Monthly Archives: December 2009

Chandler on the heart of Christian obedience

Matt Chandler, Sermon: “Sabbath” sermon, November 22, 2009… four days before Thanksgiving when he collapsed at home with a seizure that ultimately lead to the discovery of advanced brain cancer: “[Non-believers] think that we obey the moral laws that we … Continue reading

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Keller & Temple: Your religion is what you do with your solitude

Tim Keller, Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. Sermon: Discipline of Desire Pt. 2 (mins. 17:35 to 20:01)… There’s a quote by [Archbishop William Temple] that I’ve used for years. I remember in one of my earliest Gospel sermons … Continue reading

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Keller: A sense of God’s absence is a sense of God’s presence

Tim Keller, expositing the opening words of Psalm 63:1 (emphasis mine): The Bible never says that finding God is the result of seeking for Him. The Bible always says that seeking God is the result of having found Him. You … Continue reading

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Risk-Taking God vs. The True Risk of Open Theism

“To abandon belief in the omnipotence of God may ‘solve’ the problem of evil, but the cost is enormous: the resulting God is incapable of helping us. He may be able to give us quite a bit of sympathy, and … Continue reading

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