http://youngcalvinist.com Upholding and proclaiming the sovereignty of God Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:58:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The question I propose is this, should we just accept that the average American Christian doesn't have the intellectual ability to read a passage of scripture and understand it and therefore spoon feed them the understanding, whether through a paraphrased Bible or from the pulpit, or should we push them ... http://youngcalvinist.com/the-loss-of-intellectualism-within-the-church/ So I really need to finish reading a few books, especially since I keep finding others I want to read, but since I haven't finished them and haven't posted in a while, here are the lyrics to a song that is wrecking my heart. Christ is Risen by Matt Maher Let no ... http://youngcalvinist.com/our-god-is-not-dead-hes-alive-hes-alive/ A few days ago I was in Philadelphia, visiting the plethora of historical sites from independence hall to the steps that Rocky made famous. But as I walked through the Independence Museum, listened to the park ranger paint the picture of the first congressional meetings in Independence Hall and examined ... http://youngcalvinist.com/the-glorification-of-christ-in-the-failure-of-american-democracy/ So my lack of posts are due to 1. Finals and 2. This Jonathan Edwards paper that is continually kicking my butt. Yet, as I write it, reading over sermon upon sermon of his I cannot complain because my heart is being moved in ways that can only be attributed ... http://youngcalvinist.com/caught-up-in-the-heavens/ Does our admiration for theologians and preachers of the past and present hurt our relationship with the local church? Check out Dan Phillips' post at Pyromaniacs entitled Porn and paper pastors. Brother, sister: John Piper isn't your pastor. John MacArthur knows nothing about you. Dave Hunt never got on his knees ... http://youngcalvinist.com/paper-pastors/ The older I get the more I realize how often I live my life as a disciple of Christ without really living it. After years of living as a Christian, going to church, praying, reading the Bible, the living part can all too often become passive. The fervor for Christ ... http://youngcalvinist.com/do-we-live-in-the-context-of-the-resurrection/ Hours after pitching six scoreless innings against the Oakland A's, Los Angeles Angels right-hander Nick Adenhart was killed in a hit-and-run car crash early Thursday morning. Adenhart was 22. This hit me pretty hard in the gut. I watched him pitch yesterday. I followed his career in the minor leagues. And ... http://youngcalvinist.com/do-we-live-in-the-context-of-death/ Over at Miscellanies, Tony Reinke tells the story of how Mark Dever, facing a small group of people unsure about Christianity, answered a question by simply stating, "Yes, I do believe in that, because Jesus said it happened, and I’m with Jesus.” Renkie goes on to show how the simplicity of ... http://youngcalvinist.com/everything-goes-back-to-jesus/