Category: PASSION Points

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On By BrianIn Idolatry, PASSION Points

Here are a few posts I recommend checking out from this week:

Trevin Wax addresses the issue of idolatry in relationship to blogging.  Idolatry is something we slip into so easily.  If you blog (or even if you Facebook) check out this link.  May God help us to find our contentment in him.

This blog often focuses on Christ’s passion for us and our passion for God, but we can’t forget the compassion for people part.  Kevin DeYoung gives us a great example from James Davison Hunter of how to love people consistently in the small things.  He also notes seven habits of highly evangelistic Christians from Thom Rainer.  If we really love people, we have to point them to Jesus.

Web Weekly

On By BrianIn Idolatry, PASSION Points

Here are some recommended links from the past week related to Three Passions living:

Tullian Tchividjian uses a quote from Elizabeth Elliot to help us ask the much needed question – why do we serve? He also provides a wonderful quote from Cornelius Plantinga that reminds us of who truly satisfies.  Timothy Keller likewise calls us to find our contentment in God alone, and not in what he does for us.  It strikes me that all three of these links ultimately deals with the issue of idolatry.

Finally Joshua Harris gives us a poem from Kevin Hartnett that helps us reflect upon the cross.

Web Weekly

On By BrianIn PASSION Points

I have decided to start a new weekly feature collecting some of the best things I’ve found on the web related in some way to living with a passion for God and compassion for people in response to Christ’s passion for us.  So here are a few links to check out:

Coram Deo reminds us to live for God’s glory, including a great quote from one of my favorite author’s – A.W. Tozer.

Tullian Tchividjian reminds us of the need to trade in our sinful individualism for gospel shaped Christian community.  This interview addresses a great need in the church today.  In two parts – Part 1 and Part 2.

Christianity Today has an excerpt of J. I. Packer and Gary Parrett’s new book: Grounded in the Gospel.  This book is high on my reading list, and the excerpt reminds us of the need for the church to be trained “in the gospel and its implications for doctrine, devotion, duty, and delight.”  Their answer is foreign to my growing up years, but has slowly become a conviction for me.  The church is filled with too many untrained Christians and here is at least part of the answer.

Finally, Collin Hansen at Christianity Today responds to John Piper’s recent announcement that he is taking an eight month sabbatical.  Hansen reminds us that we can become so focused on kingdom work that we ignore our families and our own spiritual health.  Too much Martha and not enough Mary.  I needed to read this, and you may too!

Trust that you will have a restful Easter glorifying God and reflecting on the truth of Christ’s resurrection with your church!