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The role of grace in ministry

darryl — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:47:32 +0000

Another quote from Speaking the truth in Love by David Powlison: The place of grace? Biblical counseling is the ministry of God’s grace to individuals, just as biblical preaching is the ministry of God’s grace to crowds. Grace is the …

On people who do not listen to wise counsel

darryl — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:52:44 +0000

David Powlison on one of two types of people we counsel: They are fundamentally closed to what the true God is all about. Perhaps they view God as “the errand boy to satisfy [their] wandering desires” as Bob Dylan sang. …

C. S. Lewis Wrap Up

darryl — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:47:45 +0000

Over the last couple of months, I’ve read seven C. S. Lewis books and posted extracts or posts about them here. So I thought I’d write an index of those posts for quick reference. From Surprised by Joy: C. S. …

Eschatology in the Last Battle

darryl — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:32:27 +0000

The Last Battle is the last book in the Chronicles of Naria and tells of the end of Narnia and the afterlife of Narnians. Some have said that it tells us something about the Eschatology of C.S. Lewis. With this …

Apps I love – Alfred

darryl — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:18:15 +0000

One of the nice things about the Mac is the nature of the software market around it. There are a lot of small developers doing some great products. I know there are lots of small development shops on Windows too, …

The dictatorship of pride

darryl — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:15:27 +0000

From the Business of Heaven: It is a terrible thing that the worst of all the vices can smuggle itself into the very centre of our religious life. But you can see why. The other, and less bad, vices come …

God and Evil

darryl — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:32:50 +0000

Jay Adams on reconciling God and evil. Simply this: God controls all things, even the existence and activity of evil. We must remove the word “allows” when speaking of God and evil. He doesn’t merely allow evil to occur. If …

Memorization – a Mother’s methods

darryl — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:43:04 +0000

How did Cherie, a busy mother memorize 32 chapters of the Bible? Is it possible for you to memorize scripture? Read through the methods Cherie used and see for yourself. It is possible. Don’t start with the goal of memorizing …

Memorization – a Mother’s story

darryl — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:40:15 +0000

After my post about memorizing scripture in January, I received an email from a busy wife and mother named Cherie who told me she had been memorizing scripture and had now memorized 32 chapters in total, and was on her …

Lewis on the role of husbands

darryl — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:48:30 +0000

Referring to Ephesians 5:25-33, Lewis observes the following: The husband is the head of the wife just in so far as he is to her what Christ is to the Church. He is to love her as Christ loved the …