Keller’s Next Book

The Prodigal God by Timothy Keller is coming out in October. I pre-order my copy already (yeah, I am sick).
Worth reading is Alex Chediak’s interview with Keller regarding the forth coming book.

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Book Review: “What’s So Great About The Doctrines of Grace?”

Many people just don’t like Calvinists. Interestingly though, it’s often not because they think the Calvinists are wrong or too intellectual or too grace-focused or anything like that. Usually, at least in my experience, it’s because Calvinists can come off as proud and self-righteous, as if they have all the answers to how [...]

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Choosing to Die?

I was listening to a Tim Keller message a couple of days ago called “The City” (it’s a great message from the 2005 Redeemer Vision series) and he mentioned something I have been meditating on for a day now… Christ chose to die. I don’t get that. See many people have chosen to [...]

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Heaven Is Not My Home – Chapter 14

Enlightened Evangelism
Marshall states his view on the Christian life and evangelism quite succinctly on pages 209-210:
When men and women turn to Jesus Christ in real, concrete repentance from sin and, by grace through faith, are restored in God’s favor, they are called to begin to live out the healing and restoration of Christ’s redemption, taking [...]

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Thankful for the Humbling

I read this humbling reminder from A.W. Pink today:

The truth of God’s sovereignty . . . removes every ground for human boasting and instills the spirit of humility in its stead. It declares that salvation is of the Lord—of the Lord in its origination, in its operation, and in its consummation. . . . And [...]

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Live Video of Founder’s Conference

Check out the live feed today, tomorrow and Friday morning.
(HT: Said At Southern)

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Heaven Is Not My Home – Chapter 13

Worship and Idolatry
Chapter thirteen is the first portion of Part V (the final section of the book) entitled, “Our Hope For the World”.
Marshall begins by sharing that all of creation declares God’s glory (Ps. 19:1) and that when we worship, we are joining in with the creation in glorifying God. He states that worship [...]

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Persecution of Messianic Jews in Israel

The Baltimore Sun recently published this article about the Messianic Jews’ complaint of hostility directed toward them for their belief in Jesus.

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Healing for a Broken World

My friend Larry just posted about this book today on his blog. I started reading it as well and have been impressed so far. I also found out that there is a DVD and study guide to go with. You can view two samples below of the DVD below.
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Great Thoughts on Shepherding a Child’s Heart

Taylor Buzzard has a great post on her husband’s blog where she shares her “Top Ten Takeaways from Shepherding a Child’s Heart” (must read for parents.)

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