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Reason for God DVD

It is coming out. I am hoping we will have a study on this very soon at Canyon Creek.

It's Gonna Be Good

Marriage is Tough

Fireproof is a really powerful movie on marriage. It hits at the heart of some very important themes that people really struggle with as they try to build a healthy marriage. I love Tim Keller's thought that marriages are "Gospel Reenactment". I also have been reading lately John Pipers book this Momentary Marriage.

Marriage for me is the closest thing I have to a visible representation of my relationship with Christ. I can see that relationship out loud through my dedication and devotion to Adriane. I praise God we have never fought like this, but I know it can come if we choose to stop turning towards each other and selfishly pursue our own needs and wants before we pursue others.

Everything Tim Keller

We are preparing as a church next Winter to work through The Prodigal God series that has been put together by Tim Keller through Zondervan. If you want to hear Tim Keller for free, most of his stuff you have to pay for on the church site, then check out this site.

Here are seven sermons on Luke 15

Sermon 1 He Welcomes Sinners (Luke 15:1-10)

Sermon 2 Give Me Mine (Luke 15:11-14)

Sermon 3 He Came to Himself (Luke 15:11-20)

Sermon 4 To Be Called Your Son (Luke 15:21-24)

Sermon 5 And Kissed Him (Luke 15:11-24)

Sermon 6 We Had to Celebrate (Luke 15:17-32)

Sermon 7 The True Older Brother (Luke 15:17-32)

Tim Keller on The Key to Change Through The Gospel

A pastor friend pointed me towards this article by Tim Keller "The Gospel - Key to Change". In the second point of the article Keller gives me something to reflect upon for my own life:

"the Father accepts us in Christ and treats us as if we had done all that Jesus has done (cf. Col 3:2a). But this also means Christ’s life comes into us by the Spirit and shapes us into a new kind of person. The gospel is not just a truth about us that we affirm with our minds, it is also a reality we must experience in our hearts and souls."

How is Christianity Relevant?

The Prodigal God

Tim Keller is coming out with a new book. He mentions on his site that his first book “The Reason for God” was for people who did not believe in the God of the Bible and that this second book “The Prodigal God” is written for believing Christians. If you would like to read more about Tim Keller’s thoughts about this book click here.

Revival

Tim Keller in an interview:

“When revival breaks out through a recovery of the gospel, three things happen:

1. nominal church members realize they’d never been converted;
2. sleepy, lethargic Christians are energized and renewed;
3. outsider non-Christians are attracted into the beautified worship, community and lives of the converted and renewed church members.

That’s how it works. We need it.”