Fully Alive in Christ!

"The glory of God is man fully alive… ." wrote St. Irenaeus. Whoever believes that Jesus Christ is the Lord and the Savior of the world, and turns from sin to put faith in Christ to forgive sins and grant eternal life, will have the Spirit of God living inside of him or her. When this happens, we awaken from the gray world of disappointed dreams and taste what it really means to be alive. This blog is about the experience of being truly alive and how Christ satisfies our deepest longings.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Why You Have to Fight Sin by Trusting in God

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I said here and here that in order to overcome sin and temptation, you have to let go of trusting in your own willpower and turn instead t...
Sunday, July 11, 2010

Sunday Salt: John Bunyan - When Sin Causes Us to Lose Heart

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John Bunyan began writing The Pilgrim's Progress while in prison in 1675. A lay preacher with only a basic lower-class education, Buny...

Openness and Sincerity About Suffering Encourages Others

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There are other reasons besides fear and insecurity that can lead us to conceal our struggles. Sometimes I am tempted to keep silent about m...
Saturday, July 10, 2010

Don't Just Put on a Happy Face

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I said recently that your most painful or troubling times may be your best testimony to the power of the Gospel and the treasure of knowing...
Saturday, June 26, 2010

Your Worst Times May Be Your Best Testimony to the Gospel

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The best chance you have to show the Gospel to people may be when you least feel like you have anything to give. When you are in the midst o...
Sunday, June 13, 2010

Sunday Salt: Spurgeon on How the Cross Takes Away Fear

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I normally intend to draw from as diverse a group of people as possible for Sunday Salt meditations, but this quote from the "Prince of...
Sunday, June 6, 2010

Sunday Salt: Augustine's Gratitude for How God Kept Him From Sin

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Augustine of Hippo was one of the greatest writers of the Early Church. Living from the fourth century to the first third of the fifth cent...
Friday, June 4, 2010

Five Crucial Aspects of a Healthy Marriage

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In preparation for a friend's bridal shower, my wife asked me the other day what my top three tips for a good marriage were. This is wha...
Sunday, May 30, 2010

Sunday Salt: Spurgeon - Are You Friendly With Sin?

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This Sunday's meditation is from Charles Spurgeon , one of the most gifted preachers of all time. It is often uncomfortable to be confro...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Why Does Life Often Seem to Get Harder?

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John Piper began his eight-month leave of absence on May 1st. He and the other pastors and elders have been encouraging us to pray faithfull...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

How to Fight Sin by Faith

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I said here that the way to defeat sin is to fight by faith - you must admit you can't overcome sin on your own and put your trust in G...
Sunday, May 9, 2010

Sunday Salt: G.K. Chesterton on the Tension of Virtues

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This week's Sunday Salt seemed to be an appropriate follow-up to last week (C.S. Lewis on how each emotion is right at some time and wr...
Saturday, May 8, 2010

What I Mean By "Beating Sin"

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I said here that I would explain in these posts how I went about beating sin, and in the last post I said I have been experiencing freedom ...

Fighting Sin Requires Admitting You Can't Win

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When I was finally at the point with sin that I desperately wanted to change, I was trying everything I could to resist temptation and avoid...
Friday, May 7, 2010

The Roadblock to Spiritual Health

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I had finally reached a point in my life where I had caused enough pain to myself and others through sin that I was sick of giving in to it....
Monday, May 3, 2010

Stage 2: Fighting Sin by Faith

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I have said a lot about the importance of reading your Bible because I want to emphasize that equipping your mind with God's promises an...
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Sunday, May 2, 2010

New Weekly Series: Sunday Salt

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Today I am beginning a weekly series I am calling "Sunday Salt". My goal is to draw from the great history of Christian wisdom and...
Monday, March 29, 2010

Husbands, Love Your Wives

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I just posted here on Pastor John Piper's announcement that he is taking an eight-month leave of absence from all public ministry to fo...

John Piper Steps Back From Public Ministry

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Pastor John Piper announced to our church on Saturday and Sunday that he has asked for an eight month leave of absence from our elder board...
Friday, March 19, 2010

The Encouragement of the Old Testament - Genesis

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Reading through Genesis has shown me a lot about God's power and faithfulness, which has greatly strengthened my faith that God can and ...
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Anthony Bushnell
Minnesota, United States
Born alive at age 18. I had a childhood without church and didn't believe in God until He saved me seven weeks before my 19th birthday. Christ changed my life forever, but it was years before I really discovered the fullness of joy in God. I write to encourage others. I love teaching. I am grateful to be a husband and a father of three. I also practice law, volunteer with Christian Legal Society, and lead a small group at our church. And I really love to read.
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