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Love and Conviction

29 Saturday Mar 2014

Posted by David L. Gill in Christianity, Politics, Theology

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Christianity, conservative Christianity, controversy, Gay marriage, homosexuality, marriage, sexuality, World Vision

Couldn’t have put it better than Julie did. This is a must-read.

A Brief Update

11 Tuesday Dec 2012

Posted by David L. Gill in Christianity, Personal, Politics, Theology

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homosexuality, marriage, school

It’s finals time. My goal is to have all of them done by Thursday afternoon so that I can cook and clean for a house guest that will be here for the weekend, so after the end of the semester, I’ll have some new material up on the blog.

Also, I saw this article by Kevin DeYoung and wanted to pass it along.

But, in the meantime…

Yep.

Good Advice? or Good News?

10 Monday Jan 2011

Posted by David L. Gill in Theology

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Gospel, marriage, preaching, relationships, repentance, theology

A friend recently sent me some notes he took during a sermon at his church.  Here’s what he sent me:

  • It’s easy to pick someone [as a spouse] to have fun with, but it’s more important to chose someone you want to go thru hardship with.
  • My responsibility in marriage is to guard our oneness.
  • The biggest enemy of marriage is selfishness.
  • We get into trouble when WE decide what parts of scripture are relevant.
  • Learning to pursue God indicates the ability to pursue our spouses.

The trouble, in short, is that none of these takeaways require a crucified and risen Savior.

Let me put it another way:  can an atheist create a list like this (with, of course, the exception of the final point)?  Can the final point be made by a Jewish person just as easily as a Christian person?  I still maintain that if the sermon’s punchline is not repentance and the forgiveness of sins in Christ, it is not a distinctly Christian sermon.

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