Risking everything on Jesus: the ragamuffin gospel says we can’t lose, because we have nothing to lose. Faithfulness to Jesus implies that with all our sins, scars and insecurities, we stand with Him; that we are formed and informed by His Word; that we acknowledge that abortion and nuclear weapons are two sides of tame [...]
Posts Tagged ‘God’s Word’
What Does it Mean to Risk Everything on Jesus?
Posted in Manning, Brennan, tagged Abortion, Cross, Faithfulness, God's Word, Gospel, Nuclear Weapons, Prince of Peace, Sins on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Word We Study Has to be the Word We Pray
Posted in Manning, Brennan, tagged God's Word, Gospel, Grace, Jesus Christ, Personal Experience on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Word we study has to be the Word we pray. My personal experience of the relentless tenderness of God came not from exegetes, theologians, and spiritual writers, but from sitting still in the presence of the living Word and beseeching Him to help me understand with my head and heart His written word. Sheer [...]
Our Experience Must be Shaped by Scripture
Posted in Manning, Brennan, tagged Ezekiel, God's Lovee Scriptures, God's Word, Hosea, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Mary Magadelene, Matthew, Samaritan Woman, Simon Peter on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our experience of God’s unconditional love must be shaped by the Scriptures. God’s written Word must take hold of us as His spoken Word took hold of Isaiah and Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Hosea; as the spoken Word of Christ mesmerized Matthew and Mary Magdalene, and captivated Simon Peter and the Samaritan woman.
- Brennan Manning, The [...]
Bad Habits and Wrong Thinking
Posted in Packer, J.I., tagged Discernment, God's Word, Religion, Sin on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…People have gotten into the practice of following private religious hunches rather than learning of God from His Word; we have to try to help them unlearn the pride and, in some cases, the misconceptions about Scripture which gave rise to this attitude and to base there convictions henceforth not on what they feel but [...]
A Community of the Word
Posted in Clowney, Edmund, tagged Church, God's Word, Gospel, Philippians 2 on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The church is the community of the Word, the Word that reveals the plan and purpose of God. In the church the gospel is preached, believed and obeyed. It is the pillar and ground of the truth because it holds fast the Scriptures (Philippians 2:16).
- Edmund Clowney, The Church: Contours in Christian Theology, copyright 1988, [...]
The Church is not a Club
Posted in Clowney, Edmund, tagged Christ, God's Word, Holy Spirit, The Church on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Church, according to Scripture, is not a religious club, a voluntary association of like-minded Christians who cultivate friendship and engage in joint projects. It is rather the institution of Christ and of the Spirit, formed by His power and governed by His Word.
- Edmund Clowney, The Church: Contours in Christian Theology, copyright 1988, page 58
The Puritans Sought Holiness
Posted in Clowney, Edmund, tagged God's Word, Grace, Holiness, Lord's Prayer, Lord's Supper, Prayer, Puritans, Sacraments on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Puritans sought holiness through a diligent use of the outward ‘means of grace’: the Word, the sacraments, and prayer. These ordinances of Christ are given to the church: it is not simply the reading, but especially the preaching of God’s Word that is an effective means ‘of convincing and converting sinners, and of building [...]
God Approves of Jesus
Posted in Sproul, R.C., tagged God's Word, Jesus, Satan, Temptation of Jesus, Trust on January 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Before Jesus’ temptation, He had heard the voice of the Father, who declared His approval of the Son: “I am well pleased.” We can feel certain that God was also well pleased at Jesus’ victory in the temptation. Jesus choose well between the word of Satan the liar and the Word of God. He cast [...]
What Does the Bible Mean, ‘God is Wise?’
Posted in Packer, J.I., tagged God's Word, Intelligence, Knowledge, Wisdom, Wisdom of God on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What does the Bible mean when it calls God wise? In Scripture, wisdom is a moral as well as an intellectual quality, more than mere intelligence or knowledge, just as it is more than mere cleverness or cunning. For us to be truly wise, in the Bible sense, our intelligence and cleverness must be harnessed [...]
The Rules of Righteousness
Posted in Sproul, R.C., tagged God's Word, Righteousness on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Righteousness has rules, but it is more than rule. If we care for rules without caring for people, we have missed the goal of righteousness. The scriptural rules come from God precisely because He cares about people.
We need rules to be righteous, but they most be the right rules. They must be God’s rules. We [...]
