If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You...

Posted on Tuesday, August 9, 2016 by Aimee Byrd on Housewife Theologian

The weight of my neighbor's glory.

 
…publicly expose it in nude, crass poses for money and status? This is what Melania Trump did. And in defense of the pictures The New York Post released, Jason Miller, spokesman for the Trump campaign, responded that there’s “nothing to be embarrassed about.

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God My Shepherd, Section 2

By James Boice
Theme: Resting in God
 
This week’s lessons focus on how God acts as a shepherd toward his sheep, and what we are to do in response to him.
 
Scripture: Psalm 23
 
Let us consider some of these aspects. First of all, this matter of rest: “He makes me lie down in green pastures.” It is very significant that the psalm starts with resting in God, because that is how the Christian life begins. We are so restless.
Let us consider some of these aspects. First of all, this matter of rest: “He makes me lie down in green pastures.” It is very significant that the psalm starts with resting in God, because that is how the Christian life begins. We are so restless. Isaiah says in the 57th chapter, “The wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest” (v. 20). When he talked about God’s ability to provide rest, Saint Augustine said, “Our hearts are restless until they find their rest in thee.” 
 

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Our Doctrine of God Matters

Posted on Monday, August 8, 2016 by Todd Pruitt on 1517

A conversation with Liam Goligher

 

Over at Theology on the Go Jonathan Master hosts an excellent conversation with Liam Goligher on why it matters so much to possess a proper doctrine of God.

 

Check it out HERE.

 

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God My Shepherd, Section 1

By James Boice
Theme: Practical Discipleship
 
This week’s lessons focus on how God acts as a shepherd toward his sheep, and what we are to do in response to him.
 
Scripture: Psalm 23
 
Psalm 23 is probably the best known and most popular chapter of the Word of God. It is no surprise that this is so, since everyone enjoys the theme of the shepherd who cares for his sheep. In the New Testament, the Lord Jesus Christ describes Himself as the shepherd.

Psalm 23 is probably the best known and most popular chapter of the Word of God. It is no surprise that this is so, since everyone enjoys the theme of the shepherd who cares for his sheep. In the New Testament, the Lord Jesus Christ describes Himself as the shepherd. Jesus declares in John 10, “I am the good shepherd” (v. 11). The author of Hebrews calls Christ the “great Shepherd” of the sheep (13:20). Peter, in 1 Peter 5:4, calls Him the “Chief Shepherd.” He is the Shepherd who is over the undershepherds. Indeed, Peter likens the church to a sheepfold, and its leaders are admonished to “be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care” (v. 2). 

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The Suffering Servant, Part 5

By James Boice
Theme: Jesus’ Glorious Victory
 
This week’s lessons explain how Isaiah 53 clearly points to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ as the Suffering Servant who would accomplish salvation for his people.
 
Scripture: Isaiah 53
 
That is the point to which we come in the last verses, for these speak of the Messiah’s glorious victory. His death was not without effect. Jesus accomplished everything He came to accomplish.

That is the point to which we come in the last verses, for these speak of the Messiah’s glorious victory. His death was not without effect. Jesus accomplished everything He came to accomplish. Notice verse 10b: “He will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.” There are three things here. First, He will see his offspring. “Offspring” is “seed,” and it is in the plural. It says He is going to see His seed. He is going to have spiritual progeny, and He is going to see them. In other words, His death would be fruitful. It would not be for nothing. Those for whom He died will be saved. 

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Killing Envy

by Nick Batzig • August 04, 2016

Chief among those sins that we tend to tolerate in our lives is covetousness, jealousy and envy. According to Scripture, jealousy is one of the most damaging of all heart sins. The Proverbs explicate, in no small measure, the dangerous nature of this sin: "Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy" (Prov. 27:4)? 

There are certain sins that we tend to tolerate in our own hearts and lives, as well as in the church. They are what Jerry Bridges has called "respectable sins"--gossip, slander, envy, covetousness, pride, etc. We like to single out what we deem to be other, more pronounced sins in society and in the church rather than confront these in our own lives.

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The Suffering Servant, Part 4

By James Boice
Theme: Jesus’ Exemplary Life and Divine Commissioning
 
This week’s lessons explain how Isaiah 53 clearly points to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ as the Suffering Servant who would accomplish salvation for his people.
 
Scripture: Isaiah 53
 
The third section deals with the Messiah’s exemplary life.

The third section deals with the Messiah’s exemplary life. “He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth.” I take this as pointing to the character of His life, because that is precisely the way Peter takes it in his first letter, chapter 2, beginning in verse 19. Peter speaks of this being an unjust world, and with the fact that there are always going to be times in life when Christians are going to suffer unjustly. The question is, how are we going to endure these injustices? Are we to take them mutely? Are we to rise up and fight them? Are we to complain? Peter asked, “But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps (1 Pet. 2:20, 21). 

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The Suffering Servant, Part 3

By James Boice
Theme: Jesus’ Vicarious Suffering
 
This week’s lessons explain how Isaiah 53 clearly points to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ as the Suffering Servant who would accomplish salvation for his people.
 
Scripture: Isaiah 53
 
Beginning with verse 4, we have the Messiah's vicarious suffering.

Beginning with verse 4, we have the Messiah's vicarious suffering. Vicarious means “in place of another.” It goes back to the Latin word vicis, which means “a substitute.”

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It's the economy!

Posted on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 by Carl Trueman on Postcards from Palookaville

The Trinity/CBMW debate raises much broader questions.

Perhaps the most significant result of the recent Trinity/complementarian combat has been the way it has hopefully revealed to a wider audience what has been clear to many for a long time: the economy of power and influence that exists outside the formal denominational structures of the conservative Protestant world.   I have written a lot about evangelical celebrity in the past but it is clear that celebrity is only one of the factors that shapes the current theological landscape.   The broader structures of power – formal and informal – do cultivate celebri

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How Much Should a Pastor or Elder Tell His Wife?

by Jason Helopoulos • August 02, 2016

What should an elder or pastor share with his wife about issue or people in the church? My guess is that previous generations of elders/pastors probably shared too little with their wives. Again, it is only a guess, but I would submit that in our day and age many pastors and elders share too much.

What should an elder or pastor share with his wife about issue or people in the church? My guess is that previous generations of elders/pastors probably shared too little with their wives. Again, it is only a guess, but I would submit that in our day and age many pastors and elders share too much.

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