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Brian Godawa on A Theology of the Arts

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Brian Godawa, award winning screenwriter of To End All Wars and author of Word Pictures: Knowing God Through Story & Imagination and the documentary Lines That Divide: The Great Stem Cell Debate, recently gave a message at Tribe Church (an Acts 29 church) in North Hollywood, CA. The message was entitled "Word Pictures: A Theology of the Arts," and was based on his latest book, Word Pictures: Knowing God Through Story & Imagination. The full audio of the message is available. … [Read more...] about Brian Godawa on A Theology of the Arts

Interview with Matt Perman on Desiring God

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Tim Challies interviews Matt Perman, Director of Strategy at Desiring God. An excerpt:Why do you post everything online for free? When you asked about how Desiring God could serve the readers of this site, I pointed to our website. So it makes sense for me to talk a little bit more about why we post everything for free and how this relates to our view of serving. The call to be God-centered entails a call to serve others before yourself. The two greatest commandments are to love God and to love your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:34-40). Jesus said that he came “not to be served, but to … [Read more...] about Interview with Matt Perman on Desiring God

Idolatry is a Stealthy Hunter

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Greg Dutcher:If a woman cannot find God's presence and power sufficient to sustain her through the day, then idolatry has hunted her down. If that student's Xbox fantasies shift from fun entertainment to ceaseless obsession, then idolatry has slipped through the back door and made itself at home. And when a husband stops seeing his wife as a God-given life partner and treats her only as an object for his own pleasure, then idolatry has done a good day's work. None of these victims may realize how deep in the throes of God-substitutes they actually are, but that's just fine with idolatry. … [Read more...] about Idolatry is a Stealthy Hunter

God, Wrath, Sin, Kingdom, Judgment

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Mike Horton: In the 1950s, Yale's H. Richard Niebuhr described the so-called "gospel" of Protestant liberalism poignantly: "A God without wrath brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a cross." Each clause is telling. First, more like Mr. Rogers than the judge of all the earth, the sentimental deity of many Americans is incapable of wrath. Since he exists for us and our happiness, this heavenly friend may be disappointed and sad when we hurt ourselves, but he never sees sin as an offense primarily against himself and his perfect … [Read more...] about God, Wrath, Sin, Kingdom, Judgment