http://afterdarknesslight.com Post Tenebras Lux Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:17:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Sunday evening I preached on Deuteronomy 18:9-22, Determining God's Will for Your Life: A Definitive Guide. [Audio of this sermon can found by clicking this link.] The premise of the sermon can best be summarized by O. Palmer Robertson's quote on Deuteronomy 18: Every possible word describing a method by ... http://afterdarknesslight.com/2008/04/18/discerning-the-secret-will-of-the-lord/ John Piper on what is, and isn't the gospel... http://afterdarknesslight.com/2008/03/05/speaking-of-the-gospel/ Last Sunday as I preached I asked and answered the question, "What is the gospel?" In part I relied on a definition offered by J.I. Packer in his introductory essay to the John Owen work, The Death of Death in the Death of Christ. There Packer describes the biblical gospel ... http://afterdarknesslight.com/2008/03/05/what-is-the-gospel/ Dr. Peter Jones, who was just at our church for our annual Christianity and Culture conference, recently gave an excellent lecture at Mars Hill Church in Seattle. His lecture was called Pastoring in Today's Zeitgeist, and it can be found here. While listening to Jones I saw Mark Driscoll's book, ... http://afterdarknesslight.com/2008/01/29/dr-jones-and-mark-driscoll/ Recently, a number of leading Muslim and Christian leaders began a discussion together looking for unity based on the common ground both faiths share of "loving God and loving neighbor." These exchanges have been called A Common Word. Today, John Piper issued an excellent response to this dialog expressing profound disappointment ... http://afterdarknesslight.com/2008/01/24/a-common-word-between-christians-and-muslims/ In light of our Christianity and Culture conference Pagan America coming up this weekend, Dr. Peter Jones was interviewed Friday on the Calling for Truth radio program (South Carolina). You can listen to the interview at their website - just click here. http://afterdarknesslight.com/2008/01/13/peter-jones-interview/  OK, it's only a one item "Lowdown," but I'm busy - so sorry. Watch a segment of "The Red Green Show," easily my favorite television show ever. http://afterdarknesslight.com/2007/12/15/a-little-lowdown/ I very much enjoyed this story. It was told on an NPR program that Pastor Aaron introduced me to a year or so ago. It is about a greedy business man that lures "outsourced" labor to come to the US and work for below minimum wage. What ... http://afterdarknesslight.com/2007/12/10/a-story-about-greed-prejudice-mercy-and-knowing-gods-will/ I haven't been posting too much lately, which is probably a good thing. I've been a little busier in the "real world" lately. One of the things I've been trying to work on recently is my guitar playing. Since I'm not a good singer, I would like to one ... http://afterdarknesslight.com/2007/12/07/243/ Several years ago I came across a brochure in a bookstore advertising Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy. The brochure took the form of a study guide, and asked questions like, "What is the author's view of sin?" or "What is the author's view of the church?" For something ... http://afterdarknesslight.com/2007/12/05/more-on-pullman-and-the-golden-compass-much-more-actually/