This is the conference to attend in 2012. I’ll be making plans now, so that I can be free to attend the T4G in Louisville, KY in 2012. My first T4G conference took place last year and it was incredible. I can still recall the sessions that impacted me the most: RC Sproul – who … Continue reading »
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Chronic Pain and the Church
Is the Church preparing people to live with chronic pain? Does the Church teach people how to be “God’s kind of patient”? Does the person worshiping next to you on Sunday morning understand that Scripture has much to say about the crippling pain they are in? When faced with chronic pain do you think “HOPE”, … Continue reading »
Finally Alive – John Piper, an excerpt
I am reading John Piper’s Finally Alive!, a book I received in April at the T4G conference. I am going through the book, chapter by chapter, with a good friend. We read a chapter a week and then discuss it on Monday afternoons. (we are also reading through Romans together & are amazed how this … Continue reading »
Five Great Truths Regarding the Cross & Your Life
In my continued reading of Mark Driscoll’s book, Death by Love, I found that he put succinctly “five great truths regarding the theology of the cross and your life. I’ve reproduced them below for your encouragement as well: You were created for God’s glory – Isaiah 43:6-7 Everything in your life is an opportunity to … Continue reading »
Dug Down Deep by Joshua Harris, a review
Dug Down Deep: Unearthing What I Believe and Why it Matters by Joshua Harris (Sex is not the Problem (Lust is); Stop Dating the Church) Publisher: Multnomah Books; You may purchase the book from Waterbrook Multnomah here. Hardcover; 240 pages; ISBN: 9781601421517 Recommended From the moment I opened the package from Multnomah this book has … Continue reading »
What moves God?
Psalm 12 – from our daily reading plan. Today’s reading provides one of “those” Psalms that really hit home. It just seems to be very practical in nature and one that most Christians can identify with. Below are my thoughts, aided by the Treasury of David (Spurgeon) on Psalm 12: “Help, Lord” – (v.1) – … Continue reading »
Faithful Women & Their Extraordinary God – Noel Piper, (Free)
Ladies, often times you are faced with incredible challenges in life. Some days it’s just plain difficult to have excitement and passion about anything, let alone God. Sometimes he is shoved to the back burner of the overcrowded stove of life’s demands. Noel Piper, John Piper’s wife, has written a book which contains five biographies … Continue reading »
Grace Dependent Blog: 2010
I have spent the last several weeks contemplating the future of Grace Dependent. I was challenged by the posts of Abraham Piper, Justin Taylor and Tim Challies on how I use the internet in ministry. When gathered together, these thoughts & suggestions seemed to point me in a direction to become very focused in how … Continue reading »
Who came and went at Grace Dependent 2009
Grace Dependent made a splash, albeit small, in the blogosphere in 2009. Here are the Top Referrers to this site, Top Posts of 2009, Top Engine Searches that brought you here, and the Top Click Throughs to other sites. If you have not yet visited the sites linke below, please take time to do so. … Continue reading »
Top five blog posts I read today:
Here are excerpts from some blog posts I read today that either encouraged me or flat-out made me think: 1. Michael Patton, Parchment and Pen: You know what it feels like: you are on fire; you are ready, willing and able; you don’t need any more sermons on Rom 12:1. You are a living sacrifice; … Continue reading »
