What's really nice about this book is that the sections are short and sweet, making it easy for 4-5 year olds to sound out the words and practice reading. Walks through some of the more well known stories of the Bible in 17 chapters, showing that God is the main hero throughout history. Nicely illustrated by Caron Turk. Give it a look. … [Read more...] about God is Great: A Toddler’s Bible Storybook
Theology
2011 Ligonier National Conference – Session 7 (Steven Lawson)
This address from Pastor Steve Lawson was entitled Worshiping the Triune God. Worship in heaven is worship at its best. Pleasing God, not others, is what matters in worship. But there is a new way in worship in our day – one that seeks to please the unconverted person, to be cool, not transcendent and reverent. The preacher, likewise, is be trendy, not weighty, and more therapeutic than theological. Worship, however, should be a foretaste of heaven. Let’s take a look at the worship of heaven in Revelation 4. … [Read more...] about 2011 Ligonier National Conference – Session 7 (Steven Lawson)
2011 Ligonier National Conference – Session 5 – RC Sproul
SUMMARY Augustine argued that reason and faith complemented one another. Faith, then, is not credulity. Faith is dependent on the rationality endued to us by our creator. There is no virtue in believing that which is absurd. Logic is an intellectual governor, protecting us from proceeding into falsehood. Aristotle defined logic as the necessary instrument for intelligible discourse. Evidentialists like Normal Geisler or John Warwick Montgomery believe that via sense perception we can come to a high degree of certainty of Christianity. … [Read more...] about 2011 Ligonier National Conference – Session 5 – RC Sproul
2011 Ligonier National Conference – Session 2 (Steve Lawson)
SUMMARY In every era of history, the holiness of God has been under assault. Satan is the original antagonist against God. The principle attack of Satan against the holiness of God is aimed at impugning and assaulting the character of His being and His word. In Genesis 3, we see illustrated the method of the evil one – a method employed with success on our first parents, and employed with equal success in the world at large in our day. The attack of Satan starts with doubt – doubt of the inerrancy and infallibility of the word of God (“Did God actually say…?”). In Genesis 3:1, … [Read more...] about 2011 Ligonier National Conference – Session 2 (Steve Lawson)
Martin Bashir (MSNBC) Interviews Rob Bell
Bashir exposes the duplicity in Bell's perspective, whereby Bell denies he's a universalist, but affirms that God will eventually woo and win everyone, if not here, then in the afterlife. Bell seems to want to have it both ways, and Bashir highlights the tension. HT: Justin Taylor … [Read more...] about Martin Bashir (MSNBC) Interviews Rob Bell
Rob Bell’s Love Wins: A Response
Kevin DeYoung offers a lengthy pastoral, scholarly, and exegetical response to Rob Bell's new book, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived. DeYoung's summary on what the book is about: Love Wins, by megachurch pastor Rob Bell, is, as the subtitle suggests, “a book about heaven, hell, and the fate of every person who ever lived.” Here’s the gist: Hell is what we create for ourselves when we reject God’s love. Hell is both a present reality for those who resist God and a future reality for those who die unready for God’s love. Hell is what we … [Read more...] about Rob Bell’s Love Wins: A Response