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You Are (Not) The Gospel | a pattern of sound words
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You Are (Not) The Gospel. Posted by Joshua Brown. August 13, 2014. I need to admit up front that I haven’t read this book. I’ve only seen the promotional packet. So this isn’t a book review and I’m not attempting to engage with the actual content of the curriculum. I’m just sharing my frustration with what I find to be the misleading, inaccurate, and very theologically confused statements that permeate the promotional materials. The book is called. Is “a life to be lived”. 8220;They [the Shooks] discover...
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A Most Brief Summary And Confession Of Our Believing | a pattern of sound words
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A Most Brief Summary And Confession Of Our Believing. Posted by Joshua Brown. September 4, 2014. One of the newest treasures on my bookshelf is the recently completed four-volume set,. Reformed Confessions of the 16th and 17th Centuries in English Translation. Compiled and with introductions by James T. Dennison, Jr). First of all, yes, I am fully aware of how much of an historical theology nerd that confirms me to be. If they then condemn us on account of our understanding as unchristian, heretics, and ...
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A Hymn on the Trinity | a pattern of sound words
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A Hymn on the Trinity. Posted by Joshua Brown. November 13, 2014. This Sunday, I’ll be preaching on Jesus’ feeding of the five thousand as recorded in Mark 6. In my reading, I came across this great section of a hymn from Prudentius (c. 348-410), a Latin poet and hymn-writer, entitled. A Hymn on the Trinity. The banquet ends, plates still overflow,. And with the crumbs twelve baskets then. The stuffed boy strives with undigested fare,. The waiter groans beneath his heavy load. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Who Would Not Rejoice? | a pattern of sound words
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Who Would Not Rejoice? Posted by Joshua Brown. March 10, 2015. Guillaume Farel is perhaps most famous for threatening John Calvin with the curse of God unless Calvin stayed to lead the churches in Geneva, though the fiery reformer contributed more to the early days of the Reformation that just that fateful encounter. Seven years prior (1529), Farel had published his. CHAPTER V: CONCERNING THE GOSPEL. That death and inevitable damnation be turned from him into life and eternal salvation? And yet having fu...
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The irony of Church complaints | a pattern of sound words
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The irony of Church complaints. Posted by Joshua Brown. August 19, 2014. When re-reading part of the book. Why We Love the Church: In Praise of Institutions and Organized Religion. Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck), I once again appreciated these comments about the oft-found irony in many of the complaints that get lodged against the Church:. What do you think? Too harsh, spot on, or somewhere in between? Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public). You Are (Not) The Gospel.
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Let me go to thy house with a lively hope | a pattern of sound words
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Let me go to thy house with a lively hope. Posted by Joshua Brown. May 18, 2015. Here’s one of my favorite prayers from. The Valley of Vision. Entitled, “Lord’s Day Morning”. I’ll not offer any commentary, but simply share this for your enjoyment and edification. O Maker and Upholder of all things,. Day and night are thine; they are also. Mine from thee–. The night to rid me of the cares of the day,. To refresh my weary body,. To renew my natural strength;. The day to summon me to new activities,. I long...
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God Is Not Mischievous | a pattern of sound words
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God Is Not Mischievous. Posted by Joshua Brown. October 21, 2014. Let me tell you about one of my wife’s biggest pet peeves, and then about a growing one of mine. But I’m not comfortable with the phrase “the mischief of God”. I think the cargo it carries goes beyond what is helpful and perhaps even what is intended by those who use it. God is not up to cosmic mischief and caprice. To give those who use it the benefit of the doubt, here’s what I assume they are trying to do. I think it is an att...If God ...
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Reformed Ramblings? | a pattern of sound words
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One of my earliest posts addressed the tagline “Reformed ramblings” that I’ve used above, but since that has now become buried under a mass of other things, I’m re-posting here for your convenience. Consider this a primer to my other posts, if you will. What makes a rambling Reformed? The tagline above says, “some Reformed ramblings on Scripture, life, theology, and culture”. Well and good, you might say, but what makes a rambling Reformed? To be a Calvinist is to be Reformed, though there are some who w...
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About | a pattern of sound words
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My name is Josh, and I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, husband, father, and pastor. In that order), who likes to backpack, read, ski, write, golf, and mountain bike (not necessarily in that order). If you’d like to know more than that, you can find a more detailed bio here. If you’re interested in seeing my thoughts on Scripture, life, theology, and culture, then you’re in the right place. If you got here accidentally, stick around–you never know what you might find. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. In peace I...
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Do we build the Kingdom of God? | a pattern of sound words
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Do we build the Kingdom of God? Posted by Joshua Brown. April 27, 2015. This post is to briefly expand and hopefully clarify some comments from my sermon yesterday that may not have been as clearly expressed as I’d intended. I don’t know what the cross-section is of those who read this blog and hear me preach (if you’re interested, podcasts can be found here. But these comments should be able to stand as some short theological reflections on their own.]. I said that we do not build this kingdom. Second, ...
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