Monthly Archives: December 2014

Bursting the dam…

What was His death and resurrection but the bursting of death’s dam? Doug Wilson, RfR, p. 34

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Start with Jesus…

So communication is a key principle of war. When the principle of communication is being considered it is very important for us to start with the headship of Jesus Christ over His body, the church….Communication with the head will result … Continue reading

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The sacrifice of Christians…

This is the sacrifice of Christians:  we, being many, are one body in Christ. Augustine, CoG, X.6

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Comfortable living…comfortable dying…

Originally posted on Livin' in the foothills:
Daily bread may make us live comfortably, but forgiveness of sins will make us die comfortably. Thomas Watson…”The Lord’s Prayer”

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Forgetting those things which are behind – Matthew Henry

Originally posted on Livin' in the foothills:
Philippians 3:13:  Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press…

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Man as sacrifice…

[M]an himself, consecrated in the name of God, and vowed to God, is a sacrifice in so far as he dies to the world that he may live to God. Augustine, CoG, X.6

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Earnest for spiritual mercies…

Originally posted on Livin' in the foothills:
O therefore let us be earnest for spiritual mercies! Lord, not only feed me, but sanctify me; give me rather a heart full of grace than a house full of gold. If we…

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When Jesus confronts the world…

Originally posted on Livin' in the foothills:
When Jesus confronts the world, his authority soon emerges as one of the crucial and most disputed storm centers. This is not an accidental result: if our sin is at root a defiance…

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Fire the pastor…

Originally posted on Livin' in the foothills:
Isaiah 56:9-12… All you beasts of the field, come to devour, All you beasts in the forest. His watchmen are blind, They are all ignorant; They are all dumb dogs, They cannot bark;…

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We must believe, then, that God has no need, not only of cattle, or any other earthly and material thing, but even of man’s righteousness, and that whatever right worship is paid to God profits not Him, but man.  For … Continue reading

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