Bits & Pieces (4/12/12)

  • I Am A Leader – What does it mean to be a leader? Thom Rainer provides a great perspective.

 

 

 

 

  • Faith & Works – Ed Stetzer has a great post from Mark Dever about the relationship between faith and works. As Dever writes, “[s]alvation is not gained through works but rather good works are the fruit of saving faith in Jesus Christ.”

 

  • TG4G Audio – Justin Taylor provides a link to the audio for the Together for the Gospel conference which is happening this week.

 

  • Sovereign Grace Music’s New Website – I wish I was enough of a musician to fully appreciate the wealth of resources on Sovereign Grace Music’s new website. Chord charts, category listing, sheet music and much more.
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Bits & Pieces (4/11/12)

  • Embodied Truth – Ravi Zacharias writes, “The battle in our time is posed as one of the intellect, in the assertion that truth is unknowable. But that may be only a veneer for the real battle, that of the heart.”

 

  • The Lion Awakes – A new film plans to depict J.R. Tolkien’s and C.S. Lewis’ friendship.

 

  • Reconciliation of All Things – In Colossians, Paul writes that God will reconcile all things to Himself. John Piper explains what this does, and does not, mean.

 

  • The Real Debate – Randy Alcorn shares a letter from Chuck Colson about the “contraceptive debate” and what it is really about.

 

  • The Creator is Still Creating – Mark Altrogge writes “The great Creator is still creating  – making his redeemed more and more into his own likeness every day” and shares why this should give Christians hope.

 

  • We Are Not Rock Stars – Although written for those who lead the church in worship music, this post is a great reminder for all believers that “we will never be more noticed, loved, cherished, accepted, validated, encouraged, and satisfied than we are in Christ. We will never have a greater identity than the one he has purchased for us on the cross.”
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