The Daily Discovery (October 10, 2016)

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Can We Enjoy Heaven Knowing Loved Ones Are in Hell? – “Heaven is far too perfect, far too sinless, far too other for us to imagine in our fallen minds. Our attempts to put brush to canvas have led to depictions of cherubs on clouds, idyllic colors of dawn, Christ as a blinding light, a faceless adoring throng. Some of these attempts to capture heaven’s splendors are beautiful and even captivating, yet we know they are also incomplete. They are, at best, the barest reflection of what awaits. Our imaginations must always fall short of heaven’s glorious perfections.”

The Consequences of an Easy Gospel – “A common strategy in sales (or at least a stereotype of the sales world) is to present a product to someone while maximizing the benefits but minimizing the drawbacks. After all, who wants to highlight why a product you are buying is not necessarily exactly what you want? Unfortunately, this mentality is not limited to the business world, as it is easy for the church to do the same in its gospel presentations.”

God Is Not the Author of Uncertainty – “Atheists love to discredit the Bible. Those who are truly committed to their cause invest a lot of time and effort looking for confusion and contradictions in God’s Word, hoping to vindicate their unbelief. They also love to claim that there are simply too many different interpretations of Scripture to come to a clear understanding of it. But there’s no such thing as an atheist according to God. Everyone knows that He exists. Deniers just prefer to ‘suppress [that] truth in unrighteousness’ (Romans 1:18). In other words, the problem is never a lack of evidence for God, but rather a consuming love of sin.”

Please Christians, Read and Answer This One Question – “I have so many thoughts about the latest contemptible Donald Trump revelation – thoughts on the media handling of it, thoughts on the Republican response, thoughts on Mike Pence’s reaction, thoughts on the left’s absurd attempt to claim the moral high ground.  And there will be time for all of that, I suppose, at some point.  But my biggest concern is the way the church of Jesus Christ is responding to it here in America. I (and others) have long lamented the failure of the church of Jesus to make inroads in a culture we once largely shaped and defined.  While the Gospel is spreading like wildfire in the non-white parts of the world (South America, Africa, China), it is waning in the West.  There are a multitude of reasons for this: our pride, our self-assurance, our permissiveness, our idolatry, each of which is exemplified in the “sophisticated” parts of our culture (government, media, academia). But there’s another reality that we can’t ignore.  James R. White puts it this way…”

A Recipe for Humble Pie – “In elementary school I was really bad at playing soccer. But my school tried to be inclusive and didn’t want any kid to feel left out, so they had as many teams as there were players. The coveted “A team” was kitted out in glamorous, white, satin shirts and shorts with golden trim, while the rest of us had itchy yellow and brown shirts. But at least we got to play. I was too maladroit to qualify for the talented B or promising C team, or even the undaunted D team. No, I was cast down to the freakish menagerie of hopeless misfits known as the E team. We seldom actually played games since few other schools even had an E team, but when we did, we played our uncoordinated hearts out!

SERMON:

Matt Chandler – Hospitality and the Greatest Story Ever Told (Part 3)

VIDEOS:

Do you believe the bible?

Victoria Osteen Said Worship Is for Yourself?

“All death can do to the believer is deliver him to Jesus.  It brings us into the eternal presence of our Savior.” – John MacArthur

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