Over at For the Cause of God and Truth, they are giving away John Gill’s collected writings. Check it out!
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The inertia of ease, the apathy of abundance – Piper
Posted on March 26, 2009 by Pastor Mark Kelly
Continuing in my reading of Suffering and the Sovereignty of God, and I have come to a chapter entitled “Why God Appoints Suffering for His Servants“. In this chapter John Piper is addresssing how the mission of the church advances through storms and suffering. It was about two-thirds of the way through this chapter when [...]
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The cause of lapses in between posts.
Posted on March 24, 2009 by Pastor Mark Kelly
We have been working through James 4 in our look at the Idols of the Heart & the Key to Human Behavior. If you follow this blog closely at all, you’ve noticed several days since the last post. This is due to some medical issues I’ve been experiencing and trying to work through. God is [...]
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God’s Active Role Against our Idols of the Heart – James 4 cont.
Posted on March 19, 2009 by Pastor Mark Kelly
James 4:4 You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God We have recently seen that our Idols of the Heart, when maintained and held tightly, restrict our view of the greatness of [...]
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Monergism offers free copy of “Why Johnny Can’t Preach”!!
Posted on March 18, 2009 by Pastor Mark Kelly
Offer good through March 25, 2009. Here are the details: Place at least $25 worth of books in your shopping cart Type “Why Johnny Can’t Preach” in the customer notes at checkout The book will be added to your order It’s that simple and it’s only while supplies last. Monergism Books
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Effects of maintaining your Idols of the Heart – continued (James 4)
Posted on March 18, 2009 by Pastor Mark Kelly
In this discussion of James 4 we have discovered the Key to Human Behavior (I do what I do because I want what I want): our heart’s desires. We understand that due to wrongly emphasized desires we have quarrels and conflicts in our lives. These were identified by two characteristics: willing to sin to get [...]
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A Link & Update
Posted on March 17, 2009 by Pastor Mark Kelly
A Link: I really appreciate the work of Nathan and Andrew over at the Cal.vini.st. They repeatedly have solid theological posts, as well as, their interesting Five Points Of Interest. Check them out! An Update: I am beginning to realize through my reading and study on suffering that we suffer in so many different ways. [...]
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The effect of Idols of the Heart in my relationship with God – James 4
Posted on March 17, 2009 by Pastor Mark Kelly
To recap what we have learned in our study of James 4: The source of all quarrels and conflicts in our lives are the desires that wage war inside our heart. We identify these “Idols of the Heart” two ways: I desire something so strongly that I am willing to sin to obtain it. I [...]
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When desires become worship: part two
Posted on March 16, 2009 by Pastor Mark Kelly
Yesterday we came to the conclusion that God not only desires fellowship with us (Gen.3:8 demonstrates that we were created for this very purpose), but also, He commands that we worship Him for His glory (Isaiah 43:7 for example). So the conclusion is that we have desires to worship, and we do worship…something… all the [...]
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