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Over the last several months, I have been sharing new books that I have received.  Starting today on Fridays, I will now be sharing some of my favorite kid's books.  Enjoy!

Here are some of my favorite tweets from the last few weeks.  This is one of the blessings of social media where we can hear the gospel from people all over the world. If you like the tweet, go and follow the person on Twitter.  Too many of us try to live our Christian faith by focusing on the don'ts. Instead of focusing on the don'ts, focus on the dos. @noeljesse The Holy Spirit begins empowering us to want to love, giving us the ability to love, & causing us to know the love of God. @JustinHolcomb When we try and use fear or pride to stop from sinning, we are forgetting that we sin because of either fear or pride. @timkellernyc via @WhiteHorseInn Moms, be free from performance-based motherhood. Jesus is your righteousness, not your kids' choices, grades, manners, careers, or faith @ScottyWardSmith Corporate worship is meant to remind us that the One who sits on the throne is the definition of power, glory, holiness, wisdom and love. @PaulTripp  

Here are some of my favorite tweets from the last few weeks.  This is one of the blessings of social media where we can hear the gospel from people all over the world. If you like the tweet, go and follow the person on Twitter.  Jesus doesn’t just save us at conversion and then say “good luck” to our sanctification. @JustinHolcomb the reason grace is powerful for godliness is bc there is a chemistry of the heart that is greater than the math of the mind. @BryanChapell From both pulpits & dinner tables, we can rest in, enjoy & explore how the gospel comes to bear on every area of our lives. God's grace saves, teaches and sustains. @pauldunk "Many confess justification by righteousness of Christ but seem to think they are sanctified by a holiness they acquire themselves" Bavinck via @Byronyawn Instead of sanctification being man-centered, remember you never get over needing Christ for your sanctification. @theocast_org There are not just two ways to resp...

This is a now a regular feature on the blog.  Usually on Mondays, I get caught up on my favorite podcasts and this usually results in a lot of tweeting on that day.  However, if you are at work and not checking Twitter during that time, you might miss some of the great truth being shared by others.  So, I am sharing some of best tweets from the previous week which include great wisdom and truth. "A low view of law always brings legalism; a high view makes a man a seeker after grace." JG Machen via @JustinHolcomb There are many great stories in the Bible... It is possible to know the stories of the Bible and yet miss the Bible. ~ Edmund Clowney via @KrisDolberry The impetus to good works comes entirely from being moved, aroused, & motivated by the completed work of the Christ... (Gerhard Forde) via JL_Martin We must have a stronger faith, to trust that a sermon mainly about Jesus will "help people grow" more than our set of tips will. @Jaredcwilson Lut...

This is a now a regular feature on the blog.  Usually on Mondays, I get caught up on my favorite podcasts and this usually results in a lot of tweeting on that day.  However, if you are at work and not checking Twitter during that time, you might miss some of the great truth being shared by others.  So, I am sharing some of best tweets from the previous week which include great wisdom and truth. Trying to disengage our work for Christ from our union w/Christ does violence to method the Spirit has chosen to sanctify us. @ElyseFitz Do you see fellow Christians as family members or as competition? @Alex_Early via @keylifenetwork The great command is not "be right" but instead LOVE. @RelevantChris Jesus proves, by the resurrection, that God redeems, heals, and makes all things new. @JustinHolcomb God provides! Either I have a horrible memory or an angel filled my car up with gas. Not sure how to explain it so To God Be The Glory! @JL_Martin The greatest ...

