some thoughts

Noteworthy corners of the web I’ve haunted of late:

I read a very interesting (and very clever) little paper yesterday: Communicating the Authority of Scripture in a Postmodern Environment Emphasizing the Existential Perspective (by Jonathan Gundlach). He commends a method of communication by employing it–and the results are quite convincing. Here is a great use of […]

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LS*: “So, have you made any progress in The Pleasures of God?”
AS: “No–it’ll be a little difficult with him smacking me in the face with the Trinity all the time…it’s only chapter 2.”
LS: “Well, everything starts with God so…he kind of has to start with the nature of God. I mean, (laughing) that’s kind of […]

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I came across this entry in Jim Elliot’s Journal the other day:
December 6, 1951
…God help me. Help me to keep desiring her of all women. It’s sure it’s that way. I want my need to be always of her, not merely of woman–that would lead to awful temptation.
I’ve written about this very topic many times–that […]

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O Brothers, Come Home: An Apologetic Dialog”, by William Fullilove (a student of John Frame’s at RTS - Orlando), is an informative and entertaining read…(15 pages).
Enjoy!

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Almighty God, just because He is almighty, needs no support. The picture of a nervous, ingratiating God fawning over men to win their favor is not a pleasant one; yet if we look at the popular conception of God that is precisely what we see. Twentieth century Christianity has put God on charity. So lofty […]

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CCEL has a nicely formatted pdf version of John Owen’s Mortification of Sin in the Body of Believers; one of the greatest and most practical works on personal holiness that I’ve ever read. His practical directions are still at the forefront of my arsenal in dealing with residual, indwelling sin in my life.
Don’t be scared […]

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I’ll be speaking to a group of high schoolers over the next four evenings (M-Th) on Reverant and Radical Discipleship; I covet your prayers. If you would, please pray that we would see Jesus.

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If you’re looking for some rich devotional resources today, this morning’s Valley of Vision Devotional, The Great God is good. I’ve also come across a very nicely formatted pdf version of Jonathan Edwards’ The Christian Pilgrim which comes very highly recommended. (8 pages.)
Lord, you said that if I have the faith of a mustard seed […]

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Thou hast made me what I am, and given me
  what I have;
In thee I live and move and have my being;
Thy providence has set the bounds of my habitation,
  and wisely administers all my affairs.
Excerpted from God the Source of All Good, in Banner of Truth’s Valley of Vision - A Collection of Puritan Prayers and […]

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That which now lies before us is to inquire more expressly into the nature of the counsels of God in this matter, and their progress in execution. And as in this endeavour we shall carefully avoid all curiosity, or vain attempts to be wise above what is written, so, on the other hand, we shall […]

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