Driscoll and Breshears give us a solid biblical treatment of issues facing many today. In terms of content, I find little to complain about. The introduction to penal substitution is brilliant. Nevertheless, the idea of reading letters meant to confront someone else’s stuggles with sin and/or dispair does seem a little wierd, even if the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Holiness’
20 Feb
Adam & Eve or Adam & Steve?
Here’s a quote from an interesting article from my friend Hugh Bourne’s blog by Xander Coomber on a recent debate organised by the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM).
…after the debate I chatted to Clive [Gardner] about celibacy outside of marriage or a civil partnership. His response was to say that he would not confront [...]
10 Feb
The battle with sin
In his book Battling Unbelief John Piper gives some great insight into the fight against sin:
Battling unbelief is another way of saying “living by faith in future grace”. The unbelief is the failure to trust the promises of God that sustain our radical obedience to the future…
Battling unbelief and fighting for faith in future grace means that [...]
12 Dec
Iron Sharpens Iron
Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another (Proverbs 27:17)
This last term I have seen this truth worked out first hand. What a blessing it has been to live with 5 other godly men with the same priorities. I never cease to be amazed that while we have such different opinions on many things, when it [...]
