Month: January 2011

Haunted By Paradise

My good friend, Ben Stevens, recently launched a new website and blog.  Ben is a graduate of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.  He and his wife are preparing to move to Germany for full-time cross-cultural ministry. I would encourage you to check out Ben’s writing and ministry at Haunted By Paradise. His latest post is entitled, …

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Question = God? Answer = Jesus!

“Sometimes people say, “God? Oh, can’t say anything definitive about God.  God is large, nebulous, and vague.”  We wish. By rendering God into an abstract idea, we can be assured that we’ll always be safe from God. By God raising the crucified Jesus from the dead, it was as if God vindicated Jesus, as if …

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(Not So) Fantastic 4

This list must be grouped as a collection of not-so fantastic links as they all do with shocking cases of abortion recently brought to light. In Australia, a couple has aborted twin boys because they wanted to have a girl. A married couple who aborted twin boys the wife was expecting after IVF treatment have …

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Guest Writer: C.H. Spurgeon on Spiritual Warfare

Now I can suppose the devil coming in among us and endeavoring to dishearten us by this or that supposed failure or difficulty. “Oh,” says he, “will you ever win the victory? See! Sin still abounds, notwithstanding all the preaching and all the praying. Are not the jails full? Do you see any great moral …

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Book Review: Marks of the Messenger

A friend sent me a copy of J.Mack Stiles’ book, Marks of the Messenger several months ago and I left it on my desk until this past Sunday.  I had heard many people recommend the book, but honestly had just not had time to read it.  I wish now that I had made the time …

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Partnering to Remember

I came across Tim Brister’s challenge for memorizing Philippians recently and have taken up the challenge myself.  I have invited the members of our church to join me in this task.  I would encourage you to do the same thing. Find Tim’s challenge here.  You need a small notebook, a printer, some glue, and a …

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