Oct
11
2012
Worth a Look 10.11.12
Kindle Deal of the Day: Awaiting a Savior
In Awaiting a Savior, Aaron Armstrong reminds readers that even as we are responsible for pursuing biblical solutions to poverty, our hope for truly resolving it comes not from the good we do, but from the return of Christ, who will once and for all put an end to sin, suffering and death as he brings about the new creation.
What Motivates Cultural Progressives?
Their main values are rationality, progressive politics, and a fear of religion having too much influence in both politics and society in general. These values both define them and unite them. While I say that rationality is a central value for them, that doesn’t mean that they are more rational than other people. Rather, this is a way in which they justify their activities and their purpose in society.
7 Reasons Why Evangelism Should Be a Priority of Your Church:
So why should evangelism be one of the highest priorities in your church? Though the reasons are many, allow me to share seven of them.
As I’ve preached many times and coached others, I typically come back around to a few major points. My hope is that these practical tips add another helpful wrinkle to the topic.
Peter Jensen’s final presidential address to the Anglican synod in Sydney - “The Challenge of the Gospel against the Cult of Self”:
The gospel addresses all men and women without exception in the same tone of voice, with the same demands and the same promises, the same Lord and the same Saviour. It is a matter of salvation, not consolation: of salvation, not of growing our numbers. Any gospel church is aptly described as One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic, universal words which embrace all nations and peoples and languages. If our denomination, will not accept the challenge posed by the new and increasingly different world which has come to us, we are not being faithful to the gospel which has formed our churches and saved our souls.