His glory...our joy

new member for sealed

2008-12-29T10:08:00.002-05:00

HT: Challies

Good Stuff

2008-03-08T14:00:00.003-05:00

So I know this has nothing to do with anything really other than it's freakin hilarious.

God wants me rich

2008-01-24T22:30:00.001-05:00

I'm going to order copies of this cd for all of you so I can receive double blessings!

mike huckabee

2008-01-21T17:27:00.000-05:00

here's a small excerpt from one of bill bright's transferable concept books. mike huckabee is one of the readers for the audio books. this is 1.5 minutes of his testimony. thought everyone might benefit from it.

huckabee testimony

-joe

Heretic Hunter

2007-12-10T21:11:00.001-05:00

It starts off kind of slow but gets pretty funny towards the end.

Way of the Master Radio

2007-12-05T20:51:00.000-05:00

This guy bashes Bell, Mclaren and the Emergent Church while playing games like short sarcasm, long sarcasm and breaking down a Nooma video. If Joe had a radio show, it would sound a lot like this.
http://podcast.wayofthemasterradio.com/audio/podcasts/1107/WOTMR-11-27-07-Hour1.mp3

good one

2007-11-30T17:19:00.000-05:00

try to ignore the obvious anti-christian undertones and the vulgar language...cause man...this is one hilarious article.
the 9 most bada** bible verses

-joe

conviction level: high

2007-11-10T11:24:00.000-05:00

hey guys. I just listened and read a transcript of Driscoll's latest sermon on humility. My heart broke with conviction. May we all begin to seek more humility.

-joe

(HT:Josh Harris)

baptists

2007-10-30T18:48:00.001-04:00

what do you think of this video. i tend to agree with Driscoll. in fact, when I was asked by a Missouri Synod Lutheran couple who are now attending my church and are thinking of becoming members "what makes baptists different?"...the only thing I talked to them regarding distinctions was baptism.

-joe

get on the bandwagon

2007-10-26T17:33:00.000-04:00

the Together for the Gospel conference will jump up $50 in just a few days. Go register. It's gonna be sweet.
I'm in..which means Russ has to go so that I have someone to share a bed with. And if Russ is in, then Sathish is going. And if Sathish is going and Russ is going and I'm going, then Matt is going. (Sorry nate, we'll send you the notes...)

www.t4g.org

-joe

New GROWTH Model

2007-10-26T13:22:00.001-04:00

At the end of the "Knowing God Personally" booklet, there's an acronym for deepening your walk. It's called the GROWTH model. Now it's not that it's bad, it's just that late one night last week a better one was conceived. I present to all who dare come to this blog what Campus Crusade for Christ should use as their new GROWTH model at the end of the KGP.

G - Go read your Bible
R - Read your Bible
O - Open your Bible and read it
W - When you read your Bible you will grow closer to God
T - The Bible: read it!
H - Help others read the Bible.

These 6 easy steps are guaranteed to bring one closer to the majestic Lord our God and conform us to the image of Christ (that is if God permits - Hebrews 6:1-3).

Just Love People

2007-10-25T23:47:00.000-04:00

So we've all heard the old saying, "Preach the Gospel, use words when necessary." Well I found the perfect way to do that. It hits at heart behind that quote and I think is the best way to just love people without any sort of agenda. Check it out.

Wordless Gospel

new piper book on sale

2007-10-17T16:57:00.000-04:00

hey guys. abraham posted that piper's new book response to n.t. wright is on sale for $5
yeah. too bad i pre-ordered on amazon already.
here's the post

-joe

driscoll...

2007-10-03T16:26:00.001-04:00

oh man. This guy is nuts...

-joe

new books

2007-10-01T12:20:00.000-04:00

i got calvin's 'institutes of the christian religion' today
mm...1200 pages of calvin to read. you guys can borrow it after i memorize it

-joe

pagitt

2007-09-26T13:54:00.000-04:00

here's a very telling blog about Doug Pagitt and the emerging movement. take a gander at it.

