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The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit

Listen as Pastor David Landt teaches on the topic of the Holy Spirit.

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Getting Rid of a Sectarian Spirit Once and For All, by Frank Viola

"The fact is, every devoted Christian will be tested on whether they really believe in the oneness of the Body of Christ or whether they deny it deep in their hearts . . . especially when there is pressure from others to embrace a sectarian spirit and exclude other members of the Body.

Religious pressure is a powerful thing. And it is most often contrary to Jesus Christ.

In that connection, I’m posting some excerpts from a letter written by Watchman Nee (and some of his friends) to some of the Plymouth Brethren in his own day who excluded him from fellowship after he associated himself with T. Austin-Sparks (someone of whom they didn’t approve).

In my judgment, these excerpts reflect the mind and heart of Jesus Christ on the matter of unity and receiving other believers into fellowship." Read the rest of this post at frankviola.org

The Demise of Guys: The Research on Video Gaming and Porn

Here is a sobering study on arousal addiction and its affect on a generation.  Check out the story here.

"Boys’ brains are being digitally rewired for change, novelty, excitement and constant arousal. That means they’re totally out of sync in traditional classes, which are analog, static, interactively passive.” (Philip Zimbardo).  Watch his TED talk here.

Follow Up Conversation on Sexual Discipleship

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Aaron Merritt and David Landt have a follow up conversation to the Sexual Discipleship teaching.  We talk about homosexuality, public policy, Biblical Theology, and the false gods informing daily life in western society.

Top 10 Reasons Men Should Not Be Ordained

Check it out on Ben Witherington's Blog

The Tyranny of Extraversion

Here is a repost from Scot McKnight

William Pannapacker has an exceptional piece in The Chronicle on recent studies on introversion, but it his opening experience that tells perhaps the whole of the story. As the piece rolls along he sketches some studies, one of which makes this significant observation: “According to Cain, the 19th century valued personal character based on seriousness, discipline, and honor, but the 20th century emphasized personality: selling oneself and being a “mighty likeable fellow.”

Purgatory?

Here is a brief review of sorts by Richard Beck on Jerry Walls's new book.  I have yet to read it, but thought I'd share this post in light of all the different Hell conversations we've been having.  Richard Beck is probably my favorite Christian Universalist :)  Although I don't agree with all his conclusions (I'm more comfortable as an inclusivist than a universalist), I find his perspective helpful and thought provoking. Read Richard Beck and you may just come to see why being optomistic about the final judgment does not have to damage the Holy justice of God.  All that to say, protestants are starting to return to some of the logical necessity of sanctification after death and how that may nuance some of the traditional Catholic understanding of purgatory.  I happily introduce you to the conversation here for those interested.

By Richard Beck

"I just started reading Jerry Walls's new book Purgatory: The Logic of Total Transformation. (H/T to Scot McKnight for his posts on the book which is where I came across it.)

My interest in purgatory comes from the fact that my vision of universal reconciliation--that God will one day be "all in all"--has a family resemblance to the doctrine of purgatory.

The key location of overlap has to do with holiness in heaven. Specifically, sin is more than skin deep. Trouble is, the main problem Protestants tend to worry about when it comes to sin isn't the sin. It's God's anger over sin. Because of this Protestants aren't really all that interested in escaping sin. They are mainly preoccupied with escapinghell. Thus, for many Protestants the answer to our "sin problem" isn'tholiness but forgiveness.

Put more crudely, Protestants are more interested in being saved than in being good.

Sexual Discipleship

 

Sexual Discipleship Podcast

 

Listen as Pastor David Landt teaches on the topic of Sexual Discipleship. You may also Download the sermon slides slides to follow along.

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Hell Talk with Aaron Merritt and David Landt, Part 1

As a follow up conversation to the most recent Sunday messages on heaven and hell.  David Landt and Aaron Merritt sit down and discuss some of the nuances and challenges around understanding God's final judgment.  Listen to the conversation here  

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