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Hebrews 12:1

12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, (ESV)

A friend of mine taught on Hebrews 12:1-3 this Sunday. And when he talked about the race analogy that “the author” uses, I couldn’t help but think of the childhood game Red Light, Green Light.

In many ways, our growth as Christians is like this. We all run toward the goal, but at some point, He will return and call the final “Red Light.” Where will you be standing when He does? How hard are you running in the meantime?

For some reason, an old post from Paul Lamey at Expository Thoughts showed up in my RSS reader this morning. No worry, it’s a good one:

While preparing a sermon on Jude 5 i came across a great quote by Pastor Matthew Henry. This comment reflects Jude’s thought in a fresh way (Jude 1:5 “Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe”).

Henry writes, “Preaching is not designed to teach us something new in every sermon, somewhat that we knew nothing of before; but to put us in remembrance, to call to mind things forgotten, to affect our passions, and engage and fix our resolutions, that our lives may be answerable to our faith. Though you know these things, yet you still need to know them better. There are many things which we have known which yet we have unhappily forgotten. Is it of no use or service to be put afresh in remembrance of them?”

There’s always something new to find in the Word, but there’s also a lot of value in finding something old and familiar as well. Amen!

Mark Dever has just concluded a series examining the resurgence of interest in Reformed Theology and Calvinism, particularly among young people. As he explains in his first post:

At Together for the Gospel, April 2006, at one point I asked people to stand by ages. Out of 3,000 we had a few senior citizens. Some guys in their 50’s. A lot in their 40’s. A TON in their 30’s. And even MORE in their 20’s…

The purpose of this series of posts is simply to address the question–why? And I mean that not in a theological sense (our God is sovereign, or because people read their Bibles) but in an historical sense.

Specifically, he traces the resurgence to roughly 10 factors in 10 posts, in roughly chronological order:

1. The writings of C. H. Spurgeon
2. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
3. The Banner of Truth Trust publishing house
4. Evangelism Explosion, by D. James Kennedy
5. The Inerrancy Controversy
6. The Presbyterian Church in America
7. J. I. Packer and Knowing God
8. R. C. Sproul and John MacArthur
9. John Piper
10. The rise of secularism and the decline of Christian nominalism

I have to say that at least 5 or 6 of those on that list have impacted me personally, either directly or indirectly. How about you?

There comes a time in everyone’s life when they realize, “Hey, I’ve really made a colossal mess of my bookmarks!”

That time came for me recently. Specifically, with regard to my del.icio.us links. If you don’t know what del.icio.us is, well, it’s a “social bookmarking” tool that lets you basically store favorites on the web. Click the link there to learn more.

Anyway, my del.icio.us links got to be quite a mess. For starters, I never used tags when I started using the service. Plus, I had a lot of stuff that I would bookmark hoping to get back to later, but never ever did. So… I decided to “reboot” my del.icio.us. Actually, what I did was export everything, wipe it all out, and add back in the wheat only, leaving the chaff behind. (Well, at least in my opinion.)

One other result of this is that I’ve now added My del.icio.us Links to the sidebar on the right. You can see my 5 most recent bookmarked items, or click the title (”My del.icio.us Links”) to view all my links. In case you’re interested in what I have found interesting on the web…

And speaking of reading I find interesting, the other addition to the right sidebar is my Google Reader Shared Items. These are basically blog posts that I’ve read recently that I find interesting. (And you can see all my shared items by clicking the More link at the bottom of the list.)

The bottom line is that whenever you visit my site, even if I haven’t posted anything, there’s probably still something new to read! Enjoy…

Tim Challies, on his redesigned site, is Wrestling with Evolution:

As for me, I am still an old-fashioned, out-dated, six day Creationist. My reasoning is simple: I believe we have to give the position of supremacy to the Bible. While I certainly admit that the Bible is not meant to be a scientific textbook, if we affirm its inerrancy we need to believe that where it does comment on science, it does so truthfully. Thus, until it can be proven to me otherwise, the creation of the world, as outlined in the Bible, is meant to be read literally and accepted as fact. Further, the creation of the world is not merely a scientific question but also a theological one, so it is not something we can consign entirely into the realm of science. Thus we have to arrive at a solution that is consistent with both science and Scripture, all the while knowing that we are imperfect and our eyes are clouded by our limitations. Where science and Scripture clearly disagree, we must hold fast to God’s Word. And to this point that is where my conscience has directed me.

There are several areas where I feel theistic evolutionists allow science to trump Scripture and I’d like to point out just four of them.

If you’d like to find out the four areas where theistic evolutionists allow science to trump Scripture, read the whole article here. And in case you’re curious, I’m with Tim on this one.