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June | 2015 | The4thDave Blog
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Thinking about life, marriage, ministry, and story, to the glory of God. The “About Me” Page. Monthly Archives: June 2015. The4thDave Reviews: “Strange Fire” by Dr. John MacArthur. 8220;Discernment” has transformed in the minds of the American church from a necessary and praiseworthy Christian trait to an epithet, slapped on writers and teachers who dared to criticize the Top Men of the church denomination or theological “tribe.”. I bring this history up, because when it comes to books like. After unmask...
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The4thDave Blog | Thinking about life, marriage, ministry, and story, to the glory of God. | Page 2
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Thinking about life, marriage, ministry, and story, to the glory of God. The “About Me” Page. Not funny enough for the Bee. One of the best things out of the “Stuff Christians Like to Rip-off” box is the Babylon Bee. A satirical news site patterned after the ever-popular “Onion” but with a decidedly conservative-Christian bent. So, I present for (hopefully) your entertainment and (more likely) my ego enhancement, my two submissions that were clearly not funny enough for the Babylon Bee:. 8220;I mean, thi...
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The4thDave Reviews: “The Last Con” by Zachary Bartels | The4thDave Blog
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Thinking about life, marriage, ministry, and story, to the glory of God. The “About Me” Page. The4thDave Reviews: “The Last Con” by Zachary Bartels. I’ve noticed that my book reviews differ depending on genre. With novels, I’ll give a synopsis or pitch before reviewing–something I don’t do with non-fiction. I don’t know why that is, truth be told. If you like it, or don’t, let me know below. Now, for the review…]. A quick note on “content”. Unlike mainstream crime/caper novels, this one avoids lewd sexua...
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United Around What? | The4thDave Blog
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Thinking about life, marriage, ministry, and story, to the glory of God. The “About Me” Page. I’m not going to weigh in on today’s events; enough people are talking about that. I’ve got something else in mind today. I want to talk about the calls by many pastors for more unity in the Church, as a reaction to the Charleston tragedy. The man responsible should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. This attack was an attack on the Church, but more specifically on African-American believers. Last wee...
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The4thDave Reviews: “The Prodigal Church: A Gentle Manifesto Against the Status Quo” by Jared C. Wilson | The4thDave Blog
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Thinking about life, marriage, ministry, and story, to the glory of God. The “About Me” Page. The4thDave Reviews: “The Prodigal Church: A Gentle Manifesto Against the Status Quo” by Jared C. Wilson. I’m a Jared Wilson fan. While I wouldn’t call myself a full-on “fanboy,” I. Is one of the best books I’ve ever read about ecclesiology, and it needs to be put into the hands of every pastor and seminary student. Full-stop. 8211;pushing past the question of “if we could” to ask “if we. I really appreciated tha...
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August | 2015 | The4thDave Blog
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Thinking about life, marriage, ministry, and story, to the glory of God. The “About Me” Page. Monthly Archives: August 2015. WIARN, August 2015 Edition. WIARN = “Where I Am Right Now,” for those of y’all who don’t read the TeamPyro blog. 8211;and if you don’t, you should.]. You know those things that you keep meaning to do, but never seem to get around to, and you just feel more and more guilty as a result? This blog is one of mine. So here’s what’s gone on in the last few weeks. 2 hours a day. My last d...
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The4thDave Reviews: “Strange Fire” by Dr. John MacArthur | The4thDave Blog
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Thinking about life, marriage, ministry, and story, to the glory of God. The “About Me” Page. The4thDave Reviews: “Strange Fire” by Dr. John MacArthur. 8220;Discernment” has transformed in the minds of the American church from a necessary and praiseworthy Christian trait to an epithet, slapped on writers and teachers who dared to criticize the Top Men of the church denomination or theological “tribe.”. I bring this history up, because when it comes to books like. By Dr John MacArthur. After unmasking the...
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Would I Lie to You? | The4thDave Blog
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Thinking about life, marriage, ministry, and story, to the glory of God. The “About Me” Page. Would I Lie to You? I have an interesting Christian ethics/morality question that I’ve been mulling over, and I’d enjoy some feedback from you, the 4DB family of readers. Which brings me to the conundrum. When the game ends, where do we stand in terms of our integrity? I’ve been teaching through the Sermon on the Mount on Sundays, and recently my co-teacher covered the section about oaths. I’m not arguing that p...
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April | 2015 | The4thDave Blog
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Thinking about life, marriage, ministry, and story, to the glory of God. The “About Me” Page. Monthly Archives: April 2015. 8220;Escalator Temporarily Stairs.”. My wife is back, and I’m thrilled that she’s home. But I’m now in the final week of classwork before the end of the semester, and I’ve got 4 different deadlines looming on Friday. Plus, I think I may be coming down with something. No bueno. So I’ll see y’all in (hopefully) a week. Expect the next post on Monday, May 4th. April 27, 2015. Dr Ware a...
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May | 2015 | The4thDave Blog
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Thinking about life, marriage, ministry, and story, to the glory of God. The “About Me” Page. Monthly Archives: May 2015. The4thDave Reviews: “Theological Fitness” by Aimee Byrd. Rather, train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. (I Timothy 4:7b-8). The breadth of theological truth Byrd tackles in. The only cautionary note I would give and it’s REALLY not even a cauti...