2007-09-26T02:16:00.000-04:00

http://www.sebts.edu/Convergent/GeneralInfo/

Mark Driscoll at the convergent conference on Brian Mclaren, Rob Bell, etc... gotta take a listen...

A True Church

2007-09-24T09:25:00.001-04:00

So I found this church's website and apparently I'm not actually a Christian. And neither are you. Sorry guys.

http://www.atruechurch.info/home.html

tracts

2007-09-23T21:39:00.000-04:00

does this look familiar to anyone?
http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Articles/ByDate/1995/1546_Quest_for_Joy/

Looks like Matt and I were pretty close to Piper himself in explaining the Gospel message.

Matt, do you still have our version of the laws? I can't find a copy anywhere.

-joe

Calvinist Metal

2007-09-21T19:28:00.000-04:00

There's this Christian metal band, Disciple, that I've thought was pretty sweet for a while, but for some reason I never noticed how Calvinist they are until today. I was driving around listening to them and they have this song, After the World, which is a bit more chill than the others. The chorus pretty much made my day because of how Calvinist it is.

I'm the one that you've been looking for
I'm the one that you've been waiting for
I've had my eyes on you ever since you were born
I will love you after the rain falls down
I will love you after the sun goes out
I'll have my eyes on you after the world is no more

So that's proof that even metal bands can be reformed.

Chronicles of Narnia Summarized

2007-09-21T03:07:00.000-04:00

A few years ago I stumbled upon a website called rinkworks.com. It's pretty much just a humor site that's good for wasting time. They have a feature called Book-A-Minute which allows you to completely understand the entire plot of famous books in less than a minute. This is especially useful for me since I have the attention span of the average gold fish. Anyways, I recently discovered the Chronicles of Narnia have been ultra-condensed for your reading pleasure. I thought I'd share the goodness with you fellow Narnia fans. All the books are in alphabetical order by author so just scroll down until you find it.

All of Narnia in One Minute

-Russ

sound familiar?

2007-09-18T16:22:00.000-04:00

so, i was reading on the worship matters blog today and stumbled upon this little diddy
"Here’s our most recent e-mail exchange.

Mark (in the e-mail with the 9th song): Another song for your consideration.

Bo Lotinsky (who works with me): STOP!! You’re depressing Bob and I have to cope with the results.

Bob: I’m going off to a hole somewhere. Mark, are you still a pastor?

Mark: Yeah, but I’ve been so effective, that all our folks are now completely sanctified. Got nothin’ else to do but watch TV and play guitar.

I thank God for Mark Altrogge, Sovereign Grace’s song writing machine. Now I just need to figure out where to put all those songs."

sounds much like the crap that we say at the end of a long night. oh, how funny...and woefully arrogant we are to say things like that, all the while knowing that we are petty wretches saved for His glory.

-joe

government

2007-09-17T14:09:00.000-04:00

yo dudes...lets talk about view on government. why, you might ask, do i bring this up?
last night at youth i was asked whether or not to support war. big question. i answered it by telling them both common christian views, one of pacifism and one of allowing war and fighting for your country. i support the pro-war model. i told them that.
second...this morning as i was reading through 1 samuel 10:27 i couldn't help but think that this is the same thing.
there were some men when saul was anointed that thought he was bogus, so they refused to bring him gifts. the despised him. and they are called worthless.
is this the same as accusing our President of being an idiot? afterall, God is the one who places men in authority over the antions and brings about war in the first place. so, the reason they are worthless for despising Saul is probably because they refuse to acknowledge that God is sovereign over the creation of government. is that how we should read it? they are referenced ( i think) again in 11:12-13. the people want to kill them, but Samuel says that they shouldn't.

-joe

council

2007-09-17T12:28:00.000-04:00

the council for biblical manhood and womanhood relaunched their outdated site here

-joe

dooby dooby do

2007-09-15T23:11:00.000-04:00

am i wrong to think that this is funny?

-joe