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Comment on Grace Driven Effort by Faithfulness’s Fuel | The Gospel Centered Life

Faithfulness’s Fuel | The Gospel Centered Life — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:49:09 +0000

[...] departing from grace and embracing works based righteousness. Gospel oriented sanctification, or grace driven effort, is rooted in what God has done for us and our identity as His children. It seeks to root out [...]

Comment on The need for new hearts by What does it mean (practically) to be Gospel Centered? | The Gospel Centered Life

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:14:05 +0000

[...] Scott; Wood, Tom (2012-05-08). Gospel Coach: Shepherding Leaders to Glorify God. Zondervan. Kindle [...]

Comment on Need is all that you need by What does it mean (practically) to be Gospel Centered? | The Gospel Centered Life

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:14:02 +0000

[...] Scott Thomas & Tom Wood provide some helpful insight in to this in their insightful book, Gospel Coach: Shepherding Leaders to Glorify God. A few things really stick out to me. 1) What we believe theologically drive how we approach [...]

Comment on You can stop striving by Need is all that you need | The Gospel Centered Life

Need is all that you need | The Gospel Centered Life — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:32:38 +0000

[...] is done – God is pleased with you because of the perfect obedience that Jesus gave to you. You can stop striving and begin walking in joyful submission to the commands of God because you no longer have to earn or [...]

Comment on God, give us believing hearts by Need is all that you need | The Gospel Centered Life

Need is all that you need | The Gospel Centered Life — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:32:34 +0000

[...] were clear, but they didn’t obey – they couldn’t obey rightly. They did not have believing hearts. God is not after just any type of obedience, He is after a certain kind of obedience. God is [...]

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Need is all that you need | The Gospel Centered Life — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:32:32 +0000

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Comment on The goodness in our lives is not because we are awesome & obedient, the goodness in our lives is because God is gracious by The need for new hearts | The Gospel Centered Life

The need for new hearts | The Gospel Centered Life — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:35:55 +0000

[...] This involves God writing His laws on our hearts which produces relational intimacy (Jeremiah 31:33), and hearts of flesh that allow us to walk in true obedience (Ezekiel 36:26-27). Those that are truly His are not based on external heritage & race – it is those who have circumcised hearts wrought by the Spirit (Romans 2:25-29 & Colossians 2:11). Circumcision was an external sign of the covenant, but this was merely an outward picture of the inward reality of our need for circumcised hearts (Deuteronomy 10:16). Circumcision symbolizes the removal of our stubbornness that prevents us from loving God rightly (which is the first & greatest commandment – see Deuteronomy 6:5). This is the same as uncircumcised lips that do not speak well (Exodus 6:12) or uncircumcised ears that do not hear well (Jeremiah 6:10). We are a stiff-necked, rebellious & stubborn people apart from the regenerating, faith depositing grace of God (here). [...]

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The need for new hearts | The Gospel Centered Life — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:35:53 +0000

[...] grateful hearts. The people did not have these kinds of hearts because God had not given them believing hearts. But God, being rich in mercy, promises to give them hearts that obey – new hearts, hearts [...]

Comment on It’s all grace or it’s not grace at all by It’s all grace or it’s not grace at all | The Gospel Centered Life | Danny Wahlquist Wordpress Blog

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:49:39 +0000

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Comment on Counterfeit Gods by Counterfeit Gods Resources | The Gospel Centered Life

Counterfeit Gods Resources | The Gospel Centered Life — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:37:34 +0000

[...] Group Guides & Large Group Slides to Counterfeit Gods have been posted [...]