I so love the West Wing. Heard a great quote in one of the most recent ones I watched. CJ is rowing about why she didnt support a colleagues proposal and said “you get my support the same way I get yours when I agree with what you are saying or when I dont care about what you are saying”. I think that statement is very interesting, and one to consider the ramifications of in the work environment. Some people... Read more
Gleanings of Grace: quotes Calvin “The order of justification which it sets before us is this: first, God of his mere gratuitous goodness is pleased to embrace the sinner, in whom he sees nothing that can move him to mercy but wretchedness, because he sees him altogether naked and destitute of good works. He, therefore, seeks the cause of kindness in himself, that thus he may affect the sinner by a sense of his goodness, and induce him, in distrust... Read more
I love calvinistic preaching. Dave Anthony preached this morning at my church in North London and made a great throw away comment. “Its not the parable of the lost shepherd- God seeks the lost, they don’t seek him.” Read more
Wittenberg Gate has gathered a load of posts about this lady and her plight together. Read more
JOLLYBLOGGER -on Terry Schiavo As usual David has covered this one rather well. Read more
Sometimes you just cant win…… Parableman has vigourously defended Christian bloggers against the charge that we are deceiving the Ecosystem. His reasoning is clear- there is no doubt whatsoever that nothing that we are doing is against either the spirit or the letter of the ecosystems guidelines. The fact that the TLB actually hosts the alliance blogrolls (only one of which is the Blogdom of God) and provides the code for people to include them in their site should be... Read more
Blogotional: says taht the gospel is actually as complex as the character of God! He goes on That is a very simple answer with extraordinarily complex implications. The ‘simple gospel’ discussion is about a starting point for a life-long and utterly transforming journey. The simple gospel is a description of ‘enough’ to convince someone and to make sure they are not mislead. But, once having given ascent to the ‘simple gospel’ we now walk with the Lord through the power... Read more
Agent Tim: accepts all but one of my wifes simple gospel points. This discussion is going to go ON and ON I can see…… Read more
Blogotional: Transforming Christianity: “I have long been of the opinion that the church at large sells itself short when it offers only salvation. Christ’s mission was one of transformation. John 10:10 – ‘The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly.’ When you save a drowning man, you give him more life, but not abundant life. Paul said 2 Cor 5:17 – Therefore if any man is... Read more
Rebecca Writes:: “Question: Is there a sense in which ‘declaring the whole counsel of God’ is the same thing as teaching the gospel? (I would base this question on Paul saying that it is because he had declared the whole counsel of God to the Ephesians that he would be innocent of their blood” My Answer: You are dead right Rebecca, there sure is Read more
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