![]() This would fall in line with some points made by my senior pastor in a recent sermon found here. This is the law, but it is NOT the gospel. But the term is used in such a way as to infer that the gospel is the same as the second greatest commandment, to love your neighbor as yourself. If you haven’t seen it please notice the term “gospel” thrown around quite a bit, Horton addresses this later. I have included the link below and in the body of this post. ![]() In some cases it may be the only time they audience would hear it.Īfter watching the panel discussion, I now know why Horton was there. The point being that if anyone opened their platform or pulpit to him (Mark Dever) he would gladly take the opportunity to present the true gospel. But included in this blogger’s response was a point made to him by Mark Dever a few years ago. I received many responses, from simply “dumb” to a short rebuttal in the use of the phrase “reformed infatuation” from a popular blogger brother. ![]() Today’s case in point, Michael Horton speaking in at forum in Saddleback Church on June 10th as part of the “ 12 Cities 12 Conversations” project hosted by the Lausanne Movement.Įarlier this week after watching the recorded web cast of the panel discussion I posed a question, via email, to many of my church leadership friends regarding Horton participating in this panel discussion at Saddleback Church. I am just trying to think through these things as I listen to some of my favorite speakers and some of the forums they are invited to. ![]() I am truly not trying to be critical of those who are and the choices they make. I will definitely admit I am far from being in a position to be asked to participate in any forum where I would be speaking in front of hundreds of people. The study guide then follows with the thought provoking question: Is it true that all men seek happiness (even those who commit suicide)? Is the pursuit of happiness inevitable? How do you think the Bible regards the pursuit of happiness? This is the motive of every action of every man, even of those who hang themselves. The cause of some going to war, and of others avoiding it, is the same desire in both, attended with different views. Whatever different means they employ, they all tend to this end. The quote is about happiness:Īll men seek happiness. To that end Piper introduces a quote out of a section of work called “ Pensées” written by the French philosopher, mathematician, and Christian apologist, Blaise Pascal. The following is an abbreviated version of our past study.Ĭhapter 3 is titled “Breakthrough – the Beauty of Christ, My Joy.” The accompanying study guide begins with an examination of what people perceive as happiness or the pursuit of it. But this week the spiritual afterburners seemed to have been kicked with chapter 3. The first couple of chapters have been a little difficult because the content is based on Piper’s own journey of discovery into what a fulfilled life should be and what a wasted life might look like. Through the summer we are using the John Piper book “Don’t Waste Your Life” as a guide to lead us into a study of what the bible says a fulfilling life should look like. Community Groups is our version of getting together in small groups for a mid-week bible study and fellowship. Our local church began doing Community Groups at the beginning of this year. Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want. Desiring God mission agreement statement. God is most glorified in us, when he is most satisfied in Him. In your presence there is fullness of joy Īt your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11 You make known to me the path of life The righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, The Means: The Suffering of God’s Perfect Son Romans 5:10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. Romans 3:23-24 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. 6:5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. The following are my notes from the first sermon installment.ġ Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,ĭeut. The series is based on the book “ Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came To Die” by John Piper. This past Lord’s day our pastor began leading us in a new sermon series called “Why Christ Came To Die”.
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