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This is the place to go Wednesday, May 27 2009
Uncategorized 3:52 pm
The Gospel Story Saturday, Mar 21 2009
Uncategorized 1:03 pm
D.A. Carson says that a good exercise for everyone would be to attempt to write a single paragraph putting the gospel into the storyline of Scripture. Here’s how Carson does it:
Thus the gospel is integrally tied to the Bible’s story-line. Indeed, it is incomprehensible without understanding that story-line. God is the sovereign, transcendent and personal God who has made the universe, including us, his image-bearers. Our misery lies in our rebellion, our alienation from God, which, despite his forbearance, attracts his implacable wrath. But God, precisely because love is of the very essence of his character, takes the initiative and prepared for the coming of his own Son by raising up a people who, by covenantal stipulations, temple worship, systems of sacrifice and of priesthood, by kings and by prophets, are taught something of what God is planning and what he expects. In the fullness of time his Son comes and takes on human nature. He comes not, in the first instance, to judge but to save: he dies the death of his people, rises from the grave and, in returning to his heavenly Father, bequeaths the Holy Spirit as the down payment and guarantee of the ultimate gift he has secured for them—an eternity of bliss in the presence of God himself, in a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. The only alternative is to be shut out from the presence of this God forever, in the torments of hell. What men and women must do, before it is too late, is repent and trust Christ; the alternative is to disobey the gospel (Romans 10:16; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; 1 Peter 4:17).
HT – Between Two Worlds
Our Church’s Purpose Monday, Jan 12 2009
Ecclessiology and Uncategorized 10:01 pm
Our Vision: “Our church exists to exalt Christ and manifest His Kingdom through the power of the Spirit to the glory of the Father as His covenant people.”
Our Mission: It is our mission that our church would become a community that is being freed and transformed by the gospel of Jesus Christ, is learning to worship God as His sons and daughters, and is bringing the gospel to bear on people personally, socially, and culturally by word, deed, and community that God’s glory may be revealed.
Our Strategy: Our church will accomplish her mission and fulfill her vision as we receive His grace through the Word and Sacraments, as we edify one another through by serving in the Body of Christ, and as we worship Christ in spirit and truth through praise and adoration. (more…)
The Inadequacy of Labels Wednesday, Jul 9 2008
Uncategorized 3:28 pm
You know how much I absolutely love discussing theology. Even more so, I love teaching it. Even more so, I love learning theology. I really am blessed to be called by God to devote my life to studying and teaching His Word! And after more than twenty years of ministry I am still being transformed by and reformed to His Truth. I am often humbled as I open the sacred Scriptures and find myself in a fresh season of learning something new about our Lord. And when I get opportunity I try to preach and teach and write from an overflow of joy that has poured into my heart from the Spirit.
I try my best, against the limitations of my humanity and the failings of my own flesh, to effectively communicate that which I have come to understand by the Spirit’s power. I long to share what I see in Scripture; and to guide others in exploring God’s Word for themselves. Much of the time, I have felt gifted in teaching others. It is definitely a gift and not a skill since the subject matter is spiritual. (more…)
