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 … Continue reading »
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Surprised By Suffering – RC Sproul
I am reading about suffering – a lot. I am suffering, somewhat, physically. There are many I know who are suffering in my congregation. I want to know about suffering: it’s purpose, it’s source and all the “whys”. I have learned so much about my Saviour, my Jesus and His suffering; and that has comforted … Continue reading »
Whiter than Snow – Paul Tripp – excerpt
Each evening before I close my eyes in sleep I read a ‘chapter’ in Paul Tripp’s Whiter Than Snow work on Psalm 51. I cannot encourage you strongly enough to pick up this devotional, poetic series of challenges based on this wonderful chapter by David. Last night, in the contemplation of verse 3 (…For I … Continue reading »
A Link & Update
A Link: Unashamed Workman has a great video clip under his latest post entitled, “A Little Friday Fun“. It features Alistair Begg answering some “difficult” questions. Also seen are James MacDonald – it all took place backstage at the Preach the Word conference. An Update: Last week I was at Faith Baptist‘s Biblical Counseling Training … Continue reading »
Ten Aspects of God’s Sovereignty over Suffering and Satan’s Hand in It – Part 2
Yesterday we looked at the first five “celebrations” of God’s sovereignty over Satan from the book, “Suffering and the Sovereignty of God”, edited by John Piper and Justin Taylor. Today we will examine the remaining five: Let us celebrate that God is sovereign over Satan’s sickness-causing power. “There is no doubt that Satan causes much … Continue reading »
Books to fit into the reading schedule – 2009
Here are some other titles I would like to get read this year. I don’t know that I will get them all read, but they certainly would prove to be beneficial: Critical Stages of Biblical Counseling by Jay Adams How to Help People Change by Jay Adams Trusting God by Jerry Bridges Down, But Not … Continue reading »
Biblical Counseling Training Conference: Full Day #1
I’ll list the titles of the sessions I’ve had thus far and comment on the one that impacted me the most. When attending a conference such as this – one designed for the attendee to take the material back to the “counseling situation” – one often finds himself (myself) “counseling” themselves. As it is often … Continue reading »
Death By Love by Mark Driscoll (signed) giveaway
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Bible software giveaway!
Bible Study Magazine and Mars Hill are giving away 20 copies of Mark Driscoll’s new book, Vintage Church. Not only that, but they are also giving away five subscriptions to Bible Study Magazine and a copy of their Bible Study Library software! Enter to win on the Bible Study Magazine Mark Driscoll page, then take … Continue reading »
A Link & Quote
A Link: The folks over at Matthais Media have been posting some interesting articles on evangelism. Here is one that deals with two main reasons why Christians don’t share the Gospel: rejection and lack of confidence. They expound on both of those “excuses” in a very positive way. Check it out. A Quote: I’ve picked … Continue reading »
