Monthly Archive: September 2009

Sep
30

God’s Will: Two Aspects

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Have you ever wondered why God wants all men to be saved, and yet not all are?  Or why God’s will is that you abstain from sin, and yet we continue to sin?  Or why we pray for God’s will to be done, and it oftentimes seems that it isn’t?  Without wanting to try and …

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Sep
28

Pilgrim’s Podcast #16: Richard Glover, Christ on Campus, Church in the Graveyard and Inspiring Stories from Cambodia!

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Well, after a short hiatus of being snowed in by doctrine essays (I think I might even split the essay up into a few short blog spots – God, risk and middle knowledge being the topic), we’re back on the bandwagon for the Pilgrim’s Podcast! (and there’s plenty of interesting interviews coming up!) This podcast …

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Sep
11

MC Jin: From Battle Rapper to Christian Rapper

This is cool.  Flippin’ awesome actually.  I love hearing of people – doesn’t matter who – coming to Christ! This guy, MC Jin, is an american emcee (read: hiphop-rapper) who rose up quickly a few years ago as a battle rapper.  Since then, he’s been signed, released an album and recorded tracks with Kanye and …

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Sep
07

Pilgrim’s Podcast #15: Dr. Ashley Null, Humility, Don’t Re-Invent a Broken Wheel, and Learning from our Elders

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Well folks, this is the second installment of Steve and my fantastic interview with Dr. Ashley Null.  If you haven’t listened to the first part yet, then DO IT.  You know you want to. In this interview we have the privilege of hearing Ashley’s wisdom on Christian humility.  What was an excellent section though, was …

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Sep
07

Carl Trueman on the Young, Restless and Reformed Movement

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This is an excellent article.  Well balanced and very thoughtful… (a breath of fresh air rather than simply caricaturing individuals!)  Here’s a great paragraph: “Finally, I worry that a movement built on megachurches, megaconferences, and megaleaders, does the church a disservice in one very important way that is often missed amid all the pizzazz and …

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Sep
05

Self-Knowledge, Godliness and Ministry

Mark Baddeley has posted up a great article on the Sola Panel about how our own Self-Knowledge can aid us in the Christian life (particularly here, ministry).  Go and check it out – the next installments look promising too! Also, he’s posted up some more extended thoughts on his blog here.  Interestingly I think is …

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Sep
04

Paul Helm @Moore and @PTC

Just a quick heads up for anyone who’s keen to come along: The Prebyterian Theological College is hosting an Open Lecture by Paul Helm on the 15th September. Moore Theological College is hosting a Calvin500 Conference on the 16th-17th September. Paul Helm is Professor in History and Philosophy at Kings College, University of London, and …

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Sep
04

90′s Flowchart

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Greek Exam in a few hours.  Thought I’d find the time to post this up.  Love it!

Sep
03

The Common Room: Andrew Cameron on the Trials of Theology

Michael Jensen and David Hohne interview Andrew Cameron (Ethics @MTC) about his work: The Trials of Theology Here!

Sep
01

13th Edinburgh Dogmatics Conference

Mark Thompson has just posted up a bunch of short summaries of the papers given at the Edinburgh Dogmatics Conference.  Very interesting bunch of speakers: Henri Blocher, Mike Horton, Bruce McCormack, John Franke and Mark Thompson himself.  Here’s s little snippet from Mark’s summary of his paper: “Perhaps the most controversial part of my paper …

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