Riverwood Presbyterian Church

August 30, 2012

General Theology

God’s commandments reveal what you believe about His love

by Eric Venable

Indicators are really, really good things. I was tired and eager to get home a few weeks ago when I crawled into my car around 10pm to go home after a long church meeting. But I see the FUEL LEVEL LOW staring back at me straight ahead in the dash as I crank the car and know that I have to get gas before I finally get to make it home. Indicators are all around us every day. Batteries symbols in corners of ipods, stomachs that begin to rumble, babies that start to cry. Every single day we are surrounded by things that are meant to communicate important things to us, things that need to grab our attention and make us respond in a particular way. Indicators always tell me something very important, something that if ignored only leads me to another problem.

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June 28, 2012

Arts & Aesthetics, Music

Pop Music lectures

by Jeff Miller

Thanks to Steven Crawford- the lectures from the last two Sunday nights are now posted here on the Riverwood site.

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May 22, 2012

Quotes of the Week

A Catechism in the Negative: Sex and Bull-scat

by Tim Lien

Q: What is man’s chief end?

A: To glorify God and enjoy him forever?

Q: What then, does man decide to do?

A: To praise himself and fool others into doing the same.

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May 20, 2012

General Theology

Feels So Bad, but Oh So Good

by Tim Lien

“God is most gracious to me when he reveals to me my sin.” – Martin Luther. This one is a puzzler for many. Why would the exposure of sin be good? How can something that makes me feel so bad, be so good? Wonderful, even?

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May 3, 2012

Discipleship

Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street…in a Christian Worldview

by Eric Venable

So I've had two widely divergent thoughts swirling around my neurotic head lately..the apologetics of Cornelius Van Til and Sesame Street….Let me try to explain. A few months ago I read Christian Apologetics by one of the great minds of the Reformed faith, a dead guy named …