Posts Tagged ‘Accountability’
A small/BIG reminder for us men – For Steve and Me and all my brothers
October 1, 2011 | 
Author I have often told soon-to-be-new parents that they needed to prepare for the event of when the doctor hands them their newborn baby. For when he, or she, hands them the baby, he, or she, will take convenience away from them from that point on. The fact is, I haven’t slept well in 7 years.
The truth is, though – it’s worth it. The rich life and truths and pictures in parenting so far outweigh any so-called independence that the benefits could be described as transcendent.
Andrew Peterson (song) here provides a helpful perspective. Take time to watch it after the bath, and the story and the prayers and the hugs’n kisses. You’ll be tired, but for the right reasons.
Posted in Lyrical Theology | 
Tags: Accountability, Dependency, Humility, Life, Loyalty, Parenting, Symbol | 
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Shame on us: The Abimelech Principle
(Reposting for my Apologetics Class)
I call this the Abimelech principle, because this is a situation that we are faced with too often as Christians – namely, a non-believer providing a better example of commitment to Christ or to the Gospel than us; or in the case of Abraham (Genesis 20), being rebuked by a non-believer over ethical issues. The truth is that I do not share Christ with others enough; I do not bear witness to the truth enough; I say that I cherish Him, but clearly don’t act as if I want enough others to cherish Him.
According to this video, that might mean that I am hating people. I am not trying to be melodramatic here. I know he, like Abimelech, is an unbeliever – but, maybe he’s right.
I do not share Christ with others enough. Of that I repent.
Posted in "Ruminations" | Tags: Accountability, Humility, salvation, The Gospel, Truth | No Comments »
DailyTheocentrism: Dependency reaches from the integrity of molecules to the trappings of men (John 15:5)
It is true. (John 15:5)
There were great ironies on the cross that D.A. Carson talks about here.
In line with that, it is true that while men were mocking the Lord on the Cross, He was, by the exercise of His will holding their molecules together; making the air respirate in their lungs that bore the blashphemous sounds to their tongues; maintaining the gravity that stayed them fast to the ground that His blood dripped upon; holding the planet on which they reside in its orbit around the sun; maintaining the integity of the universe in which IT resides. (Col. 1:17; Acts 17:28)
Even at the Cross of Calvary, it was through Him that all things are accomplished. (John 10:18)
Posted in DailyTheocentrisms | Tags: Accountability, Dependency, God, Jesus, New Testament, Sovereignty | 1 Comment »
DailyTheocentrism: . . . the purpose: His Holy Name.
DailyTheocentrism:The event of the Assyrian/Babylonian captivity for the nation of Israel was so significant that all the prophetic books are about it,the nation never fully recovered from it,the kings disappeared after it;the purpose:His Holy Name. How important is His name to us?
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