tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782104989514566763Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:59:23 +0000gracegospelTim Kellerabortiongospel eyesEPCEvery Story Whispers His NamehermeneuticsJesushomosexualityBible readingChrist CovenantScotty SmithmarriageprayerGospel CoalitionevangelismBiblemissionalwomen's issuesworshipBonhoefferIslamcrossdivorceforgivenessparentingpoliticssame-sex marriageAbrahamBarak ObamaBernard NathansonChap ClarkDietrich BonhoefferElyse FitzpatrickFredericksburgGeneral AssemblyHope EPCInterVarsity Christian FellowshipIsaiahJared WilsonMartin Luther KingRichard LovelaceRoman Catholic ChurchThe Gospel AppThomas Vander Woudechurch plantcohabitationdoctrineegalitarianismexternally focusedguiltmissionsActsAl GoreAmosAndrew MurrayBetty FriedanBob FuBoys AdriftBrennan ManningCharles ColsonChic-Fil-AChinaChristianChristian Aid MissionChristianityChristmasChristopher HitchensD.A. CarsonDallas and the SpitfireDan AllenderDanielDead Sea ScrollsDeclaration of IndependenceDeep ChurchDispensationalismDown syndromDown's SyndromeDr Leonard SaxDuggarsEasterEldersEvangelical Presbyterian ChurchFrancisFrederica Mathewes-GreenFreedom of ReligionGlenn BeckGodGood FridayGosnellGospel ProjectGrace Community ChurchGreat CommissionHobby LobbyHuffington PostHurtHurt 2.0HutareeISISIraqJapanJerry BridgesJerry Falwell JrJim BelcherJim CarrJohn CalvinJohns Hopkins MedicalKainosKathy KellerKisses For KatieLGBTLaura SteppLeft BehindLeonard SaxLiberty UniversityLord's SupperMarkMark DriscollMark RegnerusMars HillMeaning of MarriageMetaxasMichael McManusMorning JoeMosesNOLANPRNY TimesNew AtheistsNew WineskinsNew York CityNew York TimesObamaCareOsama bin LadenPC(USA)PCAPalm SundayPassoverPhilippiansPilgrimsPlymouthPopePrayerMatePresbyterian Church (USA)Presbytery of the Mid-AtlanticPsalm 103QuamranRagamuffin GospelRaptureReformedRegnerusResolving EveryDay ConflictRevivalRob BellRoe v. WadeSOAPSally Lloyd-JonesSame Kind of Different As MeSan BernardinoScriptureSecond ComingSelmaSeneca FallsSolzhenitsynSouthern BaptistSpiritStonewallThanksgivingThe Grace CardThomas JeffersonTime KellerTodd AkinTransforming Power of the GospelTrevin WaxTrinityTrinity Christian CommunityTullian TchivdjianTyndale Publishing HouseUnhookedWall Street JournalWar RoomWendy DavisWestminster Confession of FaithWillow CreekYoung Lifeabuseaddictionadolescenceanxietyarchaeologyartatheismauthority of Scriptureblessingsbrainchildrenchurchchurch and state issueschurch conflictcommentariescommon goodcommunicationcommunismcomplementarianismconfessioncongregationcontraceptioncreativityda Vincideathdishonestydomestic violenceeconomyevilfaithfamilyfatherhoodfeminismhealth insurancehearthomosexual ordinationidentityidolatryinaugurationjudgmentlesbianlocationmandateministrymoralistic therapeutic deismmovie theaternamenoordinationpartisanpornographypromisesracismrapereconciliationrelationshipsrepentanceresurrectionsabbathsanctificationschoolsself-righteousnessseparationsexual abuseshamesinsingingspiritual formationstudentssufferingteensterrorismtheologytimetransgenderunconditional loveunityvisionwelcomewifeworkyouthGrace in FXBGRandom thoughts and reflections with Bill Lindner - EPC church planter in Fredericksburg, VAnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Lindner)Blogger166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782104989514566763.post-7161125436318298657Thu, 18 Feb 2016 17:17:00 +00002016-02-18T16:26:38.341-05:00gospelgraceshameThe Gospel AppNavigating Pathways of the Heart: Shame<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This past Sunday, in our second installment of the "Four Dark Riders of the Heart" series, we looked at how the Gospel of God's Grace deals with our shame. Like the previous week, I referred to material from The Gospel App by Bill Senyard that I am happy to pass along as a resource. <a href="; target="_blank">Click Here</a> for a link to the book.</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What Is Shame?</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Shame is a powerful negative self-assessment that something is innately wrong with you. You are broken, a loser, a failure, dirty, unloveable, a joke and intrinsically not-right. The core fear of a shamed Christian is that no matter what you do, you will never ever be worthy of God’s love and favor again. <br>The Gospel App – p. 39</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Because you feel “wrong” you may . . . .</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In response to the requests after Sunday’s sermon on The Gospel Deals With Guilt, I am happy to post a section that I referenced from Bill Senyard’s workbook <i>The Gospel App</i>. <a href="; target="_blank">Click Here</a> for an Amazon link to that book.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Guilt is what you normally feel when you do something wrong. You did not do right and so feel guilt. Guilt is a power that ignites largely unconscious reactions to fix it.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To feel right again you might . . . .</span><br>
