http://faithcommunity.com Exalting Christ As Lord Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:30:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://faithcommunity.com/exodus.htm Ray Ortlund has a profound, brilliant, and piercing post today on how the Gospel should affect our relationships with other Christians--with all other Christians, regardless of whether their theology aligns with ours.  Read it in its entirety, then read it again.  Here's a little taste to whet your appetite: Whatever divides ... http://faithcommunity.com/the-sociology-of-the-gospel.htm Do you pray regularly, fervently for this church, or for whatever church you attend?  Here are some ways to pray for God's power to be displayed in His church: hundreds of people coming to Christ, old animosities being removed, marriages being reconciled and renewed, wayward children coming home, long-standing slavery to sin being conquered, spiritual dullness ... http://faithcommunity.com/praying-for-the-church.htm Ray Ortlund posts today about the kind of culture the Gospel should create in us.  In addition to some piercing comments from Philippians 2:3, he includes this quote from Jonathan Edwards: “Spiritual pride is the main door by which the devil comes into the hearts of those who are zealous ... http://faithcommunity.com/gospel-culture.htm If you missed Tim's sermon last night from 1 Corinthians 12 on the nature and use of spiritual gifts, go here immediately and listen to it (or go later to our sermonaudio.com page--it's not there yet but will be soon). And then check out these articles written by my dear friend ... http://faithcommunity.com/on-spiritual-gifts.htm From Ray Ortlund, here are seven ways from the Scriptures to guard and repair relationships.  Be sure to read his (highly helpful) comments on each of these seven here. 1.  We can rejoice in one another, because the Lord rejoices in us. (Psalm 16:3) 2.  We can create an environment of ... http://faithcommunity.com/ways-to-preserve-unity-in-the-body.htm In the context of our series on community, I thought this list would be good by way of stirring you up, reminding you of our duties toward each other in the New Covenant community.  (The list comes courtesy of bulletininserts.org.) Be at peace with one another. Mk. 9:50 Wash ... http://faithcommunity.com/new-testament-one-another-commands.htm Apologies for the blog silence over the past few weeks.  I was preparing for a piano recital I gave in St. Louis last Sunday.  I am very thankful that the church allows me the opportunity to do things like this, and I am also grateful to Blake Loy and Steve ... http://faithcommunity.com/christian-community-part-4-finally.htm Just last week, Together for the Gospel (a conference put together by Al Mohler, Ligon Duncan, C.J. Mahaney, and Mark Dever) was held in Louisville, KY.  The preaching at the conference, from the sampling I've listened to so far, was phenomenal.  So I wanted to point you to the Together ... http://faithcommunity.com/some-dynamite-sermons-for-your-edification.htm "For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell ... http://faithcommunity.com/unsearchable-riches.htm