Archive for July, 2008
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
In these chapters Mahaney takes us from the garden to the cross. Throughout His three years of ministry we have seen many emotions from our Savior. Strength, authority, braveness as well as sadness and grief. But nothing we have seen from Him prepares us for the garden.
"The ...
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
I love Mahaney's response to the question "how are you?" "Better than I deserve." That is so true. We all deserve the wrath of God because we are separated from God by our sin. Yet where do we start?
"The divine order requires starting with God rather ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Mahaney starts chapter 3 discussing the movie Passion of the Christ and how the Gospel message is not something to be seen, but preached. Only through preaching of the Gospel does God promise His saving effect. Mahaney then asks:
"But do we ourselves adequately understand the deepest reasons ...
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
As a church, we are considered “complementarian”, which simply means that we see clearly in scripture the commands for men to lead their homes as loving and sacrificial examples, following the ultimate example of Christ. Wives intelligently and joyfully submit to the leadership of their husbands, as ...
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