Author: Jojo Agot

Pastor at Victory. Faculty and adviser at Every Nation Leadership Institute (ENLI). MA in Theology and Mission at Every Nation Seminary.

Guard Against Pride

Tim Keller on guarding yourself against pride:

The very same prayer life that guards against discouragement also guards against pride. The way to be ready for success is to have dealt with discouragement through a deep rich life of prayer, routine mortification of sin, and joy-filled meditation of the glory of Christ and his salvation. The gospel guards you against the ups as well as the downs.

The Hobbit and Our Fascination with the Middle Earth

The second installment of The Hobbit movie will hit the theaters tomorrow and many people expect that just like the four previous Peter Jackson adaptations of the Tolkien books, the new movie will be a box office hit. Over at Desiring God, Tony Reinke wrote a compelling post about the allure of Middle Earth, about why people from different cultures, including those who have no history of monarchy in their governments, are fascinated with stories that involve a royalty:

There remains in kingship an enduring significance that is inescapable, something deeply burned into our souls, something telling us the world will only prosper when it’s ruled by the true king. Where no kings reign, evil reigns. Continue reading The Hobbit and Our Fascination with the Middle Earth

The Rise of New Calvinism

Roger Olson:

Much of the blame for the rise of the “new Calvinism” is ours—Arminians. We have failed to provide our young people with our theology. So naturally they think Calvinism is the only biblical, evangelical theology when they encounter it preached and taught by attractive, persuasive, young men like Matt Chandler, Mark Driscoll, Louis Giglio, et al. And when they fall under the spell of John Piper who is simply a magician at persuasion.

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Note To Self (12/10/13)

From RC Sproul Jr’s 10 Things I Would Tell My 18 Year Old Self:

#5. Relax, wind down, recreate by doing rather than watching. Reading is better than television. Talking is better than reading. Learning to play music is better than listening to music. Making is better than buying.

#4. Read less theological controversies, more Lewis, Chesterton; less spy novels, more Jon Krakaur, Paul Johnson, Iain Murray. Read people whose insights flow less out of what they have studied, more out of what they have lived.

#7. Encourage yourself and your circle of influence to find your and their satisfaction in Jesus.

From the Interwebs (12/07/13)

Five Errors of the Prosperity Gospel

David W. Jones over at Nine Marks outlined five basic errors of the health and wealth gospel that’s prevalent in the church today: 1) the misapplication of the Abrahamic Covenant; 2) a faulty view of the atonement; 3) giving in order to gain compensation from God; 4) faith as a self-generated spiritual force that leads to prosperity; 5) and prayer as a tool to force God to grant prosperity. If you’re tired of the empty promises of the prosperity preachers, read this post. Continue reading From the Interwebs (12/07/13)