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I took a half-day away this morning, hoping to read through the four gospels. I was able to read three — Matthew, Mark, and John. For the past several years, Jesus has fascinated me. This fascination is increasing exponentially as I get older. His absolute boldness is awe-inspiring, and His undefeatable wisdom is mind-blowing. Time and […]
September 24, 2007
Here are more loose, assorted quotes from John Hannah and his Winterim class that I took in January on the Life and Writings of Jonathan Edwards. These are from his lectures on three separate topics: (1) Edwards’ History of the Work of Redemption; (2) the “Communion Controversy” (which ended in Edwards’ dismissal from his pastorate); and […]
September 20, 2007
(Before you read too far, it might be good to answer the question for yourself. It’s worth thinking about.) This was the question I asked at a recent student leadership meeting. There were various answers given, and all had fair (yet different) reasons for their answers. I don’t think the answer is simple, though I do think it’s […]
September 14, 2007
I was planning to preach on holiness at a summer retreat a few months ago but decided to change my topic a few weeks before the retreat. I had scribbled down some thoughts on a torn-out journal page, and that page has been sitting on my desk since mid-summer, waiting to be typed or discarded. […]
September 4, 2007
It seems that Sunday night marked the transition from a very full two-month season into an equally-full but more scheduled semester. It would be futile (and possibly uninteresting) to try to summarize this past season, and I don’t know that I’m quite ready to attempt a full-length, single-topic, logically-flowing post. So here are some recent thoughts, with no intentional […]
September 27, 2007
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