Be sure to read these before 6:00 PM.
Seriously, here is a compassionate letter to Harold Camping's followers. May his folly be an opportunity to spread the gospel to unbelievers and restore those who have been prey to his false teaching.
One More Time on Moral Equivalence - Kevin DeYoung takes on the partial truth that "all sins are equal" and its potential slippery slope.
Can Romance Novels Hurt Your Heart? - Russell Moore nails this one.
The Theologian's Alphabet - What's your favorite letter?
Cooking with tea: ice cream - with links to assorted tea-flavored treats.
The ultimate bizarre ice cream: candied bacon ice cream. It boggles the mind and the taste buds.
Finally as we prepare to meet with God's people tomorrow, here 's an excellent quote about the place of music in worship:
"Or let’s say that I deeply love Jesus but I detest the music–it is not “my music.” What am I then to do in the absence if a linkage between having faith and loving the music? Where is God in all of this? If he is in the music, I will never find him, because to me there is no substance or evidence, even though others are seemingly finding him there. Do I wait for the right kind of music so that my faith becomes effectual? Do I look for another church, hoping that my faith will be fed and my felt needs met? Or do I turn from the music to the Lord, knowing that faith remains faith and the music is merely music and not a sacramental substance that mediates between God and me? I hope that the last question becomes the only question. Otherwise, faith needs exterior scaffolding for worship to become authentic worship. "
From Unceasing Worship by Harold Best (from this post by Kevin DeYoung)
Seriously, here is a compassionate letter to Harold Camping's followers. May his folly be an opportunity to spread the gospel to unbelievers and restore those who have been prey to his false teaching.
One More Time on Moral Equivalence - Kevin DeYoung takes on the partial truth that "all sins are equal" and its potential slippery slope.
Can Romance Novels Hurt Your Heart? - Russell Moore nails this one.
The Theologian's Alphabet - What's your favorite letter?
Cooking with tea: ice cream - with links to assorted tea-flavored treats.
The ultimate bizarre ice cream: candied bacon ice cream. It boggles the mind and the taste buds.
Finally as we prepare to meet with God's people tomorrow, here 's an excellent quote about the place of music in worship:
"Or let’s say that I deeply love Jesus but I detest the music–it is not “my music.” What am I then to do in the absence if a linkage between having faith and loving the music? Where is God in all of this? If he is in the music, I will never find him, because to me there is no substance or evidence, even though others are seemingly finding him there. Do I wait for the right kind of music so that my faith becomes effectual? Do I look for another church, hoping that my faith will be fed and my felt needs met? Or do I turn from the music to the Lord, knowing that faith remains faith and the music is merely music and not a sacramental substance that mediates between God and me? I hope that the last question becomes the only question. Otherwise, faith needs exterior scaffolding for worship to become authentic worship. "
From Unceasing Worship by Harold Best (from this post by Kevin DeYoung)
Thanks for the links, Persis. The quote about music has me thinking! :)
ReplyDeleteThat music quote is tops, second only to the candied bacon ice cream! But all jesting aside, how many people will go to church tomorrow to have their felt need met by anything but God? Sad!
ReplyDeleteBlessings, friend!