Yazan: ayong | 20 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Theology
A Protestant minister, a Roman Catholic priest, and a televangelist are in a bar discussing how much of the offering they should keep. The Protestant says, “I draw a line in the sand, and then throw the money into the air. The money that lands on my side of the line I keep, and the [...]
Yazan: ayong | 20 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Theology
Our church is in the middle of a series on 1 Peter and we’ve been talking a lot about suffering. Peter starts off by telling us that we will be grieved by various kind of trials, “so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may [...]
Yazan: ayong | 20 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Theology
I will have more to say on this in some later posts, but for now I will simply pose this question: Is the person Paul is talking about in Romans 7 (in the first person) someone who has already been made a new creation in Christ, or is it someone who is trying to live [...]
Yazan: ayong | 20 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Theology
Lord, I believe; help thou my unbelief. (Mark 9.24) Though we find ourselves not what we ought to be, yet there is a principle of comfort to be had by those with afflicted consciences, as Robert Bolton describes it, if our sincere inward desire is grieved at how short we fall of the holy standard [...]
Yazan: ayong | 20 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Theology
I was talking with a pastor the other day about one of his worship leaders who has a hard time leaving old songs behind (as in “Shine, Jesus, Shine”). Apparently there are a few songs from the 80s that the worship leader still finds quite moving. Unfortunately, the pastor and many young members of the congregation [...]