What Should We Be Doing?

Recently, a friend of mine introduced me to a new blog. Dane Ortland's Strawberry Rhubarb Theology. I feel like I'm going back to the brownie pan every time I visit his blog. Do you know what I mean? Here's a "piece of the brownie" for you to sample. I bet you'll be back for more!


From Dane Ortlund:


"I don't want to be obnoxious about this (and if this is old hat to you thanks for your patience--though if it feels old hat, that itself is probably indicative of your need for the very truth I'm mentioning here), but I'm going to keep mentioning things that are currently helping me, and right now I'm working through this question of the intersection of the startling freeness of the gospel and Christian holiness.

How would you fill in the blank? "It ought to be the primary goal of every Christian to ________________."

Pursue personal holiness? Lead others to Christ? Serve others in love? Cultivate the spiritual disciplines?

Here's Luther's answer: "It ought to be the primary goal of every Christian to put aside confidence in works and grow stronger in the belief that we are saved by faith alone" (The Freedom of a Christian [trans. M. Tranvik; Fortress 2008], 55). The primary goal of every Christian."

Strawberry-Rhubarb Theology: How Do We Make the Huge Decisions in Life?

This guy writes great stuff! Come on. Trust God and take a leap!
Strawberry-Rhubarb Theology: How Do We Make the Huge Decisions in Life?: "With Calvinism and courage. Calvinism says: The God presented to me in the Bible is so massive, so much more life-encompassing than the pun..."

Amazing Grace by 2-year Old

Is it any wonder that the Lord welcomes the little children?

J.I. Packer’s 11th Birthday: The Tale of the Bicycle and the Typewriter

Not What We Want But What We Need

J.I. Packer’s 11th Birthday: The Tale of the Bicycle and the Typewriter

Poor in Spirit

I found this treasure this morning.

"In conversation, the disciple who is truly poor in spirit always leaves the other person feeling, My life has been enriched by talking with you. This is neither false modesty nor phony humility. His or her life has been enriched and graced. He is not all exhaust and no intake. . . . He listens well because he knows he has so much to learn from others. The poor in spirit . . . get along well with sinners. "
--Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel (Multnomah 2005), 81

Comfort one another

Comfort one another

Driscoll, Chan, and Harris “Chop It Up”; or, Why I Participate in The Gospel Coalition

This is a conversation between Mark Driscoll, Francis Chan and Josh Harris. Very good stuff. Check it out.

Driscoll, Chan, and Harris “Chop It Up”; or, Why I Participate in The Gospel Coalition