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Win Them With God

Last of a 4-5 series of posts from Kevin DeYoung over at Gospel Coalition.
Give them a God who is holy, independent, and unlike us, a God who is good, just, full of wrath and full of mercy.  Give them a God who is sovereign, powerful, tender, and true.  Give them a God with edges.  Give [...]

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Win Them With Holiness

From Kevin DeYoung again.
I love the line from Robert Murray M’Cheyne: “What your people need from you most is your own personal holiness.”  I’ve given that advice to others dozens of times, and I’ve repeated it to myself a hundred times.  Almost my whole philosophy of ministry is summed up in M’Cheyne’s words.  My congregation [...]

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Win Them With Truth

Pt. 3 or 4 from Kevin DeYoung.
Church people are not stupid.  They are not incapable of learning.  For the most part, they simply haven’t been taught.  No one has challenged them to think a deep thought or read a difficult book.  No one has asked them to articulate their faith in biblical and theological categories.  [...]

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Best Post I’ve Read In A Long Time

Ouch!  Got drilled right between the eyes with this one.  Kevin DeYoung is fast becoming one of my favorite “voices”.  Piper, Mahaney, Carson, Lloyd Jones, Mohler, Keller, Chandler, Driscoll and The rest of the T4G guys serve as my mentors and pastors through what they have written and what they preach.  DeYoung is reaching that [...]

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Ancillary Benefits to the 5:30 Club

Since re-upping for the 5:30 am club,  I have found a benefit that previously did not exist.  Before when Julie and I got up for our morning time of Bible reading and communing with God, the kids were home-schooled.  We would read, pray, shower up and I’d eat and head out for work many times [...]

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The Political Christian?

A great reminder and thought for those who find themselves enamored with politics.  Political involvement is good.  Hope and trust in politics, political figures is not.
It is a contradiction in terms for Christian people to be giving so much of their energy to this world. Church conferences and assemblies spend most of their time in [...]

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A 5:30 Club Kindred Spirit

I knew there was a reason I really like Matt and am drawn to his preaching.  I find myself walking down several of the same paths that he talks about in this little interview.

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Greeting Guests vs. Greeting Members

Great observation at Pyromaniacs on how we treat special those who are visiting our Sunday services and in a sense de-value those who attend regularly and are committed to the work of the Body.  I think he’s right.  I might have to change my verbiage this week to reflect this truth.

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“He Must Increase, I Must Decrease” for children.

Here’s a neat little book for all you parents of young children.  We ordered it and the younger boys really enjoyed it and the teaching points out of it are really good too.  Especially for boys!  You can preview the whole book here!
Enjoy.

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