Introduction: In the New Testament, obedience is a good word. Also in the New Testament, works is not, unless it is modified with a word like good. We are called to good works (Titus 2:7), but ...
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Like a Gelatinous Pudding
Poor Pairing
“It is the easiest thing in the world to find a moral standard in the Bible and then to be selfish with it”
You Know How It Is
Rigorous Grace
“The environment of your home should be full of grace. When you have a home filled with grace, it is not without standards. You are not introducing moral anarchy. Grace is not an amorphous, gelatinous mass. Grace has a backbone. However, when the standards are broken, the heaviest sacrifices in the work of restoration are made by the guardians of grace, not by enforcers of the law, finger-pointers, parental accusers, or people who correct in a nasal tone of self-pity”
Necessary Song
“If there is not a song in it, it is not a biblical sacrifice. Without a song, it is a poor-me, look-at-the-martyr-go sacrifice, and those kinds of sacrifices have a very poor return”
Like a Float for the Tournament of Roses
Introduction: One of the men in that Founders trailer said something like this. “If we can take a clear passage that says ‘I do not permit a woman to teach” and turn it into something like ‘I ...
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Southern Baptist Letters
A warm Tuesday greeting to all of you Blogtonians. One of the things we have learned lately is that many people are interested in what is happening in the Southern Baptist Convention. Not only so, but they write letters about it.
Thanks at the Foundation
“When he took the loaf of bread that represented His own broken body, He picked it up and gave thanks . . . It is a thanksgiving meal, not only because we thank God for what Jesus did for us, but also because He thanked God when He instituted it . . . God is …
The Full Ascol
Introduction: The title of this post was almost “As White as a Woke Southern Baptist.” That would have reflected a proverb that might be circulating throughout the tribe of Judah even now. And if we didn’t do something, and fast, it would not be long before the proverb would have to be changed to “as …
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Imitate High
“Parents, you are not able to save your children. You cannot just press a button or make a decision and be the ground of your children’s salvation. You obviously cannot be their saving grace, but you are commanded to imitate that saving grace and to facilitate it and have it permeate the atmosphere of your …