</blockquote><a href="2016/02/navigating-pathways-of-heart-guilt.html#more">Read more »</a>2016/02/navigating-pathways-of-heart-guilt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Lindner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782104989514566763.post-4232183422565651867Thu, 10 Dec 2015 20:47:00 +00002015-12-10T15:47:56.036-05:00graceGreat CommissionIslamJerry Falwell JrLiberty UniversitymissionsSan BernardinoMarching Orders From Jesus For The War With Islamic Terrorism<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are a number of things to like about Liberty University (<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Go to the end of this post</span> for specifics.) but <i><b>I <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">HAVE <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">BEEN MORTIFIED</span></span></b></i> to follow the statements and follow up by their President Jerry Falwell, Jr recently<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">:</span> “If more good people had concealed-carry permits, then we could end those Muslims before they walked in.”<br><br>I’m glad that he has clarified that by “those Muslims” he was referring to the two killers in the San Bernardino tragedy. Sort of.<br><br>But he went on to say: “I just wanted to take this opportunity to encourage all of you to get your permit. We offer a free course. Let’s teach them a lesson if they ever show up here.”<br><br>Encouragement and a free course to fill a dormitory of 19 year old males with concealed weapons? I can’t picture the Marine Corps doing that, even with all their weapons training! But I digress.</span><br>
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<a href="2015/12/marching-orders-from-jesus-for-war-with.html#more">Read more »</a>2015/12/marching-orders-from-jesus-for-war-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Lindner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782104989514566763.post-2467379943683610709Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:35:00 +00002015-09-10T11:35:37.649-04:00gospelgraceWar RoomWar Room: A Movie Worth Seeing<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Full Disclosure: I am generally not favorably inclined to “Christian” movies like War Room for a number of reasons. (Scroll down to the end of this blog if you want to know why.) That said, I came away from this movie encouraged and impressed by three specific things:</span><br>
<a href="2015/09/war-room-movie-worth-seeing.html#more">Read more »</a>2015/09/war-room-movie-worth-seeing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Lindner)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782104989514566763.post-8961622311128236930Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:11:00 +00002015-08-19T13:11:30.979-04:00gracemarriageRichard LovelacesanctificationMarriage: A Contract To Aid In One Another’s Sanctification<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This past Sunday I quoted Dr Richard Lovelace regarding the idea that for Christ-followers, marriage served as an important "school for sanctification." Here is the longer quotation from his book, Renewal as a Way of Life</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Growth in sanctification should be a lifelong series of alterations in our lives through such crises of conviction. One of the functions of God’s law (biblical moral principles which declare God’s will for our behavior) is to measure our lives and locate places where they need changing. “The Law” come to us again and again, not only in the pages of Scripture, but also in the warnings or protests of people close to us who can see our failing, however much they may be in the dark about their own. Parents, teachers, the police and other authorities are all personalized forms of the law.<br><br>A husband or wife also functions in this same way, serving God as an agent of our sanctification. He or she can see the patterns of sin which are hidden from our own vision by spiritual darkness, and from the world because it sees only the surface of our lives. Most divorces among Christians probably occur because the parties have not realized that marriage is a contract to aid in one another’s sanctification. Without this realization, we become experts at what is wrong with one another, without recognizing that the information our spouse is giving us about ourselves is an essential aid to our spiritual growth.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Like the voice of
one crying in the wilderness, I would like to share some information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I realize it is dangerous to step in front of
