Grace & Peace in SOKY Happenings
March 16, 2011
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Thinking Biblically About Worry
July 20, 2010
by Paul David Tripp
Sally worries about the kids all day long as they are at school. Jed never seems to put the burden of his finances down. Linda fears that she will never get married. Sarah dreads the pains of getting old. Fred constantly worries about what the people around him are thinking about him. Benji worries he won’t make the team. Mary is never free from worry about her weight… Read More
Why We Still Need Hymns
May 11, 2010
“Why We Still Need Hymns in a Postmodern World: The Formative Power of Worship”
Rev. Kevin Twit (Jan 2004)
Introduction: Is There Really a New “Movement” Going On?
• Lori’s testimony “Coming from a typical praise chorus-reliant high school youth group I sort of turned my nose up as I was handed a notebook of hymns at my first visit to RUF. I didn’t understand a lot of the poetic and imagery-driven lyrics and the word hymn automatically meant boring music. Read more
How Can I Know God?
May 9, 2010
How Can I Know God?
What It Means To Know God
What is Christianity? Some say it is a philosophy, others say it is an ethical stance, while still others claim it is actually an experience. None of these things really gets to the heart of the matter, however. Each is something a Christian has, but not one of them serves as a definition of what a Christian is. Christianity has at its core… Read more
The Missional Church
April 23, 2010
THE MISSIONAL CHURCH
June 2001
TIM KELLER
The Need for a ‘Missional’ Church
In the West for nearly 1,000 years, the relationship of (Anglo-European) Christian churches to the broader culture was a relationship known as “Christendom.” The institutions of society “Christianized” people, and stigmatized non-Christian belief and behavior. Though people were “Christianized” by the culture… Read more
Gospel-Driven Sanctification
April 11, 2010
BY JERRY BRIDGES
Early in my Christian life I heard someone say, “The Bible was not given to increase your knowledge but to guide your conduct.” Later I came to realize that this statement was simplistic at best and erroneous at worst. The Bible is far more than a rulebook to follow. It is primarily the message of God’s saving grace through Jesus Christ, with everything in Scripture before the cross pointing to God’s redemptive… Read more
The Gospel in All its Forms
April 10, 2010
The Gospel in All its Forms
Like God, the gospel is both one and more than that.
by Tim Keller
The gospel has been described as a pool in which a toddler can wade and yet an elephant can swim. It is both simple enough to tell to a child and profound enough for the greatest minds to explore. Indeed, even angels never tire of looking into it (1 Peter 1:12). Humans are by no means… Read more
Evangelism through “Networking”
February 11, 2010
Evangelism through “Networking”
July 1992 by Tim Keller
Philosophy of Networking
“Networking” was originally a modern marketplace-jargon word, which refers to deliberate relationship building to meet business goals. I use it to mean a whole philosophy of ministry based on friendship evangelism.
For years, Christians… Read more
Baptism
February 11, 2010
BAPTISM
By: Francis A. Schaeffer
In introduction, there are several things to emphasize as we begin this study.
1. We do not believe in Baptismal Regeneration. Let me remind you that it was over the question of the sacraments that Calvin and Luther differed during the Reformation Period. To Calvin, and those who have followed him, the important thing is… Read more
The Biblical View of Baptism
February 11, 2010
The Biblical View of Baptism (With Special Consideration of Infant Baptism)
Kevin Twit 12/94
I. Preliminary Thoughts
A. There are two presuppositions, deeply ingrained in our modern culture, that make it particularly difficult to consider the biblical view of baptism. As with any theological question, we do not consider the evidence in a neutral… Read more