A short article/reflection of mine has been posted at Going to Seminary: “Transitioning One’s Soul to Finish the Day Well” SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Transitioning One’s Soul to Finish the Day Well", url: "http://www.deTheos.com/2008/03/26/transitioning-ones-soul-to-finish-the-day-well/" });

“Sin is what we do when you are not fully satisfied in God.” —John Piper, Future Grace, p. 9. “If we are not fulfilled and secure in God, we will inevitably seek other sources of happiness and security.” —Ken Sande, The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict, p. 112. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Fully satisfied in God?", url: "http://www.deTheos.com/2008/03/24/fully-satisfied-in-god/" });

“It is radically humbling to confess that the source of all our joy resides outside ourselves.” —John Piper, Future Grace, p. 88. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Source of all joy", url: "http://www.deTheos.com/2008/03/19/source-of-all-joy/" });

The last two weeks in our Foundations class I taught on the afterlife. The first week focused on everlasting punishment in hell, which is not my favorite topic, and contrasted that reality with what awaits us in heaven by God’s mercy and grace. Last week we were planning on discussing heaven and eternal rewards. Yet in between one of our classmates passed away, Ron, who is now literally with Christ enjoying Him more than is humanly possible. He sat intently listening to the lesson on heaven and only five days later was transferred into God’s glorious presence. God healed his heart problems...

Kari is preaching/teaching a sermon in a communications lab class on Monday, and has 20 minutes to develop the themes of Philippians 2:1-4. I was eager and to have her practice on me today, receiving her words of wisdom and exhortation as the food my soul needed. She’s posted the rough draft of her manuscript over on her blog. Her four points are the Premise, Picture, Path and Pursuit of unity as believers in the church. One of my favorite parts is centered around verse 3 on the Path: Verse 3 provides us with a Path to unity. “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but...

“…but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” [John 4:14] “We do have many professing Christians in our day who are not joyful, but they spend time trying to work it up. Now, brethren, I say that when we give God His place in the church, when we recognize Christ as Lord high and lifted up, when we give the Holy Spirit His place, there will be joy that doesn’t have to be worked up. It will be a joy that springs like a fountain. Jesus...

“A person who has a knowledge of doctrine and theology only–without religious affection–has never engaged in true religion.” – Jonathan Edwards SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Edwards on True Religion", url: "http://www.deTheos.com/2007/11/12/edwards-on-true-religion/" });

“The time is short; eternity is at the door; was there no other evil in these vain amusements than the loss of precious time, we have not leisure in our circumstances to regard them. And, blessed be God, we need them not. The gospel opens a source of purer, sweeter, and more substantial pleasures: we are invited to communion with God: we are called to share in the theme of angels, the songs of heaven; and the wonders of redeeming love are laid open to our view. The Lord himself is waiting to be gracious, waiting with promises and pardons in his hands. Well then may we bid adieu to the perishing...

“The Chinese join two characters to form a single pictograph for busyness: heart and killing. This is stunningly incisive. The heart is the place the busy life exacts its steepest toll.” – Mark Buchanan, The Rest of God SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Busy?", url: "http://www.deTheos.com/2007/10/01/busy/" });

This 6 minute excerpt is part of a sermon by John Piper entitled “God Strengthens Us by the Gospel.” Here’s part of it: “What’s the gospel? I’ll put it in a sentence. The Gospel is the news that Jesus Christ, the Righteous One, died for our sins and rose again, eternally triumphant over all his enemies, so that there is now no condemnation for those who believe, but only everlasting joy. That’s the gospel. You never, never, never outgrow your need for it. Don’t ever think of the gospel as, “That’s the way you get saved, and then you...