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"Don't be anxious" yeah right…
This week I preach on Luke 12:22-34. This is the Lukan treatment of Jesus commanding his disciples “not to worry.” It follows directly on the heels of Jesus telling the parable of the barn builder. Some weeks the text is … Continue reading
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Jane Eyre quote used in Tim Keller Sermon
“Waiting and Living by Faith” is a Tim Keller sermon that I have found very helpful. One of the illustrations in the sermon comes from the novel Jane Eyre (public domain via Project Gutenburg) by Charlotte Bronte. I’ve never read … Continue reading
Why we love Rocky from the first movie
Everyone knows the first Rocky movie was the best of the bunch for lots of reasons. Rocky in that movie exhibits a quality which we recognize but don’t wish for ourselves. Rocky can endure. He says of himself that he … Continue reading
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Notes from Tim Keller's "The Gospel and Your Wealth"
The Gospel and Your Wealth: Redeemer Pres. NYC Vision Series 2005 by Tim Keller on Malachi 3:8-10, 4:1-2 notes by Paul Vander Klay When first got to NYC everyone wanted to hear sermons on sex. No one ever asked for … Continue reading
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The necessity of institutional culture and expression of church
Kevin De Young and Ted Kluck wrote a guest piece for the Washington Post calling out a whole generation for their “issues” setting Jesus against “organized religion”. It’s a piece worth reading. I wrote this as part of a discussion … Continue reading
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Why fights on atonement theory
This is from a discussion on CRC-Voices related to an excellent piece on 4 theories of atonement that people often set to oppose each other. To use some contemporary language, Anselm was working to be missional, as is John Piper … Continue reading
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Tagged Keller, Piper
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How The Revelation of Vengeance and Grace combine to give us the power to forgive
This is a comment I made on the post on vengeance. I think this is helpful not just in extreme examples such as genocide, but also in the much more common relational conflicts we ALL experience at church, at home … Continue reading
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Unity of Sanctification and Justification in Preaching
This is a repost from October 2008 Again, a lot of this stuff I have picked up from Tim Keller and worked it over in my head. I’ve done so much Keller stuff I actually got a letter at church … Continue reading
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Diff btwn Solid and Incredible
Great Tim Keller quote from the CT article: It should give some comfort to church planters plagued by church-growth-ecclesiastical-porn: “The difference between a solid church and a terrible church is pretty much up to you,” he tells one group. “The … Continue reading
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Let's not be naive about what learning from diversity requires
Every since Dr. King declared 11:00am as the most segregated hour in America diversity has steadily become a desired value of many congregations and denominations, including my own, the CRC. I was raised in a “racial reconciliation” church of sorts. … Continue reading →