This is a new feature on the blog.  Usually on Mondays, I get caught up on my favorite podcasts.  This usually results in a lot of tweeting on that day.  However, if you are at work and not checking Twitter during that time, you might miss some of the great truth being shared by others.  So, I am sharing some of best tweets from the previous week which include great wisdom and truth. God has not called you to be awesome. He has called you to be humble, faithful, and free. Leave the awesome to him. @scottsauls  As a husband, I don’t need a list of how to be better. I need Christ. @JL_Martin  Are you looking at God as a boss or a Father? @simplegospelpod  Faith in Christ means we are not draped in our own rags but in the righteous robe of Christ. @JustinHolcomb Fully and eternally justified in Christ; adopted and cherished by the Father; sealed and indwelt by the Spirit. Rest well friends. @ScottyWardSmith 

This is a new feature on the blog.  Usually on Mondays, I get caught up on my favorite podcasts.  This usually results in a lot of tweeting on that day.  However, if you are at work and not checking Twitter during that time, you might miss some of the great truth being shared by others.  So, I am sharing some of best tweets from the previous week which include great wisdom and truth. Gratitude & joy drove them to do good works before the thought that they had to do them even crossed their mind.” –Herman Bavinck via @JustinHolcomb The centerpiece of the Christian life is faith not your faithfulness--trust in Christ's faithfulness not your own. @Byronyawn I affirm the call to sanctification. I just believe it flows not from an imperative to "be loving" but the indicative that we "are beloved." @MattPopovits Transformation happens by beholding Jesus. @simplegospelpod in both the OT & NT the way in which God saves sinners is always the same: by gra...

This is a new feature on the blog.  Usually on Mondays, I get caught up on my favorite podcasts.  This usually results in a lot of tweeting on that day.  However, if you are at work and not checking Twitter during that time, you might miss some of the great truth being shared by others.  So, I am sharing some of best tweets from the previous week which include great wisdom and truth.           "The law cannot do any more in sanctification than it did in justification." ~John Murray via @JustinHolcomb          The gospel is a shocking transfer. Without it, Sundays wouldn't be celebrations, they'd be performance evaluations followed by pep talks- Paul Dunk via @Trent_Stutzman People who believe in the glory story put their faith in whatever happens to be this week's 6 steps (or 7 habits) to success. In doing so, they intrinsically put faith in themselves as p...

I am continuing to provide notes from the Liberate 2015 speakers. This post includes those who spoke on Thursday night and Friday morning.  Be liberated as you read! Paul Tripp-"It is Finished: Good News For a Worn Out World" here J.D. Greear-"It is Finished: From Beginning to End" here Elyse Fitzpatrick-"It is Finished: The End of Our Identity Crisis" here Justin Holcomb-"Grace & Abuse" here Scotty Smith-Lunch Discussion here

Here are my favorite quotes from speakers from Day 2 of Liberate 2015: God's Will is not lost. Question is not what but where & how. (J.D. Greear) When Satan accuses you, look up! We conquer him by the blood of Lamb & word of testimony (not ours, but His) (Elyse Fitzpatrick) The entire life, death, resurrection, ascension, and coming again of Christ is relevant to grace. (Justin Holcomb) If the Lord picked you to do something, there is no pressure because He will speak through you. (Eric Metaxas) Rest in God's commitment to bring to completion what He began. (Scotty Smith) Every morning wake up & believe God is pleased with you because of what Jesus has done. (Ray Cortese) Your assurance of salvation never comes from looking in, but instead from looking up and out. (Tullian Tchividjian)

Today, I am sharing some quotes on the topic of grace that I included in my Sunday School class on Sunday.  Enjoy meditating on these thoughts from various authors! Jesus (Luke 15) is striking at the heart of the problem we have with grace: we don’t like it. It seems unfair, but in reality it is perfectly fair. God is gracious to all. It smacks against our performance-based-acceptance narrative. (James Bryan Smith in Good and Beautiful God) Real life is long on law and short on grace—the demands never stop, the failures pile up, and fear sets in. Life requires many things from us—a stable marriage, successful children, a certain quality of life. Anyone living inside the guilt, anxiety, and uncertainty of daily life knows that the weight of life is heavy. We are all in need of some relief. Bestselling author Tullian Tchividjian is convinced our exhausted world needs a fresh encounter with God's inexhaustible grace—His one-way love. Sadly, however, Chris...

Here is my current reading list: The Genius of Generosity by Chip Ingram Multiply by Franis Chan On the Grace of God by Justin Holcomb Identity by Eric Geiger When Heaven Invades Earth by Bill Johnson Altar Ego by Craig Groeschel What great books are you reading that you would recommend?