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beloved before time: Holiness = Love
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014. In our effort to preach and live out the inclusive, merit-discrediting grace of God that welcomes real sinners. Into his glad home, it's easy to wonder what place things like holiness. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, 'You shall be holy, for I [the Lord] am holy.'" (1 Peter 1:14-15, quoting Leviticus 11:44). A doctorate in theology? Therefore be...
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beloved before time: September 2013
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Monday, September 16, 2013. With Reverence and Awe. Actually, if we stop and are honest, many of us might use words like mundane. How many of us can resonate with something so un-noteworthy as a group of ordinary folks sitting around as the preacher goes on and on about Melchizedek-this or Shechem-that . and you start daydreaming . and fall asleep. (This was even true when the Apostle Paul taught; see Acts 20:7-9.). This is a present reality for the gathered church: you have come. There I am among them&#...
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beloved before time: Christ and Our Callings, Part 4
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015. Christ and Our Callings, Part 4. Life makes life complicated. As my wife once said, "Don't you hate it when life gets in the way of, you know, life. In case I'm being opaque, life's demands and responsibilities and limitations always seem to get in the way of the joys we want to pursue. But what if instead of hindering us, these help us find freedom? At Virginia Tech. But the reality is that grad school would put us in debt and likely force us to relocate- all for a gover...
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beloved before time: January 2015
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015. Christ and Our Callings, Part 4. Life makes life complicated. As my wife once said, "Don't you hate it when life gets in the way of, you know, life. In case I'm being opaque, life's demands and responsibilities and limitations always seem to get in the way of the joys we want to pursue. But what if instead of hindering us, these help us find freedom? At Virginia Tech. But the reality is that grad school would put us in debt and likely force us to relocate- all for a gover...
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Church Planting – Spring Run Presbyterian Church
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Spring Run Presbyterian Church. I’m New Here. Faith & Life Classes. Presbyterian Church in America. I’m New Here. Faith & Life Classes. Presbyterian Church in America. Rsaquo; Church Planting. Northside Church of Richmond. Contact: Pastor Matt Lorish. Fellowship Hall of Battery Park Christian Church. City Church of Richmond. Meeting at at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church. Meeting at Flat Rock Elementary School in Powhatan at 9:30am. Grace Community Presbyterian Church. West End Presbyterian Church.
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beloved before time: Christ and Our Callings, Part 3
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Saturday, June 23, 2012. Christ and Our Callings, Part 3. As I think about my calling in life, I have to grapple with two things. First, who's doing the calling? Who is the one calling me? It's not myself. Callings cannot come from within. (But how often we live as though they did! We hark to Socrates's cry: "Know thyself! Who is calling me to belong to him and to live under his reign- the reign of his Son Jesus- in every breath. Not that I have already. I press on toward the goal for. Is it enough for m...
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beloved before time: Are you exasperating your children?
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Friday, March 6, 2015. Are you exasperating your children? There is, in other words, a way for parents (and the Bible especially warns dads) to demand obedience in such a way that will provoke them to anger and leave them exasperated, embittered, and discouraged. Perhaps it will help to show how I do:. Do you react to disobedience quickly in anger? Do you use harsh tones of voice? A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger" (Proverbs 15:1). Talking this way can make the child feel li...
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beloved before time: Why We're Not Baptizing Our Children (Yet)
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Monday, June 9, 2014. Why We're Not Baptizing Our Children (Yet). And City Church of Richmond. What is the Presbyterian doctrine? Presbyterian and Reformed churches see baptism as the equivalent of circumcision, which was applied to children to show their status within the Abrahamic covenant. Start by reading Genesis 12, 15, and 17 to get a picture of God’s promises to Abraham. Why, then baptize children before we know if they’ll come to faith? What do I see wrong with this? Why is the Baptist way better?
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beloved before time: July 2014
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Sunday, July 20, 2014. In my previous post, I attempted to show from Scripture that in many ways, practical holiness involves living in love: sacrificial concern for the good of others that trumps concern for yourself. Its living as God lives, holy as he is holy. In other words, holiness equals love. Tuesday, July 15, 2014. In our effort to preach and live out the inclusive, merit-discrediting grace of God that welcomes real sinners. The more and more I read the Bible and learn what holiness is- that i...
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