Stephen Jones
What I am reading: March 2010
First, I want to apologize for my lack of posting over the past months and I am trying to make it more of a priority to post.
Second, I just received a copy of When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert and I am really excited to read this book since I plan on [...]
Condemned by their own reason
“It will be one of the curses of the damned to see that they will be condemned by their own reason with which they claimed to condemn the Christian religion.”
Pascal
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“For God is good”
I haven’t posted since Uganda and I plan to post very soon about what the Lord did there and in me but because of school I haven’t had much time to formulate blog posts.
But I figured I could throw out a quote from something I am reading for homework.
Athanasius’ On the Incarnation of the Word
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Whose glory do you live for?
The more I live, and the more I battle with sin, the more I am convinced that it is a battle of glory. It is a battle between my glory and Christ’s glory, between pride and humility. As I reflect on my emotions, my thoughts and actions, and my desires and purposes behind them, I [...]
Striving for Christ, for holiness
Are you satisfied with your life? Or do you hunger for holiness? Do you think you have already reached your goal? Or are you pressing onward? Is your life defined by Christ, by an ever striving passion for holiness? Or are you defined by the world, by your own glorification? Fight for holiness. Learn from [...]
Help 58 Ugandan Orphans Hear the Gospel
So I realize that I have been slacking on posting over the past few weeks and I promise the reason is good. In less than three weeks I will be leaving Southern California for Africa to spend two weeks bringing the gospel to children.
Fifty-percent of the Ugandan population is composed of children 15 and under. [...]
The Centrality of Gospel Proclamation Continued
Continuing from yesterday’s quote from Tim Chester and Steve Timmis’ Total Church,
We want to make three assertions about the relationship between evangelism and social action:
1. Evangelism and scoial action are distinct activities.
Good social action is about harnessing the insights and resources of the poor, but the gospel is a message from the outside that is [...]
The Centrality of Gospel Proclamation
So in any Christian ministry, including ministry among the poor, proclaiming and teaching the word of God must be central. And that is because the greatest need of the poor, as for us all, is to be reconciled to God and so escape his wrath. What makes Christian social involvement distinctly Christian is a commitment [...]
Blog forward: Thom Rainer
Every so often I come across a blog/site that offers valuable insight into the bible, or the church, or life, and so I want to make it a habit to pass that blog/site along to my readers.
Thom Rainer is the president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources, an entity of the Southern Baptist Convention and [...]
Book Review: Spectacular Sins *must read
Many are quick to say such things as “this is [insert writer’s name here] best book!” or “if you are going to read any book by [insert writer’s name here] this is it!” And so when I say that Spectacular Sins is John Piper’s greatest work to date, I do so carefully, especially considering the [...]