“The Holy Spirit has been given to apply the redemption that’s been purchased and worked out for us”
–D Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Blog, page 28
“Understanding the new sexual morality is necessary to effectively and winsomely counter it”
“How did Christ love the church? Self-sacrificially for her good”
DA Carson on Ephesians 5-6.
“The god of open options”
Making choices and moving on with our lives seems increasingly difficult. We find ourselves paralyzed: unable to make choices about relationships, dating, marriage, money, family, and career. I want to suggest that if we feel unable to make these choices, it’s not because we have the wrong accent. It may be because we’re worshiping a false god.
“Losing Iraq”
Sobering documentary reporting.
“On manliness and maturity”
R. Kent Hughes on 1 Corinthians 9:24-27:
No manliness no maturity! No discipline no discipleship! No sweat no sainthood!
He may utilize more exclamation points that I do, but I’ve really enjoyed reading and learning from R. Kent Hughes in this book.
God loves the city
It’s estimated that four million people a month are moving into the great global cities of the world.
”ISIS’ violent overthrow of “Iraq’s largest Christian city”
One of the world’s oldest Christian communities.
“The Chicago Neighborhoods Project: A brand for every neighborhood”
Cool project. Sadly, my neighborhood is missing.
“Why missionaries put their lives on the line”
Daniel Burke and Ashley Fantz for CNN:
It wasn’t as if God’s voice boomed through sun-parted clouds, telling Kent Brantly to move his family to Liberia. Still, the young doctor said, the call was clear.
”You may have forgotten, but an entire generation exists in between the Baby Boomers and Millennials”
Gen X is aptly named.
“The startup that plans to solve the problem of high fees taking dollars from the working poor”
“The most debilitating form of clutter is organisational complexity”
“this expanded downtown is adding residents faster than any other urban core in America”
What Facebook makes us
Facebook doesn’t make us better people. It only makes us more efficient — for doing things that Facebook invented.