’s Blog) There is always a danger of squeezing the Bible into a mold we bring to it rather than letting the Bible mold us. And, there could hardly be more diversity within the Protestant canon–diverse genres, historical settings, authors, literary levels, ages [...]
Ways To Pray For Your Church And The Church
One of the greatest things we can learn from the apostle Paul is how to pray. As we begin our journey through Philippians by focusing on one of Paul’s heart-felt, Gospel-motivated, God-glorifying prayers, I thought I would repost a short collection of some of Paul’s prayers. Pick some passages and pray them for Redeemer. Pick [...]
A WAY TO READ THE BIBLE (Summary)
For the last month or so we have blogged through Fee and Stuart’s book, How To Read The Bible For All It’s Worth. The foundational lessons that Fee and Stuart provide are very helpful in studying God’s Word, which is valuable beyond description. Above all helps that Fee and Stuart provide, our greatest need in [...]
THE REVELATION: IMAGES OF JUDGEMENT AND HOPE (Part 14)
The Nature of Revelation: The hermeneutical problems are intrinsic. The book is in the canon; thus it is God’s Word, inspired by the Holy Spirit. Yet when we come to hear that Word, most of us in the church today hardly know what to make of it. At the same time, however, there is a [...]
WISDOM: THEN AND NOW (Part 13)
The Nature of Wisdom: Three Old Testament books are commonly know as wisdom books. Ecclesiastes, Proverbs, and Job. Also a number of Psalms can be included into this category. Finally, there is the Song of Songs, also commonly called the Song of Solomon. All of these books contain a great deal of material considered to [...]
THE PSALMS: ISRAEL’S PRAYERS AND OURS (Part 12)
The Psalms are a collection of inspired Hebrew prayers and hymns. The fact that the Psalms are often appended to copies of the New Testament and that they are used so often in worship and meditation has given this particular book a certain prominence. Yet despite the fact that they are well known, they are [...]
THE PROPHETS: ENFORCING COVENANT IN ISRAEL (Part 11)
The Nature of the Prophecy: More individual books of the Bible come under the heading of prophecy than any other heading. Four major prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel) and twelve minor prophets (the final twelve books of the Old Testament), written between about 760 and 460 BC. The first mistake that most of us make [...]