Aaron Armstrong's Blog, page 366
June 25, 2012
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D.A. Carson:
God is the sovereign, transcendent and personal God who has made the universe, including us, his image-bearers. Our misery lies in our rebellion, our alienation from God, which, despite his forbearance, attracts his implacable wrath…
(HT: Challies)
Inerrancy & Worldview: Free
If you’ve not already got a copy, you can get Vern Polythress’ new book, Inerrancy & Worldview, as a free PDF download at the author’s website. (Be sure to read the terms of u...
June 24, 2012
Glorify Thyself in Us!
Lord, convert our friends that still remain unsaved. Oh, mighty power of God, let none come into this house, even accidentally and casually, without receiving some devout impression. May the Spirit of God work mightily by our ministry, and the ministration of all His servants now present, whether in the Sabbath school, or in the streets, or in the lodging-houses, or from door to door, or when they privately speak to individuals.
Oh, glorify Thyself in us! Dear Saviour, we pray Thee come and ma...
June 23, 2012
Prayer Will Consume Sin or Sin Will Choke Prayer
The desire of a person’s heart is to get far away from God, and have nothing to do with him. Their feelings towards him is nothing but fear. Why then should a person pray when they have no real sense of sin, no real feeling of spiritual needs, no thorough belief in unseen things, no desire after holiness and Heaven? Of all these things, the vast majority of people know and feel nothing. . . .There are hundreds who would rather storm a breach, or lead a forlorn hope — than confess publicly tha...
June 22, 2012
3 Lies We Tell Ourselves About Marriage: My Spouse is the Problem
Over the last couple days, I’ve been about the lies we tell ourselves about marriage—lies that, if left uncountered by biblical truth, will ruin our marriages. In the first post, I considered the lie that tells usmarriage is about my happiness. In the second, we looked at the notion thatmarriage is supposed to be easyand saw that this lie quickly evaporates when we begin to look at marriage from God’s perspective.
In this final post, I want to look at one more lie that ruins our marriages:
Lie...
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Nathan Bingham:
You’re guilty when you skip breakfast with the family to prepare for that early morning meeting, when you’re distant at the dinner table because you’re resolving an issue at work in a long email conversation on your smartphone, and when you forfeit a healthy family night-time ritual because you’ve got something important to do—like write a blog post.
I’ve succumb. Have you?
SBTS New York Extension Center
Considering seminary? Maybe picking u...
June 21, 2012
3 Lies We Tell Ourselves About Marriage: Marriage is Supposed to be Easy
Yesterday, I started talking about three lies we tell ourselves about marriage—lies that, if left uncountered by biblical truth, will ruin our marriages. Yesterday, I considered the lie that tells usmarriage is about my happiness. While we should all strive to be happy in our marriages, it’s helpful remember that happiness is a byproduct of a good relationship, not the point of the relationship.
Once believed, this lie has us constantly looking for the exits—if my wife isn’t making me happy, m...
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Mark Dever:
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HonoringGod in an Unequally Yoked Marriage
Sarah Flashing:
In the church, she appears to be single. She’s the believer whose husband never joins her because, while he may or may not believe in God, he has no interest in Christianity. While she is devout, he can be found somewhere on the continuum between tranquil unbelief and agitated intolerance. Such unequally yoked unions are not id...
June 20, 2012
3 Lies We Tell Ourselves About Marriage: Marriage is About My Happiness
When I first got married, I had a lot of preconceived notions about what marriage was supposed to be like (despite all that we learned in our premarital counseling). Some of the ideas I had were actually true, but not fully fleshed out (like what it means for me to be the “head of the household”). Others were complete and utter nonsense (like “my wife should want to be intimate whenever I feel like”).
Now we all bring into our marriages a ton of baggage, but where our baggage gets dangerous is...
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Kevin DeYoung:
When you hear the word “spiritual” certain images come to mind. You think of someone very quiet and contemplative. Or maybe you picture someone with hands raised in a demonstrative expression of worship. You may think of your spontaneous, free-wheeling, “Spirit-led” friend. The spiritual person in your mind may be the young woman deeply interested in miracles and mystery, or maybe the old man earnestly pursuing a relationship with a...
June 19, 2012
Book Review: Church Discipline by Jonathan Leeman
Discipline isn’t a popular idea among many of America’s evangelical churches. Although some understand the need, others have set the practice aside, fearing that it’ll damage their efforts to reach the lost and the hurting. “Church leaders want to reach outsiders, but this good desire produces a bad temptation—to slim down the gospel to something skinnier,” writes Jonathan Leeman in Church Discipline: How the Church Protects the Name of Jesus.
It’s comparatively easy to talk about God’s grace...
