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September 2010

The Dangers of Professionalism

Thu, 2010-09-30 21:23 — moderator

We're posting some conversation-stirring quotes this Tuesday and Thusday. This week’s theme is preaching and preachers.

Today’s quote is from D. Martyn Llyod-Jones:

 

Expositing Isn't Enough

Tue, 2010-09-28 22:57 — moderator

We're posting some conversation-stirring quotes this Tuesday and Thusday. This week’s theme is preaching and preachers. 

Lets start with a working definition of preaching based on John Calvin’s understanding:
 

Why Meditation is Essential

Sat, 2010-09-25 10:39 — moderator

We're posting some conversation-stirring quotes every Tues, Thurs, and Saturday. This week’s theme is prayer and meditation.

Most believers think of some Hindu guru when they think of meditation. You know, meditating on the sound of a one-handed clap and all that nonsense. As result, Christians either totally reject or rarely  approach this biblical discipline. This is a travesty because biblical meditation is essential to a Christian’s spiritual health. Thomas Manton explains just why it is so important:
 

Bitter Just Like Charbuck’s Coffee

Thu, 2010-09-23 15:27 — moderator

We're posting some conversation-stirring quotes every Tues, Thurs, and Saturday. This week’s theme is prayer and meditation.

Albert Day said, “We Protestants are an undisciplined people. Therein lies the reason for much of the dearth if spiritual insights and serious lack of moral power.” Nowhere is this lack of discipline more evident than our prayer lives. We are by a prayer-less people full of excuses for our negligence. In today’s quote, D. A. Carson tackles one of these common excuses for prayerlessness:

Making Master Yoda Proud

Tue, 2010-09-21 09:22 — moderator

We're posting some conversation-stirring quotes every Tues, Thurs, and Saturday. This week’s theme is prayer and meditation.

The following quote is taken from a church newsletter. The newsletter’s focus was prayer. The part quoted here comes from the section entitled, “Prayer Exercise for Members.” Here it is in its entirety:
 

Inescapable Leadership

Sat, 2010-09-18 11:23 — moderator

We're posting some conversation-stirring quotes every Tues, Thurs, and Saturday. This week’s theme is order and authority.

Today our quote brings us to the much-hated biblical doctrine of male headship. Our culture does its absolute best to reject male headship but it is so central to creation that it is actually inescapable. It can’t be rejected. Say what-what? Pastor Doug Wilson explains:
 

For Every Freddie Mercury...

Fri, 2010-09-17 17:03 — Jacob Mentzel

If you asked the first 10 people you met on the street what the key to happiness is, how would they respond? I’ve got a dollar in my pocket that says at least 9 of them would give you some variation of “self-esteem” or “believing in yourself.”

Freedom in Obedience

Thu, 2010-09-16 16:03 — moderator

We're posting some conversation-stirring quotes every Tues, Thurs, and Saturday. This week’s theme is order and authority. 

Our last quote painted the big picture of God’s created order and the nature of authority - and explained how rejection of that order results in a “heap of confusion.” Our quote today expands on these ideas as they relate to parenting. Ted Tripp writes:
 

Death by Student Loans

Thu, 2010-09-16 12:03 — Heidi Bayly

This article tells the tale of a woman enslaved to her college debt. She stepped onto the education ladder and kept climbing, with an increasing amount of debt at every step. Here are two quotes explaining her dilemma:

"When Michelle Bisutti, a 41-year-old family practitioner in Columbus, Ohio, finished medical school in 2003, her student-loan debt amounted to roughly $250,000.
 

Getting Things in Order

Tue, 2010-09-14 17:50 — moderator

We're posting some conversation-stirring quotes every Tues, Thurs, and Saturday. This week’s theme is order and authority.

The Puritans have produced more quality writings on this subject than any other group. Consequently, it will be helpful for us to start with two quotes from historian Edmund Morgan summarizing their position: