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puritanfire: May 2009

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Theological, Cultural and Pastoral Insights from a Neo-Puritan Perspective. Friday, May 15, 2009. Apostasy from the Wedding Feast. J C Ryle drew back on the imagery of the chant of Hebrew women when they were celebrating David's military exploits: "Saul has killed his thousands, but David his tens of thousands." Ryle was looking through the lens of the biblical doctrine of apostasy. He was looking at the "Christian" culture of his own day in Britain, and said:. And how can one reasonably conclude what th...

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puritanfire: October 2007

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Theological, Cultural and Pastoral Insights from a Neo-Puritan Perspective. Monday, October 1, 2007. What on Earth Are We Here For? That question is not so unfamiliar. If I remember correctly, Rick Warren even opened off his commercially successful book with that very good question. Is there a Christian in this suburban wasteland called American Evangelicalism who has actually followed through on the real answer? Our dried voices, when. Are quiet and meaningless. Are we afraid of failure? Let’s say...

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puritanfire: November 2007

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Theological, Cultural and Pastoral Insights from a Neo-Puritan Perspective. Thursday, November 29, 2007. Boise Calvinist Acts29 Church Boise, or, Shameless Search Engine Try. OK, let's see how this search engine thing works.Ever hear of Piper? Enough said: http:/ www.thewellboise.com/. Is church a hobby? A country-club with a cross on top? A suburbafied self-help seminar? Maybe a bit effeminate? You know you can do something about that, right? It's not too late. Yes, you! Thursday, November 1, 2007.

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puritanfire: April 2008

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Theological, Cultural and Pastoral Insights from a Neo-Puritan Perspective. Thursday, April 17, 2008. T4g - Day 3. Wednesday, April 16, 2008. T4g - Day 2. Or "Hey, do you believe that? Or "No, I think what he's really saying is." In other words, there's a lot of people here who are not quite where we're at- and that's reason to celebrate, since pastors are being won over to what R. C. Sproul calls the Reformed faith. Incidentally, his interchange with C. J. prior to his talk was hillarious! T4g - Day 1.

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puritanfire: June 2008

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Theological, Cultural and Pastoral Insights from a Neo-Puritan Perspective. Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Is God an Urban-Strategist? The following discussion questions were written by me to go with a talk given by Tim Keller, entitled “Joy in the City” (based on Acts 8:4-8). The audio can be found on Monergism's audio links, listed by speaker. When you get to Keller's collection, just scroll down a bit. 2 Do you know roughly when Christians started to retreat from the cities? Keller’s basic outline:. 8221; In...

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puritanfire: May 2008

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Theological, Cultural and Pastoral Insights from a Neo-Puritan Perspective. Tuesday, May 27, 2008. 8220;Raveling” the Core Group. I am going to be using this term the same way, except that I will be assuming some things from biblical theology— i.e. the preaching of the word of God creates and shapes the church. How this ‘Raveling’ Shapes the Preaching. What about a church that attempts to reclaim doctrinal preaching and reassert a taste for revival? What would such a core-building look like? Who we are p...

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puritanfire: Apostasy from the Wedding Feast

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Theological, Cultural and Pastoral Insights from a Neo-Puritan Perspective. Friday, May 15, 2009. Apostasy from the Wedding Feast. J C Ryle drew back on the imagery of the chant of Hebrew women when they were celebrating David's military exploits: "Saul has killed his thousands, but David his tens of thousands." Ryle was looking through the lens of the biblical doctrine of apostasy. He was looking at the "Christian" culture of his own day in Britain, and said:. And how can one reasonably conclude what th...

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puritanfire: December 2007

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Theological, Cultural and Pastoral Insights from a Neo-Puritan Perspective. Wednesday, December 26, 2007. Of course, not treating Christ's birth (which was almost certainly not on December 25th anyway) as a cash cow would be a good start to not feeling a "letdown," but I digress. At any rate, here’s what I’ve got already:. Charles Spurgeon, Complete. Charles Spurgeon, Complete. The Treasury of David. A Treatise on Grace. To the Rising Generation. The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment. R C Sproul,.

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puritanfire: Shepherds College

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Theological, Cultural and Pastoral Insights from a Neo-Puritan Perspective. Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Why another Bible college? The negative side of my answer is two-fold, concerning the entire current model: 1) it isn't biblical, 2) it doesn't work. The positive side of my answer is that we are in the midst of a great move of the Holy Spirit and our institutions must have institutional expectations proportionate to something so great. Have I mentioned the definition of insanity? Books by Matt Marino.

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puritanfire: What is Neo-Puritanism?

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Theological, Cultural and Pastoral Insights from a Neo-Puritan Perspective. Friday, October 10, 2008. I suppose the sub-title might be “And why should you care? 8221; Shouldn’t we simply be. Think about it. Now in order to see what could be so “Neo” about Puritanism, we will have to take a closer look at what the originals were really like. Getting right to the core of things, a Puritan. To prepare the soul for heaven. Retreat (no doubt, they desired to construct a culture that could function and triumph...