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Before the throne of God above
I have a strong, a perfect plea:
A great High Priest, whose name is Love,
Who ever lives and pleads for me.

My name is graven on his hands,
My name is written on his heart;
I know that while in heaven he stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart
No tongue can bid me thence depart.

When Satan tempts me to despair,
And tells me of the guilt within,
Upward I look, and see him there
Who made an end of all my sin.

Because a sinless Savior died,
My sinful soul is counted free;
For God, the Just, is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me
To look on Him and pardon me

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Praise the One,
Risen Son of God!

Behold him there, the risen Lamb
My perfect, spotless righteousness,
The great unchangeable I am,
The King of glory and of grace!

One in himself, I cannot die
My soul is purchased by his blood
My life is hid with Christ on high,
With Christ, my Savior and my God
With Christ, my Savior and my God

Justin Peters does a great job of exposing the lie from the TBN crowd.

Click here to play the video

Audio cuts out at about 1:50 but it is worth watching for that 1:50

 

I highly recommend this new book by John Piper

 

For every Arminian you know this Christmas… :-)

 

I have been using Puritan Picks for several months now and have waited to see if it was as good a company as it seemed. Well it exceeded my expectations in every area and I want to commend it to your attention today. Watch the video below and then go to http://www.puritanpicks.com/

For Christ and His Kingdom…
Jeff

 

A great reminder through John Piper

John Piper – Recap from T4G 2008 from Together for the Gospel (T4G) on Vimeo.

For everyone who can relate – Caedmon’s Call “Shifting Sand”

 

 

Sometimes I believe all the lies
So I can do the things I should despise
And every day I am swayed
By whatever is on my mind

I hear it all depends on my faith
So I’m feeling precarious
The only problem I have with these mysteries
Is they’re so mysterious

And like a consumer I’ve been thinking
If I could just get a bit more
More than my 15 minutes of faith,
Then I’d be secure

(Chorus)
My faith is like shifting sand
Changed by every wave
My faith is like shifting sand
So I stand on grace

I’ve begged you for some proof
For my Thomas eyes to see
A slithering staff, a leprous hand
And lions resting lazily

A glimpse of your back-side glory
And this soaked altar going ablaze
But you know I’ve seen so much
I explained it away

Chorus
Waters rose as my doubts reigned
My sand-castle faith, it slipped away
Found myself standing on your grace
It’d been there all the time

(Chorus repeated)

Are you involved in the conspiracy?

 

This is a great summary of the way we should understand the “other gospel” being preached today. Great quote from it: “It is not sinful to make a lot of money, it is sinful to keep a lot of money”