Posts from "June 2015"
Transgender Hysteria
Jun 08, 2015
by
Keith McWhorter
filed in Culture War
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Thanks to Bruce Jenner's recent public "transformation," it seems transgenderism is front and center in American pop-culture. A missionary friend of mine who works primarily in New England sent me a picture this week of a transgender bathroom sign in Boston. He called it "a sign of the times."
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A Hunger for God: Fasting and Prayer
Jun 06, 2015
by
David Blair
filed in Books Worth Reading
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fasting, prayer
In preparation for a fast I read an excellent book about desiring God through fasting and prayer that I want to commend to you. In A Hunger for God by John Piper he helps us think deeply about why we fast. His main point is that the kind of fast that God wants from us is one where we hunger for God more than food, thirst for God more than water, and desire God more than anything else. We fast because we have an appetite for God. We say with our fast: "O God, I want you." Below are a couple of my favorite quotes.
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Marriage Matters
Jun 02, 2015
by
David Blair
filed in Books Worth Reading
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How does God use our marriages to change us? To grow us in holiness? To reveal our sins and shortcomings and encourage us to look only to Christ for satisfaction? How can we gain clearer vision, that we might see God at work in our marriages and come to embrace the everyday grace of the gospel? How can my marriage be rescued from its primary nemesis - my own selfishness?
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