http://www.stillhaventfound.org Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:26:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was in the midst of writing a long post on an important issue regarding grace (which has been brewing in my head for some time - actually, over 10 years!) then decided to make this a series of shorter posts, which would hopefully progressively build on each other and ... http://www.stillhaventfound.org/2010/03/07/thoughts-on-new-creation-church-uneasy-questions-about-grace-part-1/ Continuing on from Part 1, here's a beautiful passage from Elyse Fitzpatrick's Because He Loves Me (p. 110-111) on the relationship between the indicative and the imperative and how the latter is grounded in the former. It's worth reading in its entirety: [The relationship between the indicative and the imperative can ... http://www.stillhaventfound.org/2010/03/02/thoughts-on-new-creation-church-balancing-the-indicative-and-the-imperative-part-2/ I don't normally advertise events here (don't think I've done so before), but I'm helping a friend who's organizing a conference this week by Kingdom Inroads, a Christian social enterprise. Dates: 25 Feb – 27 Feb (Thursday – Saturday) Time : 2pm – 10pm Venue: New Life Vineyard, 183A East Coast Road, Singapore ... http://www.stillhaventfound.org/2010/02/22/moving-to-the-spirit-conference/ I've been listening to a lot of Jesus Culture worship songs recently. Jesus Culture came from the youth group of Bill Johnson's Bethel Church in Redding, California. Being into all things Bill Johnson (see here), I soon came across Jesus Culture. A lot of the songs they do are remakes ... http://www.stillhaventfound.org/2010/02/14/dance-with-me-o-lover-of-my-soul/ This article by The Christian Post is kinda interesting. It's about what John Piper preached at the recent Passion 2010 conference. He said at the conference: God demands that we all get on our face and worship Him, admire Him, treasure Him ... and count Him as the supreme value in ... http://www.stillhaventfound.org/2010/02/06/thoughts-on-new-creation-church-does-gods-god-centeredness-mean-hes-an-egomaniac/ I wrote the below dialogue in 1997. I was a Reformed Christian then and struggling with what the true gospel was. Was it a hard gospel that demanded our all if we want to receive the benefits of Christ's sacrifice? Or was it a gospel of free grace that merely ... http://www.stillhaventfound.org/2010/01/24/thoughts-on-new-creation-church-a-dialogue-about-the-gospel/ I've been reading Bill Johnson's books and I came across this quote: By nature love does not require anything in return, or it is not love... I have heard teaching on the subject of giving to the poor and needy that emphasizes our stewardship instead of compassion. It basically means that ... http://www.stillhaventfound.org/2010/01/16/helping-others-and-the-meaning-of-grace-and-love/ I was baptised as an infant in an Anglican Church in Singapore. My parents were committed Christians and so I went to church faithfully since I was a baby. When I was in my teens - around 15 to 16 - I started to hate going to church (God soon ... http://www.stillhaventfound.org/2010/01/01/thoughts-on-new-creation-church-teaching-children-the-gospel/ Christianity Today has an excellent article by Collin Hansen on Christ-centered sermons and concerns about them. It touches on so many things I've learned over the last 15 years or so (boy, do I sound old!) regarding grace and the law/gospel distinction, etc. As I read it, I said to ... http://www.stillhaventfound.org/2009/11/18/thoughts-on-new-creation-church-on-christ-centered-preaching-part-1/ Those who know a bit about me through this blog know that I came from the Reformed/Calvinistic Christian tradition. It's a wonderful Christian tradition with a rich theological heritage. I will not say I'm Reformed anymore as I'm more eclectic in my theological views now, but I still follow a ... http://www.stillhaventfound.org/2009/10/31/thoughts-on-new-creation-church-on-christless-christianity-michael-horton-and-john-frame-part-1/