Low view of regeneration? April 30, 2008
Posted by brian in : Paul Washer, regeneration , 2commentsSermon by Paul Washer:
In this very important message Paul Washer preaches about those even in the Reformed Camp that have too LOW a view of Regeneration and its effects.
The Reality of Judgment April 29, 2008
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Altogether Lovely April 26, 2008
Posted by RegeneratedSister in : Spurgeon , add a commentYea, he is altogether lovely. Song of Solomon 5:16
C H Spurgeon:
the words are evidently uttered by one who is under the influence of overwhelming emotion. The words are rather a veil to the heart than a glass through which we see its emotions. The sentence labors to express the inexpressible; it pants to utter the unutterable. The person writing these words evidently feels a great deal more than any language can possibly convey to us. The spouse begins somewhat calmly in her description: “My beloved is white and ruddy.” She proceeds with due order, commencing at the head, and proceeding with the divers parts of the person of the Beloved but she warms, she glows, she flames, and at last the heat which had for awhile been repressed is like fire within her bones, and she bursts forth in flaming words. Here is the live coal from off the altar of her heart: “Yea, he is altogether lovely.” It is the utterance of a soul that is altogether overcome with admiration, and therefore feels that in attempting to describe the Well-beloved, it has undertaken a task beyond its power. Lost in adoring wonder, the gracious mind desists from description, and cries with rapture, “Yea, he is altogether lovely.” It has often been thus with true saints; they have felt the love of Jesus to be overpowering and inebriating. Believers are not always cool and calm in their thoughts towards their Lord: there are seasons with them when they pass into a state of rapture, their hearts burn within them, they are in ecstacy, they mount up with wings as eagles, their souls become like the chariots of Amminadib, they feel what they could not tell, they experience what they could not express though the tongues of men and of angels were perfectly at their command.
A Message To Reformed Rappers? April 24, 2008
Posted by Eddie in : Blog, What is the Gospel?, Holy Hip Hop, Paul Washer, American Christianity, Self Examination , 13commentsHopefully, my comments will not sound like I’m on a soapbox. I’ll begin first by saying that the gospel is more important than any music genre. Yet sometimes, I am amazed when God-glorifying hip-hop is shared with some people who have never heard it. I am amazed because regardless of the rich theology, biblical-saturated content, and faithfulness to the scriptures contained within it as well as the exaltation of the true, biblical Christ, it is jeered, mocked, laughed at, and written off by those who say that they affirm everything contained therein!
Granted. I am aware that something may not be your preference. I understand that something may not be what you are typically accustomed to. I can grasp how your exposure to something can be so minimal that you have very little appreciation for it at all. What I do not understand is how the same beautiful and lovely Jesus Christ can be lifted up that one claims to adore and the heart of that person prevents himself from rejoicing in it because of cultural preferences (The key words here are: himself and preferences). I have been struggling with this for a while and have come to the conclusion that where there is ignorance there should be grace. At the same time, those who are ignorant of something should not embrace ignorance in the name of cultural differences.
Thabiti’s message at the T4G conference last week was phenomenal. Not only phenomenal but needed, timely, and challenging. Yet I wonder what the impact of the message will be because so many people do not see the importance and significance of that message. Will our churches change? Will believers change?
My intention is not to present this as an endorsement by a well-respected preacher. For in fact, the real substance of this message is not about hip-hop at all! It’s just that every once in a while, it’s just nice to hear someone else say it.
I am not given to flattery. I believe that flattery is a sin, a dark sin that does no help to the hearer. But I have met with men in the last two days that were men who did not so much have a passion for a style of music, as they had a passion for God and the truth of God. Everything without that, absolutely everything that would be done here would be vanity and foolish and useless. But the fact of the matter is some of the words that I have heard spoken here in the songs were truth. The type of truth that this country needs. The type of truth that this world needs. They type of truth that the church needs.
I came here thinking that I would hear hip-hop. I came here thinking that I would hear rappers. I heard preaching. I heard preaching -and I heard a respect for the truth and a desire to communicate it…
…Yesterday and today, I saw the same thing happen to a music form that has happened to my life: God has taken it, cleaned it off, made it new, and filled it with life.
-Paul Washer
Below is a message preached by Paul Washer at the 2007 Legacy Conference in Chicago, Illinois.
Don’t Add On April 23, 2008
Posted by Eddie in : What is the Gospel?, American Christianity, Avoiding Deceit , 3comments
