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Civil Spirituality…

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Immediately following the terror strikes of 9/11 the churches of our country swelled with new attenders — with those wishing to draw near to God, or deal with their fears, or for other reasons. Yet they didn’t stay long. Commenting on this return to “pre-9/11 levels” of spiritual activity, Dr Al Mohler makes this profound observation:

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“Spirituality is what is left when authentic Christianity is evacuated from the public square. It is the refuge of the faithless seeking the trappings of faith without the demands of revealed truth. Spirituality affirms us in our self-centeredness and soothingly tells us that all is well. Authentic faith in Christ call us out of ourselves, points us to the Cross, and summons us to follow Christ.”
— CULTURE SHIFT (2008), p. 51

In these post-election days, I sense this ebb and flow — away from truth and toward this civil spirituality, which is no threat to self-centered living. How sad. We who love the truth of God’s Word certainly have our work cut out for us.
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Prayin’ for President-elect Obama? We must…

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I’ve been not feeling well today, but that always makes me more prayerful (part of God’s plan I suspect). Pastor Ligon Duncan has written some good words on a crucial topic for all believers this week: Praying for President-elect Obama. It’s really straight-forward and helpful. Read it, then spend a few minutes in prayer. I pray you do
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ligonWell, my country and much of the rest of the world are electric with the election of Barack Obama as the new President of the United States of America. To say that it is historic, is a gross understatement.

Justin Taylor and Al Mohler, have both inspired some reflection on the question of how we as Christians –Bible-believing, Reformed, Christians– ought to pray for him, and I have freely borrowed many of their words and thoughts on this. But here are some ideas for leading our people to pray for our President-Elect. Barack Obama.

We ought to commit ourselves to pray for our new President, for his wife and family, for his administration, and for the nation. We will do this, not only because of the biblical command to pray for our rulers, but because of the Continue reading →