"I BELIEVED, AND SO I SPOKE"

A week ago John Piper preached a message at the Gospel Coalition Conference in Chicago entitled "Feed the Flame of God's Gift: Unashamed Courage in the Gospel ." http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/MediaPlayer/3837/Audio/. I listened to it as I ran 8 miles for my marathon training (May 31st San Diego) and was completely rocked by it. This message is worth listening to. In it he preaches about the boldness that we must exercise as we give witness of the reality and beauty of Jesus Christ. Enjoy!

I wrote and read the following before the Easter meal at my parent's home this last Easter Sunday. _________________ Today we celebrate Easter. We celebrate the triumph of the Lord Jesus Christ over death by His rising from the dead and His absolute and final defeat of sin and death. We celebrate our adoption as sons and daughters of the One True and Living God through His death and rising. And we celebrate that He alone is the God of Justice & He is Love. But not everyone has seen and believed this most glorious truth of what God has done for each of us. And once knowing we are quick to forget and sure to falter in our deeds and thoughts. The truth is that it’s not easy to accept Jesus words that we are evil at the core of who we are and that we need to be born again and we can’t make it happen. It is not easy to accept that we deserve Hell because of who we aside from all the evil we think and do. Jesus speaks the truth out of love in Matthew 7:9-11: “Which of you, if his...