Propoundance
type: channel
language: en-us
date: 2006-12-13T15:23:02-05:00
generator agent: http://www.movabletype.org/
items: Applying the Book of Exodus
items: Radical Generosity
items: Gospel Reconciliation
items: False Delusion
items: We Are Warned
items: On Fairy Stories - Tolkien
items: Know What It Is To Be Free
items: The Divine Truth is Mysterious
items: Prayer of Blessing
items: Did you awake this morning with work on your mind or wonder?
items: Stealing God's Glory
items: What is the Gospel?
items: Only Grace
items: A Plot
items: Work Ethic

Applying the Book of Exodus
type: item
description: Pete Enns in his Introduction to his Exodus commentary writes: The book of Exodus is not waiting there for us to bring it into our world. Rather, it is standing there defining what our world should look like and then...
subject: Citation
creator: Prop
date: 2006-12-13T15:23:02-05:00

Radical Generosity
type: item
description: "You will always give effortlessly to that which is your salvation, to those things that give your life meaning. If Jesus is the One who saved you, your money flows out easily into His work, His people, His causes. If,...
subject: Citation
creator: Prop
date: 2006-12-11T14:40:08-05:00

Gospel Reconciliation
type: item
description: "We must always remember that: The Gospel is not admired in Scripture primarily because of the social transformation it effects, but because it reconciles men and women to a holy God. Its purpose is not that we might feel fulfilled,...
subject: Citation
creator: Prop
date: 2006-10-18T15:56:57-05:00

False Delusion
type: item
description: "...as regenerated men who are making some progress in spiritual growth, it is sinfully natural to falsely suppose we are rising above our condition - a delusion which testifies to our very depravity" (Disciplines of a Godly Man, pp. 87-88)....
subject: Citation
creator: Prop
date: 2006-07-10T11:12:01-05:00

We Are Warned
type: item
description: We are warned of our duty, our danger, and our remedy. Our Duty: Love God with all of your heart, soul, mind, and spirit. Our Danger: Due to our sin, we can not accomplish our Duty. Our Remedy: We can...
subject: Propound
creator: Prop
date: 2006-05-30T16:21:18-05:00

On Fairy Stories - Tolkien
type: item
description: Some Excerpts from J.R.R. Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stores The 'consolation' of fairy-tales has another aspect than the imaginative satisfaction of ancient desires. Far more important is the Consolation of the Happy Ending. Almost I would venture to assert that...
subject: Citation
creator: Prop
date: 2006-05-20T12:13:53-05:00

Know What It Is To Be Free
type: item
description: Christ and the law cannot rule over us together: in every endeavour to fulfil the law as believers, we are taken captive by sin. (Rom. 7:5,23) The Christian must know that he is entirely free from the law, [free] from...
subject: Citation
creator: Prop
date: 2006-05-15T13:59:18-05:00

The Divine Truth is Mysterious
type: item
description: Observ. 8. That divine truth is mysterious; 'According to the revelation of the mystery, Christ manifested in the flesh.' The whole scheme of godliness is a mystery. No man or angel could imagine how two natures so distant as the...
subject: Propound
creator: Prop
date: 2006-05-12T13:16:15-05:00

Prayer of Blessing
type: item
description: We thank the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, Who has given us a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of our hearts enlightened, that we may know...
subject: Prayer
creator: Prop
date: 2006-05-08T14:17:48-05:00

Did you awake this morning with work on your mind or wonder?
type: item
description: "There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us." For that reason, "there can be no danger in thoroughly dealing [with ourselves]. It is better to go bruised to heaven than sound to hell." So, he went on to...
subject: Propound
creator: Prop
date: 2006-05-04T08:36:30-05:00

Stealing God's Glory
type: item
description: "The most insignificant sin that has ever been committed would ruin the entire cosmos, for it would mar the perfection that God created to reflect His glory. We steal God’s glory by every sin. We do not grasp the weight...
subject: Citation
creator: Prop
date: 2006-05-01T16:06:38-05:00

What is the Gospel?
type: item
description: But the Gospel is neither accounts of our personal experiences nor commands that we are to obey. The Gospel is the Good News of what Christ did for his people 2,000 years ago. It is not about the new birth,...
subject: Propound
creator: Prop
date: 2006-04-17T12:51:52-05:00

Only Grace
type: item
description: There is no guilt here There is no shame No pointing fingers There is no blame What happened yesterday has disappeared The dirt has washed away And now it's clear There's only grace There's only love There's only mercy and...
subject: Grand Declaration
creator: Prop
date: 2006-03-28T12:50:42-05:00

A Plot
type: item
description: "So one elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot." ~GK Chesterton...
subject: Citation
creator: Prop
date: 2006-03-27T14:39:54-05:00

Work Ethic
type: item
description: "A day you show up for work is a bad day for Satan." ~Dever speaking of work ethic....
subject: Citation
creator: Prop
date: 2006-03-23T15:54:33-05:00