I’m currently reading through Tim Keller’s new book “The Reason For God” and in his chapter on “The Problem Of Sin”, I was particularly moved by three paragraphs that I wanted to share right here:
In The Nature of True Virtue, one of the most profound treatises on social ethics ever written, Jonathan Edwards lays out [...]

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Praise the Lord - I saw the light!
I love LifePoint. And I’m passionate about Eternity. Last night I had the fortune of walking into our building when our worship team was rehearsing for this upcoming week’s service. And I was absolutely thrilled at what I heard.
Within the first few months of us [...]

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Perry Noble has a good post today and, in a very real sense, it’s a story definition of a word we use a lot - namely “missional”. You need to read the whole thing but here’s an excerpt:
Afterwards I just sat there thinking about how discouraged I had felt because Rooney did not immediately [...]

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Sometimes, you just need comfort. The following was once said of R.A. Torrey:
Dr. Torrey always said that Romans 8:28 is a “soft pillow for a tired heart”.
There are times in life where you are just beat up. And the only thing that can bring lasting comfort is the book. Because in the [...]

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As I’m in the process of planting Eternity, making sure the folks who are a part of it are sound in their knowledge of what it means to be a Christian is a top priority for me. We should care about doctrine. It’s why one of our values is learning.
So this series out [...]

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Last night, I was flipping through the channels and watching the Sweet 16, Celebrity Apprentice, M*A*S*H, and then I saw on the guide where George Carlin was doing a comedy special on HBO. So, I tuned in to see what he was talking about because my interest had been piqued by this message Jim [...]

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And it goes under the category of “wish I had articulated that first” kinda thing. Michael had a really good post today about how we talk about the crucifixion. Here’s the meat of the post:
But Saturday, it dawned on me that I wasn’t being entirely accurate. Jesus didn’t really die on the cross. [...]

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