Sin is the usage of a gift that God wove into his creation to point to his glory in a way that the Creator never intended. That’s how God’s good gift of relaxation degenerates into vacations that end in frustration because they fall short of our self-centered expectations. That’s how God’s gifts of food and […]
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PROOF: What Is Resurrecting Grace? #6DaysUntilPROOF
An excerpt from the book PROOF: Finding Freedom through the Intoxicating Joy of Irresistible Grace: God’s plan has always been to multiply the fame of his own name by giving new life to the spiritually dead (Ephesians 1:4–2:5). The price that this plan required was nothing less than the slaughter of a perfect substitute—a gift […]
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PROOF: #7DaysUntilPROOF Winners
The winners of today’s contest were Jason Pisani and Ryan K. Boyd! Both of them will be receiving free, signed copies of PROOF: Finding Freedom through the Intoxicating Joy of Irresistible Grace.
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Church History: Why Should Anyone Care About Church History?
The following is part of an interview I did with Baptist Press related to my book and DVD-curriculum, Christian History Made Easy. Professor Timothy Paul Jones acknowledges that plenty of people view the study of history as boring–full of drab facts and dates they’d rather forget. But Jones says it shouldn’t be that way, and he’s […]
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PROOF: Win a Free Signed Copy of PROOF Today #7DaysUntilPROOF
If you’re interested in winning a copy of PROOF today, post the message below on Facebook, Twitter, or both: Spiritual zombies don’t choose grace for same reason prison escapees don’t seek out police stations. #7DaysUntilPROOF http://tiny.cc/PRF Tonight, my children will randomly choose one winner from Facebook and one winner from Twitter. If you’re a winner, […]
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PROOF: Not a “Mama Tried” Kind of God
Broken dreams are woven deeply into the fabric of human existence—so deeply that it’s easy for us to assume God’s plans fail, just like ours. In fact, that’s precisely what some theologians have claimed over the past few decades. According to one best-selling book from a Jewish rabbi, God wishes he could make everything right […]
[Read More...]PROOF: What Is Planned Grace? #8DaysUntilPROOF
An excerpt from the forthcoming book PROOF: Finding Freedom through the Intoxicating Joy of Irresistible Grace: It’s perfectly possible for you or me to have a plan and pay the price but then lack the power to make it happen. That’s why we sometimes need a vacation to recover from our vacations. That never […]
[Read More...]PROOF: A Quick Introduction to PROOF #9DaysUntilPROOF
Here’s a quick video introduction to the forthcoming book PROOF: Finding Freedom through the Intoxicating Joy of Irresistible Grace:
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PROOF: Win Free Copies of PROOF! #10DaysUntilPROOF
Over the next ten days, I will be giving away ten signed copies of the forthcoming book PROOF: Finding Freedom through the Intoxicating Joy of Irresistible Grace! If you’re interested in winning one of these ten books, simply tweet or post on Facebook one of the messages listed below. On each date listed below, two […]
[Read More...]Family Ministry: The One Family Ministry Conference to Attend This Year
Looking for a conference to help you to equip and to train families to share the story of faith in the home? Still trying to figure out how to connect your Sunday morning ministry with the rest of the week? Wanting some practical tips for changing the culture of your congregation when it comes to family […]
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PROOF: A New Book and the Noetic Effect of the Fall
[Please note the addendum at the end of this post.] Ever since Adam’s fall into iniquity, our minds have been—in the words of John Calvin in his commentary on Genesis—“smitten with blindness and infected with innumerable errors.” The primeval fall not only stained our natures but also degraded our bodies so that imperfection has crept […]
[Read More...]PROOF: Good News (and Not-So-Good News) for Spiritual Zombies
God’s plan has always been to multiply the fame of his own name by giving new life to the spiritually dead (Ephesians 1:4–2:5). The price that this plan required was nothing less than the slaughter of a perfect substitute—a gift too great for anyone but God to give, with a price too high for anyone […]
[Read More...]PROOF: God Doesn’t Need You—and That’s Good News
A little more than a decade ago, my wife and I sat at a table in a cramped office that reeked of scorched coffee and mildewed carpet. While social workers shuffled around us, we pored over page after page in a file that never seemed to end. “Cruelty to animals.” “Persistent patterns of theft […]
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Church History: How Christianity Happened
Easter is certainly a time for celebration, but it is also a time for solemn reflection. We fast and reflect during the season of Lent, then we celebrate the joy of the resurrection on Easter sunday. But what about after Easter? What then? The church has traditionally recognized the season following Easter as a time […]
[Read More...]PROOF: The Global Good News of Grace
When the authors of the New Testament spoke of Jesus redeeming “the world,” they weren’t teaching that everyone would be saved. They weren’t even claiming that Jesus redeemed every individual in the world! What the biblical writers meant by “the world” was a gathering that included people from every nation. To celebrate Jesus as “the […]
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Apologetics: Did Christians Create Their Faith Or Did the Faith Form Christians?
What factors actually formed the New Testament and the faith of the early church? Conspiratorial reconstructions suggest that church leaders selected texts that preserved and expanded their own political powers. If so, what shaped the early church were books and theological beliefs that were chosen with the goal of control. The problem is, the […]
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PROOF: Endorsements for PROOF
Here are some of the kind endorsements we’ve received for the forthcoming book PROOF. Thanks to everyone who took the time to read the manuscript and to provide feedback on the contents! In PROOF Daniel Montgomery and Timothy Paul Jones paint a multifaceted picture of grace that is refreshing to the soul, edifying to the […]
[Read More...]PROOF: The Beauty of a Plan that Never Fails
An excerpt from the forthcoming book PROOF: Finding Freedom through the Intoxicating Joy of Irresistible Grace: It’s perfectly possible for you or me to have a plan and pay the price but then lack the power to make it happen. That’s why we sometimes need a vacation to recover from our vacations. That never happens […]
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Family Ministry: Three Motivations to Avoid
Jason K. Allen, president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, has written recently on various facets of parenting. He encourages parents to avoid three specific motivations: ambition, fear and pride. He concludes: Parenting is the most enjoyable and exhilarating responsibility I know. I feel as though I am getting to create, invest, sculpt, build, and nurture […]
[Read More...]PROOF: Nothing Left to Prove
Human religion claims that God will do his part if only you do yours. The gospel of grace declares that God in Christ has already done his part–and yours. From the moment you first rest in Christ as your only hope, you have no failures to hide and no triumphs to hide behind. Your shortfallings […]
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