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Counterfeit Gods: Money Changes Everything
Greediness was often categorized by the Medieval philosophers and theologians as either covetousness (avaritia) or gluttony (gula). As an excessive love, greed is either the excessive love of pleasure/comfort or the excessive love of power/welfare. Keller brings out the two-sidedness of greed when shares the illustration about the husband and…
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GPC DGroup: Chosen by God, Chapter 1
As we start Chosen by God by R.C. Sproul there are a number of things that we must consider at the onset. Firstly, we need our faith to be conformed by what is true and not by what we understand. As both Protestant and Reformed, the scriptures are the foundation…
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This My Father’s World
I’m pretty taken with Jadon Lavik‘s arrangement of “This Is My Father’s World” by Maltbie Davenport Babcock who when taking walks out in the countryside around Lockport, NY where he was pastor would say, “I’m going to see my Father’s world.” I especially like the part about the “music of…
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How’s the riding?
No so hot. Let’s just say, We’re lumbering along. After the crank fiasco, we haven’t been on the bike since the January snow. we got out yesterday, though, and we hope to keep it up. Here are few pics from the ride. I can’t believe there will come a day…
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twenties Counterfeit Gods Discussion, Chapter 2
In chapter two of Counterfeit Gods, Tim Keller addresses the contemporary cultural idol of love an romance. Employing Jacob’s relationships with Rachel and Leah, Keller shows how making romantic love a centering purpose for you life ultimately undermines and even destroys meaningful and healthy relationships. Here are a couple of…
Backward Mutters 