Rebelutionary Challenge

Greetings, As rebelutionaries, we should always be on the lookout for worthwhile Hard Things to do that glorify God, push us out of our comfort zones, and help us to grow spiritually. Sometimes these Hard Things take the form of dramatic quests, like Zac Sunderland’s circumnavigation of the globe, of massive collaborations, like the Modesty [...]

IN

Greetings, Romans 8:1 [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. I was just [...]

Longfellow

Greetings, I was reading some of Longfellow’s poetry, and came across these two that struck me as profound and valuable to our spiritual lives. The Rainy Day The day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind is never weary; The vine still clings to the moldering wall, But at every gust [...]

Abound in Love

Philippians 1:9-11 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and [in] all judgment; 10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus [...]

Ask, Seek, Knock

Greetings, Matthew 7:7-8 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Devotions are important: crucially important. I am ashamed of how often [...]

Confession

Greetings, For the next six weeks or so I will be re-setting my goals and working to deepen my relationship with Christ. I have been struggling and failing for a long time now in several areas, and I want and need to get it right. So I do not know how much I will be [...]

Part 2: Legalism

Greetings, From what my last post was saying, one would at first glance be unsurprised by my next statement: “we ought to be extremely modest.” Then I can imagine all of the red flags going up and every one of them screaming: “Wait! Do you want us all to be dressed in black bags with [...]

Part 1: The Goldilocks Fallacy

Greetings, There is an idea that is prevalent in the Church, and it is dangerous. To some its differences from the truth are only in semantics, but the concept and worldview behind the idea is far worse than skin deep. You have probably heard the concept that in any action there are two extremes that [...]

Hermeneutics 2

Greetings, In the Rebelution Cafe, we ended up discussing Piper’s views that he stated regarding hermeneutics and subjective interpretation of the Bible. Because of some of the comments made, I thought that it might help to clarify in a little way what I think he might have been trying to get across (albeit in a [...]

Affliction

Greetings, In our study on the Rebelution Forums of John Piper’s book Don’t Waste Your Life, the following question came up: Is it obvious that all men seek happiness (even those who commit suicide)? Is the pursuit of happiness inevitable? How do you think the Bible regards the pursuit of Happiness? Cite Scripture verses in [...]