Category: Religion, Theology & Ministry
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Who Is the Greatest in the Kingdom? A Sermon on Matthew 18:1-14
*On Sunday July 24 I preached at Stonebrook Church on Matthew 18:1-14 as part of our series on The Gospel of Matthew. Reprinting the manuscript here for archival purposes. You can listen to the audio of the sermon on the Stonebrook Web site.*
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Solomon’s wealth: comparatively distasteful
> O LORD God, let your word to David my father be now fulfilled, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth. Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which…
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Accountability Groups and Tyranny
Excellent article by Tullian Tchividjian on The Resurgence today: Accountability Groups: The Tyranny of Do More, Try Harder Over the last decade I’ve watched very “open” accountability groups cause hardening and discouragement and eventually cause guys to give up. I’ve also seen very open accountability groups lead to joy and victory over sin. The difference…
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It is not love that sustains the marriage, but marriage that sustains the love.
“It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.†– Dietrich Bonhoeffer My three favorite author/theologian/teachers expound this idea in this video. Piper, Carson, and Keller on Sustaining the Covenant of Marital Love from The Gospel Coalition on Vimeo.
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Legalism, four responses
Legalism is… invisible to the ungodly shepherd trying to rule the flock, repulsive to the ungodly rebel trying to rule themselves, crushing to the godly flock trying to follow their leader, offensive to the godly shepherd trying to protect the flock.