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New Wellspring Website

We’re excited to launch a new website for the church.  Check it out.  Hope you like it.   Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

Absolutely Frightening!

This tsunami video is terrifying. It makes you realize just how scary the ocean can be: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

New Identity, Old Skin Is Fine

This story really made me sad. People trying to bleach their skin (and their baby’s skin) all to change their worth is simply tragic. If they could only grasp the good news of Christ (2 Cor 5:17), only then would they be truly comfortable in their own skin. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend [...]

The Importance of Faithful Exegesis

I appreciate two scholars talking about the importance of exegesis.  Here are two notable quotes from the video below: The single most frequent reason I see for misinterpreting a text of Scripture is not an ignorance of the original language, as helpful as that is, and it is not an ignorance of the sitz im [...]

The World’s Inadequate Justice – Cannibal Killer to Be Freed

Accused cannibal to be released from Rhode Island prison early: MyFoxBOSTON.com When murderers of children who cannibalize their victims are prosecuted for 2nd degree murder and now eligible for parole for “good behavior,” you know there will never truly be justice in this world.  Thankfully there is an eternal justice by a perfectly just God. [...]

No One Likes Hell, But It’s Real

I don’t know if you’ve been following the brouhaha behind Rob Bell’s new book Love Wins, but it has kicked up quite a storm in current evangelicalism.  Tim Challies is the first to actually read and review the book (so no one can claim you can’t critique something you haven’t read). Zondervan has ended its [...]

Gospel Definitions

Trevin Wax has a great post on D.A. Carson’s “Gospel Definitions.”  Carson writes: The gospel is integrally tied to the Bible’s story-line. Indeed, it is incomprehensible without understanding that story-line. God is the sovereign, transcendent and personal God who has made the universe, including us, his image-bearers. Our misery lies in our rebellion, our alienation [...]

More Upset by Darwin Fish or By a Lost World?

Russell Moore has a great blog post on this question.  He writes: My outrage at the Darwin fish in front of me often has little to do with persuading the Darwinist that there’s a more excellent way. Instead, sadly, my zeal is motivated by the very same factors that cause me to bristle when someone [...]

Gospel-Centered Mentoring and Discipleship

I don’t want to end with Miss Mentoring because mentoring is an important facet of the believer’s life.  In fact, it’s a biblical mandate according to Matthew 28:18-20.  Jesus tells us not just to be His disciples but to make disciples.  All Christians should be growing in maturity and looking to be used by Christ [...]

Hope When There Feels Like No Hope (the Evil of Sexual Assault)

Justin and Lindsay Holcomb have an important book out called, Rid of My Disgrace: Hope and Healing for Victims of Sexual Assault.  The Mars Hill Blog has a blog series on the issue of sexual assault with the two authors.  If you or anyone you know have ever been a victim of sexual assault, this [...]

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