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    6月27日

    The Justification Debate: Historic Protestantism and the New Pespectives

    Thanks to Christianity Today for putting together this side-by-side comparison of two views on justification.  John Piper's view (which is closest to the historic view of the church as contained in the Westminster Confession of Faith which contains our system of doctrine) against NT Wright's New Perspectives view.  There is a follow up article on how pastors are utilizing both views in their pastoring.
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    6月25日

    John Calvin - What a Difference a Person Can Make

    I won't be going to this conference, but to hear John Piper talk about John Calvin on the eve of Calvin's 500th anniversary is INSPIRING!  Wow!




      


     
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    6月20日

    On Disciplined Reading

    I am shamelessly copying this from Justin Taylor's blog because it is full of so many good links and it is so important that we become readers:

    At the Between the Times blog (from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary), Professor Bruce Ashford has an excellent series on disciplined reading. Here are the five parts of the series:
    1. On Disciplined Reading
    2. What Should I Read? Choosing from a Vast Array of Options
    3. How Should I Read? Tips on Getting the Most from Your Reading
    4. Why Should I Read? Other Advantages of Reading
    5. Questions, Answers, and Concluding Thoughts
    On "what" to read, he offers these principles:

    1. Guard your time in the Scriptures.
    2. Avoid limiting yourself by era, tribe, or category.
    3. Reading the great authors is more helpful than reading a great number of books.
    4. Make a list of categories and read a selected number of books each year, in each category.
    5. Read a few select journals and magazines
    On "how" to read, he offers these tips:
    1. If you would like to become a disciplined reader, you probably need to make a plan.
    2. Figure out your “reading style.”
    3. Always carry a book.
    4. If possible, drink and read at the same time.
    On "why" to read, and suggests that reading does the following:
    1. sharpens the mind
    2. exercises the mind
    3. gives one something about which to converse
    4. allows one to “travel” to other times and places
    5. reduces stress
    6. provides an inexpensive and low maintenance form of entertainment
    In the final post, he answers questions he's been asked throughout the series, on:
    1. How to find books to read
    2. How to find time to read
    3. How to choose between print and electronic media
    4. How to keep discipline from being drudgery
    5. How to retain and organize what is learned from a book
    In his final post, he also writes, "In the near future, I will provide suggested reading in various disciplines and genres such as theology, intellectual history, missiology, international affairs, fiction, history, and current affairs." So keep an eye on Between the Times for this.

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    PCA's General Assembly

    Joel Belz (PCA Ruling Elder and Editor of World Magazine) wrote a good reflection article on the 37th General Assembly.  If you want to know some of the things going on in the denomination, this is a good place to look.
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    6月13日

    Tabernacle Song

    Leanne Williams sent me a song she wrote about the Tabernacle.  I recently did some Sunday school lessons on the tabernacle (one of the most rewarding things I have done) and she sent me this song she wrote a number of years ago.  It's a good memory tool!

    THE TABERNACLE OF OUR GOD
    Words and music
    by Lee Ann Williams

    CHORUS:   
    The Tabernacle of our God
    He dwells within this place.
    It provides us with examples
    of His judgment and His grace.
    The Tabernacle of our God
    He dwells with His chosen ones.
    He gives a detailed picture
    of Christ His Only Son.

    1.  On the Brazen Altar,
    the Sacrificial Lamb,
    It points to a better sacrifice,
    to Christ, the Great, I AM.
    The Laver is for cleansing,
    it cleanses us from sin.
    It represents the Living Word
    and our need to wash within.

    2.  The Table and the Lampstand,
                they  give us life and light.
         Christ is the Bread that gives us strength,
                He shines through us so bright.
          The Altar of Incense,
                shows us our need to pray.
          He listens and He waits for us,
                to talk with Him each day.

    3.  The Ark of the Covenant,
                angels watch the mercy seat.
         Through Christ, we’re in God’s Presence,
                our salvation is complete.
         The veil of separation,
                has now been torn in two.
         Christ stated, “It is finished.”
                He died for me and you.

    4.  We are the temple of our God,
    He lives within our hearts.
         When we accept what Christ has done,
                we receive a brand new start.
         We are the temple of our God,        
                Christians, we will be.
         Adopted as His children,
                we’re part of His family.

    Repeat CHORUS:

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    6月6日

    A Major Force in Education -- Homeschooling in America

    This article shows some very interesting developments in the pattern of education in America.  Since 1999 the number of homeschoolers has doubled.  As part of Christ Covenant School at New Life in Christ Church, our kids meet two days a week in the classroom, giving the core curriculum for our kids, and then we homeschool three days a week.  I am able to help with the educating of our children.  Though it comes with some cost to my time (exercising has to go), it is the most worthwhile thing I do.  It gives me my best time with the kids through the week.  I have three hours of face-to-face influence with my kids and I wouldn't trade it away for more free time or more time to exercise.  I know other dads who are doing the same thing and I know their lives and families are richer for it.

    Al Mohler's Blog:  A Major Force in Education -- Homeschooling in America
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    6月2日

    CS Lewis on What Books we Really Need

    "While we are on the subject of science, let me digress for a moment. I believe that any Christian who is qualified to write a good popular book on any science may do much more by that than by any directly apologetic work. The difficulty we are up against is this. We can make people (often) attend to the Christian point of view for half an hour or so; but the moment they have gone away from our lecture or laid down our article, they are plunged back into a world where the opposite position is taken for granted. As long as that situation exists, widespread success is simply impossible. We must attack the enemy's line of communication. What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books by Christians on other subjects — with their Christianity latent. You can see this most easily if you look at it the other way round.... It is not the books written in direct defence of Materialism that make the modern man a materialist; it is the materialistic assumptions in all the other books. In the same way, it is not books on Christianity that will really trouble him. But he would be troubled if, whenever he wanted a cheap popular introduction to some science, the best work on the market was always by a Christian. The first step to the re-conversion of this country is a series, produced by Christians, which can beat [the competition] on their own ground."

    — C.S. Lewis, “Christian Apologetics," in God in the Dock: Essays in Theology and Ethics
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