This is the gospel

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Pastor Mark Kelly

This is the gospel.  The just and loving Creator of the universe has looked upon hopelessly sinful people and sent his Son, God in the flesh, to bear his wrath against sin on the cross and to show his power over sin in the Resurrection so that all who trust in him will be reconciled [...]

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What keeps me blogging…

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Pastor Mark Kelly

And speaking of coffee (in my last post) here is a sweet deal for readers:

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Some Rules of the Bean from Dreaming in Color

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Pastor Mark Kelly

Every year in our church we have several students from Grace College attend our services.  I absolutely love this time when they come and get wholeheartedly involved.  I try to keep up with them on several levels, one being reading their blogs if I am made aware of them.  Today I re-post part of one [...]

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Fear Not! ~Ligon Duncan’s book on Death & the Afterlife – ch.5

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Pastor Mark Kelly

This is the final post summarizing my reading of Fear Not! a book written by Ligon Duncan on viewing death and the afterlife from a Christian perspective.  You may read my previous posts here: Chapter One: What is Death? Chapter Two: What Happens After Death? Chapter Three: What Happens When Christ Returns? Chapter Four: The [...]

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Before the Morning & an encouragement from my wife

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Pastor Mark Kelly

I admitted my struggle with pain, and how I react to it, last Sunday (message: Faith that Cannot Save) to my congregation.  The doctor has said that structurally my back looks great for what it has been through, and now the pain is simply the muscles trying to “come on board”.  A long process of [...]

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Fear Not! ~Ligon Duncan – ch.4 – The Final Judgment (review)

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Pastor Mark Kelly

This is the fourth post of a series blogging through Ligon Duncan‘s Fear Not! Death and Afterlife from a Christian Perspective.  This five chapter book was given to the attendees of the Together for the Gospel conference in Louisville, KY.  You may read my posts here: ch.1 (What is Death?), ch.2 (What Happens After Death?) [...]

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Fear Not! ~Ligon Duncan – What Happens When Christ Returns? – Ch.3

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Pastor Mark Kelly

This is the third post in a series of my thoughts & Ligon Duncan‘s comments from Fear Not! Death and the Afterlife from a Christian Perspective.  Here are the other posts leading up to this one: chapter one, chapter two.  Chapter three is entitled, What Happens When Christ Returns?  Below are my thoughts sprinkled among [...]

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Fear Not! ~Ligon Duncan – What Happens After Death?

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Pastor Mark Kelly

I received a copy of Ligon Duncan‘s book, Fear Not! Death and the Afterlife from a Christian Perspective, at the Together for the Gospel 2010 conference that took place last week in Louisville, KY.  I blogged some thoughts from chapter 1, here, and would like to give you my thoughts from chapter 2: Every single [...]

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Another Scandalous Quote – Carson

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Pastor Mark Kelly

you may read my first quote from D.A. Carson‘s Scandalous, here. Those who exercise any authority at any level in the kingdom in which Jesus is king must serve the same way – not with implicit demands of self-promotion, confidence in their right to rule, or a desire to sit at Jesus’ right hand or [...]

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Scandalous Quote – D.A. Carson

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Pastor Mark Kelly

Nothing is more central to the Bible than Jesus’ death and resurrection. [...] Attempts to make sense of the Bible that do not give prolonged thought to integrating the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus are doomed to failure, at best exercises in irrelevance.

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