Sin, as a label for our natural state before God, signifies rebellion, defilement, condemnation, and slavery. Rebellion: all persons resent, defy, evade, belittle, ignore, and disobey God in way or another, every day of our lives. Defilement: all persons are unclean — dirty, to say it straight out — in God’s sight; we are offensive…
Art Rainer blogs at this site regularly. It would be worth your time to subscribe to his blog. He writes short, insightful articles that usually revolve around the life of the church, in particular issues of leadership. To read his article on mistakes young leaders make when leading those of older generations go here.
Desiring God has short little videos (typically 7-10 minutes) called labs, where John Piper briefly walks through a passage of Scripture that I have found extremely beneficial. You can access all the videos here. Recently, I listened to him walk through one on 1 Corinthians 3:21-23 on humility that was quite encouraging. You can listen here. Enjoy!
Art Rainer blogs at this site regularly. It would be worth your time to subscribe to his blog. He writes short, insightful articles that usually revolve around the life of the church, in particular issues of leadership. To read his article on mistakes young leaders make when leading those of older generations go here.
Nathan Cicchillo has his MBA and has worked in higher education for over 13 years and since 2011 has served as the Director of Admissions and Evaluation at University of Phoenix. Several weeks ago Nathan wrote an article on nontraditional credit within higher education. You can access the article here. Your first response might be, “what is…
Jonathan Leeman writes, “a local church is a group of Christians who regularly gather in Christ’s name to officially affirm and oversee one another’s membership in Jesus Christ and his kingdom through gospel preaching and gospel ordinances.” The five parts of this definition are: A group of Christians A regular gathering A congregation-wide exercise of…
The fear of the Lord means reverent submission that leads to obedience, and it is interchangeable with “worship,” “rely on,” “trust,” and “hope in.” Like terror, it includes a knowledge of our sinfulness and God’s moral purity, and it includes a clear-eyed knowledge of God’s justice and his anger against sin (p. 97).
Obviously there are more than 8 Christlike qualities but Sam Crabtree in Practicing Affirmation focuses on these ones in particular: Truthfulness. Jesus is the faithful witness (Rev. 1:5), the most truthful being in existence, the One for whom it is impossible to lie (Titus 1:2). Obedience. Jesus is the most obedient human being ever to…
Obviously there are more than 8 Christlike qualities but Sam Crabtree in Practicing Affirmation focuses on these ones in particular: Truthfulness. Jesus is the faithful witness (Rev. 1:5), the most truthful being in existence, the One for whom it is impossible to lie (Titus 1:2). Obedience. Jesus is the most obedient human being ever to…
Sam Crabtree’s book Practicing Affirmation is a veritable goldmine in walking through the biblical expectation of encouragement/affirmation. I highly recommend this book regardless if your desire is to become a more faithful affirmer of people or if in your self-evaluation you realize this is a struggle or weakness in your life — you’ll be served very well…
Theology Along the Way 