Archive for April 29, 2010


Apr 29

Grudem on Misguided Political Involvement

2010 | by Ryan Kelly | Category: Clarus 10,Quote,Recommended Link

How should Christians relate to politics? Wayne Grudem explains five wrong views of political involvement:

  1. Government compelling religion
  2. Religion excluded from the public square
  3. Christians abandoning government altogether
  4. Christians doing evangelism and not politics
  5. Christians doing politics and not evangelism

Dr. Grudem will be speaking at DSC on the topics of business, ethics, and world poverty this Friday and Saturday, as well as preaching in both of our Sunday AM services. Hope you plan to join us.

Apr 29

Why Suffering?

2010 | by Ryan Kelly | Category: Clarus 10,Quote,Recommended Link

In this video, Randy Alcorn briefly answers the question of God’s purposes for suffering and evil. Suffering tells us:

This can’t be all there is; there’s got to be something better… There is a better world than this. We live between Eden and the New Earth.

Randy will be speaking on this topic on Friday evening of our Clarus Weekend (“Between Heaven and Earth”).

In preparation for that, you might want to take a look at a lengthy interview with Randy about his book, If God is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil.

Apr 29

Alcorn on Endurance

2010 | by Ryan Kelly | Category: Clarus 10,Quote,Recommended Link

I just finished listening to a wonderful message by Randy Alcorn, given at the 2007 Desiring God conference: “Today’s Decisions Determine Who You Will Be Tomorrow.” The thesis of the message is this (very convicting and helpful):

Whether or not you endure in your Christian life is dependent upon who you become. Will you become God’s man or your man, Christ-dependent or self-dependent? It is the little choices of life that determine which one you become. Endurance consists of a “long obedience in the same direction.”

As we gear up for our Clarus conference weekend with Wayne Grudem and Randy Alcorn maybe you’ll take time to watch or listen to this great message.