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Outline of Tim Keller's Gospel Realizing

This MP3 is part of a three part series. It is part 1 called Gospel Realizing. Here is an outline of sorts I made from the MP3 lecture. 1. Sin: a. In the mid-late 20th century, D James Kennedy’s “Evangelism Explosion” talked … Continue reading

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Idolatry and Emotional Worlds

This is a repost from July 7, 2008 Again this was from a CRC Voices discussion continuing the discussion of emotional worlds. Tim Keller has obviously influenced a lot of my thinking along these lines. Idolatry is a large element … Continue reading

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The Redemption of a history of tyranny

This was also part of that conversation on enjoyment of the fruits of exploition mentioned in the previous post. This has been a wonderful thread to follow. It seems yet another confirmation of the notion of total depravity. Try to … Continue reading

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Outline of Keller's Sermon on Cultural Renewal

This sermon was given in October of 2005 as part of Redeemer’s Vision series. The recordings were free on the web for a long time but now only some of them are available free. The remainder can be purchased at … Continue reading

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Free will AND Determinism

Something I wrote as a response on another blog: http://bit.ly/bxgec One of the areas that Reformed scholars have challenged Driscoll and Piper most on is the level of determinism that they are asserting comes from Calvin and other Reformation scholars. … Continue reading

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How Grace through Christ breaks the victim to tyrant cycle of oppression

Repost from December 20, 2006 Tim Keller has been preaching a bunch lately on suffering, just in time for Christmas. In a lecture called Suffering and the Steward-Leader he makes some startling comments on suffering. He states that suffering is … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 29 as the beginning of New Testament Missiology

Repost from August 29, 2006 Most of us are familiar with the flow change of redemption from the Old Testament to the New. In the Old Testament the nations are drawn to the “model” of Israel living out kingdom of … Continue reading

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The re-evaluation of guilt as the necessary path to experience one's deliverance

I read this piece entitled Reformed-Masochism a few days ago and a conversation with a colleague reminded me of it. The article essentially notes that in his experience of Reformed communities a sermon, lesson, or presentation was evaluated based on … Continue reading

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God can even change the past

I have too often said “even God can’t change the past”. Now I’m not so sure. I read Mark 7 for family devotions to the kids. The chapter ends with Jesus healing a deaf man. The text talks about the … Continue reading

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Laboring Not in Vain

I find one of the most difficult aspects of the Christian life to communicate is the last verse of 1 Corinthians 15, the great resurrection chapter. 1 Corinthians 15:58 (NRSV) Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the … Continue reading

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