by Bret Capranica | Sep 13, 2009 | MiniPost
Dr. Albert Mohler is blogging (again) on a forum begun a few years back, but never took off. See his thoughts on the SBC. Conventional Thinking. HT: SBC...
by Bret Capranica | Sep 12, 2009 | Featured Articles, Prayer
Using the Word Where does the Bible fit into your concentrated time of prayer? For me it must be integral if my prayer life is to remain fresh. Connect the word to your prayer time. While my “quiet time” might appear to be segmented (if I listed what I do) into sections of Bible reading and then intercession, it really isn’t the case. My time in the Word (I currently use the Discipleship Journal plan, reading through 4 sections a day), is the platform for and springboard to all I pray about and for. I generally write down a verse or two into my journal from my reading, and spend a few minutes meditating and praying through it. I often write what I’m praying, which keeps me concrete in my thoughts (and often awake). I may glance over all the verses I have written down and think through how the totality of them tend to address my heart and life and write a response. This is usually a time for confession of sin and pleading for greater insight and application. When it comes to my times of intercession (which I will write about tomorrow), I generally have a few passages assigned to the topics I have arranged around my intercessions (again, more tomorrow). I will read one of these sections and use it as the basis for my time of intercession. D. A. Carson’s book on the prayers of Paul is a real help here and a huge stimulus in my thinking on prayer. Connect what you heard from sermons to your prayer time. I take my sermon notes in...
by Bret Capranica | Sep 12, 2009 | MiniPost
Doug Moo is an excellent theologian and biblical scholar. His comments on the new NIV are interesting. Will the 2011 version trump the original – will the religious world embrace an even more dynamic translation than what they have already? Probably. Interview with Douglas Moo on the 2011 NIV “” DashHouse.com. HT: Justin...
by Bret Capranica | Sep 11, 2009 | Twitter
Coffee time! # A little exercise, a little breakfast and now to plan for next week. # Off to enjoy a morning of worship instruction fellowship and evangelism. # Home from a fruitful day of fellowship-great baptisms this morning, fantastic lesson is Sunday school-enjoyed the evening in Zephaniah. # Took the fam out for breakfast this morn, then home for a few hours of yard work. Felt great. Now for a Labor Day nap-then some actual work # Time to fire up the grill. # Headed to a Riverside coffee shop for a mtg, not sure where-maybe it’s a good time to become a continuationist & hope for fresh revelation. # Just made it home from a profitable meetin-great coffee house in Riverside: check out the ads: http://yfrog.com/0tsy7ij # Up to enjoy the morning in the word. The coffee is almost finished. # Grant that I may welcome thy humbling in private so that I might enjoy thee in public. VofV. # Working a bit late, finalizing some important ministry projects. # Lectures on the Expository Ministries of Calvin, Bunyan, and Lloyd-Jones http://bit.ly/2YMMow # Recommended Productivity Tools http://bit.ly/1Gzzqg # Ok it’s a day off-what shall we do today? Suggestions? # Beach day! # RT @johnwmartin: September 11th in pictures: http://bit.ly/1K5zn # Powered by Twitter...
by Bret Capranica | Sep 11, 2009 | MiniPost
Can bad leaders become good leaders? Thom Rainer has a few thoughts based on his years of consultations and study. From Bad Leaders to Good Leaders –...
