ResponsiveReiding

It is proverbial that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. This can especially be true when it comes to doctrine. The doctrine of God’s sovereignty for instance, often comes into conflict within our thinking when it comes to the place of human responsibility or prayer. That’s CHRISTIAN GRIDLOCK.

A few years ago I preached on this one aspect of Christian gridlock in addessing the question – “If God is sovereign, why pray?” It is a topic which reappears over and over. So I thought I might take this opportunity to supply you with a transcript of that sermon.

If you’ve ever wrestled with this problem, I hope this might shed a little light on it for you.
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Charlene Dash writes how she intends to live the new year of 2006 –

�Small, repetitive, daily living that, at best, will breathe life-giving love into toxic places, that is the work that the Creator designed. The location is inconsequential really. The blaze of glory is reserved for the Creator alone and, to the world around us, is often seen best when our living and doing is no more.�

This is truly Christian living. To which she appends this question we all need to ask –

“Am I content with the Master’s design?”

Happy New Year!

Ryken�s Bible Handbook
Leland Ryken
Philip Ryken
James Wilhoit
Tyndale House Publishers Inc.
Wheaton, IL

Every once and a while a gem like this comes along. Pick one up for a loved one.
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Which one is Art?
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This morning’s Drudge Report said: HOLLYWOOD ROCKED: ‘GAY COWBOY’ MOVIE BECOMES AN OSCAR FRONTRUNNER

Arriving with nudity and explicit gay sex scenes between two cowboys, UNIVERSAL/FOCUS FILMS’s BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN has quietly become an award season frontrunner, interviews with Academy members reveal.

“It could very well be the last film standing at this year’s Oscars,” a top Hollywood producer not associated with the film explained from Hollywood.

“There was not a dry eye in the house at the screening at Telluride [Film Festival in Colorado],” says the producer, who asked not to be named out of respect for the cast and crew of the producer’s own Oscar contender. “Watch it come out of the gate at the Golden Globes with super controversy.”

What are we to say?
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If I can’t recommend my own book, then why write it in the first place? However, I won’t review it. That, I’ll leave to others. You may in the comment section if you like. Good, bad or indifferent. It is a faulty piece at best – but I do believe there is some practical advice to be had in avoiding my mistakes. The review below was by Gareth James in the Evangelical Times.
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No, this isn’t about being a stand-up comedian in the pulpit – it is a short essay on how ridicule cannot only be proper in preaching at times – but downright necessary.
As well as the cautions that ought to go with it.

By the way – this pic of Dr. Shedd is thanks to the efforts of “AHuman”.

Building off of the Spurgeon mongraph I linked to on the PyroManiac site below – here are some provocative words from my absolute favorite of the systematic theologians – W. G. T. Shedd.
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Regarding humor�sarcastic humor in particular�Spurgeon said,

Check out this quote from Spurgeon on Phil Johnson’s blog PyroManiac