Posted in Faith, tagged John Piper, Lust, Sin on 7 May 2007 | 1 Comment »
I just saw this great transcript from John Piper: A N T H E M - Strategies for Fighting Lust.
Here it is …
I have in mind men and women. For men it’s obvious. The need for warfare against the bombardment of visual temptation to fixate on sexual images is urgent. For women it is less [...]
Posted in Faith, tagged Accountability, John Wesley, Sin on 3 March 2007 | No Comments »
These are the questions that you would be asked if you were in one of John Wesley’s Band groups:
What known sins have you committed since our last meeting?
What temptations have you met with?
How were you delivered?
What have you thought, said, or done, of which you doubt whether it be sin or not?
Have you nothing you [...]
Posted in Culture, Faith, tagged Anonymouse, Confession, PostSecret, Secrets, Sin on 2 March 2007 | 1 Comment »
PostSecret is is a very humbling website.
Every week they publish a collection of postcards that have been posted in from a readers each confessing a secret.
Here’s what the site says,
You are invited to anonymously contribute your secrets to PostSecret.
Each secret can be a regret, hope, funny experience, unseen kindness, fantasy, belief, fear, betrayal, erotic desire, [...]
Posted in Faith, tagged John Wesley, Sin, Susanna Wesley on 28 February 2007 | 1 Comment »
I came across this quote from a letter from Susanna Wesley to John Wesley about sin.
She said,
“Take this rule: whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off your relish of spiritual things; in short, whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your [...]
Posted in Faith, tagged Accountability, Sin on 27 February 2007 | No Comments »
I made these notes for a bring-and-share seminar on sin at college - various question sets for mutual accountability groups. I especially like Dave Stroud’s one question (gets to the point?!) and the last question onCJ Mahaney’s list.
CJ Mahaney – Sovereign Grace Church
1. Have you spent adequate time this week in practicing spiritual disciplines?
2. Is [...]
Posted in Faith, tagged Atonement, Christus Victor, Moral Influence, Penal Substitution, Salvation, Sin, Star Wars, Super Heroes, The Matrix on 17 February 2007 | 3 Comments »
In a post a few days ago I summorised 3 historic atonement views from Christus Victor by Gustaf Aulén.
One thought was that each of the atonement views can be represented by a a super-hero. Here they are:
Moral Influence - Spider Man
In the film Spider Man, Peter Parker acquires special powers as result of a radioactive [...]
Posted in Faith, tagged Atonement, Christus Victor, Gustaf Aulén, Salvation, Sin on 16 February 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been reading Christus Victor by Gustaf Aulén which deals with the subject of sin atonement from an historic perspective.
Below are some notes I made on the book.
Introduction
In 1930 Dr. Gustalf Aulén delivered a series of lectures entitled “Die drei Haupttypen des Christlichen versohnungsgedankens” (Three Main Types of the Idea of Atonement) setting out a [...]
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