a freight train and shout “Slow down!!” and that is what this feel like, but
here goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With cover stories on Vanity
Fair and the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star on transgender people, I want to say
that there is more to the story that needs to be considered as well.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">First of all, what
a challenging situation to love and care for someone struggling with what is
commonly called “gender identity issues,” especially when the person with the struggle
is our child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I certainly would not want
to “pile on” any parents struggling with that, but especially for anyone in
that situation right now, I want to offer some information for consideration
that is getting lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know I would
want to know it if I were a parent in this situation.</span></span></div>
<a href="2015/06/putting-on-brakes-why-johns-hopkins.html#more">Read more »</a>2015/06/putting-on-brakes-why-johns-hopkins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Lindner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782104989514566763.post-2483690002929194822Tue, 02 Jun 2015 13:53:00 +00002015-06-02T09:53:55.068-04:00abuseDan AllenderDuggarsElyse Fitzpatrickgospelgracesexual abuseSorting Through the Duggar Rubble<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The sexual abuse of children is a topic that most would prefer to not talk about, but one that we must be prepared to face. There are victims among us, and we want to care for them in appropriate and helpful ways. Avoidance cripples our ability to do that.<br><br>The recent revelation of the sexual abuse perpetrated years ago by Josh Duggar – part of the reality TV family at the center of “19 Kids and Counting – puts the issue in our faces, so let me suggest some things to consider, as well as references that I found helpful for digging deeper.</span><br>
<a href="2015/06/sorting-through-duggar-rubble.html#more">Read more »</a>2015/06/sorting-through-duggar-rubble.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Lindner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782104989514566763.post-6625527328008514361Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:04:00 +00002015-03-25T11:04:08.399-04:00graceprayerPrayerMateScotty SmithPray Each Day With Scotty Smith Using Your Smart Phone<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I’ve made it no secret that my own prayer life has been enriched by including the daily prayers of Scotty Smith. First in his book <a href=" Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith</a> and now with his daily “prayer blog” <a href="; on <a href="; blog list, I join him in prayer daily.<br><br>Things have gotten better – or at least easier – to do that.<br><br>If you have a smart phone search your app store – available free on both Apple and Android – for the PrayerMate app developed by Andy Geers. <a href=" Here</a> to learn more about PrayerMate from Andy himself.</span><br>
<a href="2015/03/pray-each-day-with-scotty-smith-using.html#more">Read more »</a>2015/03/pray-each-day-with-scotty-smith-using.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Lindner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782104989514566763.post-1819898830490216552Fri, 20 Mar 2015 00:41:00 +00002015-03-19T20:41:23.854-04:00graceidentityLGBTmarriageThe Gospel, Identity and Questions of Sexuality<br>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With regard to sexuality and marriage questions, the “message” for my LGBT friends and neighbors is identical to the “message” I have for everyone, including myself. Whether straight or gay, married or single, old or young, the Gospel sets you free from seeking your core identity in your sexual preferences or performance. That message impacts different people in different ways, but it means that Jesus offers all of us a new identity – the identity of “in Christ.” This identity then becomes the life-giving source to all other aspects of my life. “I am not my own, but belong – body and soul, in life and in death – to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.” Those opening words to the Heidelberg Catechism state it well.</span><br>
<a href="2015/03/the-gospel-identity-and-questions-of.html#more">Read more »</a>2015/03/the-gospel-identity-and-questions-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Lindner)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782104989514566763.post-3057967694861031316Fri, 06 Mar 2015 11:38:00 +00002015-09-03T18:06:36.161-04:00Dr Leonard SaxElyse FitzpatrickgospelgraceparentingEncouragement For Parents - And The Rest of Us As Well!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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