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Archive for April 19th, 2008

Thoughts on Accountability

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

I’ve been thinking and praying a lot lately about the subject of accountability… I’ve not yet fully developed the thoughts below, but I will share them anyway. Perhaps someone “out there” will have some words of wisdom or experience.
Warning: these are generalizations, so your experience may vary by degrees.
Standards
In evangelicalism today, we set low expectations [...]

T4G Music

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Bob Kauflin has posted the list of songs we sang at Together for the Gospel. Great music, and wonderful teaching through music.
Colossians 3:16

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. (ESV)

Al Mohler on Religion in Politics

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

The Real Issue with Sen. Obama’s Comments:
Liberals tend to speak in functional terms of meaning and purpose. Conservatives tend to speak functionally in terms of social order, stability, and morality.
None of these is a substitute for authentic Christianity — a faith that is predicated on being true — not merely meaningful or helpful.
(Emphasis added.)

RC Sproul on “The Curse Motif of the Atonement”

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Tim Challies has an excellent summary of RC Sproul’s session at Together for the Gospel, titled The Curse Motif of the Atonement.
In the cross not only is the Father’s justice satisfied by the atoning work of the Son, but in carrying our sins the Son removes them as far as the east is from the [...]