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May 9, 2014

Redesign and RSS Change

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Published on May 09, 2014 22:55

Redesign and RSS Change

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May 8, 2014

Review: W. Travis McMaken’s The Sign of the Gospel

W. Travis McMaken. The Sign of the Gospel.
Fortress Press, 2014. 441 Pages. Buy Now.

Consequently, anyone who “wants infant baptism should not seek nourishment for the pulpit from Barth’s doctrine of election. . . . It is one or the other—one must decide for onseself” (p. 65).

The Sign of the Gospel: Toward an Evangelical Doctrine of Infant Baptism after Karl Barth is a revised version
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Published on May 08, 2014 22:00

May 6, 2014

Survivor’s Guilt

A worn and broken soldier returns home to his lovely wife and unknown child. He shuffles up the pathway to his home and his family swarm him. His shoulders tense and his gut clenches. He thinks, “Why me?” You might think, “Why isn’t he overjoyed? He’s home.” But he’s also seen a half dozen friends die who also had lovely wives and children, who had fathers, mothers, and lives back home. Why is
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Published on May 06, 2014 22:00

May 4, 2014

Children Made in the Image of God

Upfront I want to define what I mean by children. I’m using the word children in the broadest sense to mean any offspring still living at home with parent(s). I don’t mean young child. I have three girls all under the age of six. They are children. Many of you may have teenagers living in your home. They are your children, but they are not children. In those years, they are more adult than [image error]
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Published on May 04, 2014 22:00

Children Made in the Image of God

Upfront I want to define what I mean by children. I’m using the word children in the broadest sense to mean any offspring still living at home with parent(s). I don’t mean young child. I have three girls all under the age of six. They are children. Many of you may have teenagers living in your home. They are your children, but they are not children. In those years, they are more adult than
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Published on May 04, 2014 22:00

Children Made in the Image of God

Upfront I want to define what I mean by children. I’m using the word children in the broadest sense to mean any offspring still living at home with parent(s). I don’t mean young child. I have three girls all under the age of six. They are children. Many of you may have teenagers living in your home. They are your children, but they are not children. In those years, they are more adult than
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Published on May 04, 2014 22:00

May 1, 2014

Review & Giveaway: Hannah Anderson’s Made for More

Hannah Anderson. Made for More.
Moody Publishers, 2014. 174 Pages. Buy Now.

First it should be stated emphatically that Made for More isn’t a book for women only. Hannah makes specific application for women, but the overall principles are foundational ones. “It’s a call to recover the image of God in our lives--to re-imagine not simply what it means to be woman but what it means to be a
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Published on May 01, 2014 22:00

April 27, 2014

CBMW Manual Guest Post: “The Cascade of Trinitarian Love Fills Our Homes”

I wrote for the CBMW Manual blog Friday about how the doctrine of the Trinity should transform our homes. The love of the triune God should pour over homes as it pours over us.

I have been reading Mike Reeves Delighting in the Trinity. If you have not read it yet you should immediately stop what you’re doing, purchase it, and invest some time digging into it. It is chock-full of truth about[image error]
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Published on April 27, 2014 22:27

CBMW Manual Guest Post: “The Cascade of Trinitarian Love Fills Our Homes”

I wrote for the CBMW Manual blog Friday about how the doctrine of the Trinity should transform our homes. The love of the triune God should pour over homes as it pours over us.

I have been reading Mike Reeves Delighting in the Trinity. If you have not read it yet you should immediately stop what you’re doing, purchase it, and invest some time digging into it. It is chock-full of truth about
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Published on April 27, 2014 22:27