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Tim Keller On the Gospel and Fanaticism and Wrath

Last night while I was reading The Reasons For God by Tim Keller, I came across this quote and had to share it with you all.

What if, however, the essence of Christianity is salvation by grace, salvation not because of what we do but because of what Christ has done for us? Belief that you are accepted by God by sheer grace is profoundly humbling. The people who are fanatics, then, are so not because they are too committed to the gospel but because they are not committed to it enough. (pg. 57)

And how about this one as well

God’s wrath flows from his love and delight in his creation (pg.73)

Chew on those for a bit.

Copper Island Video we made last week

Over the past several years Creekside Church has sent work teams to Copper Island Camp. This camp is dedicated to reaching First Nations Kids. This year Creekside as well as Westside Church are partnering to build the first ever Worship Center dedicated to First Nations people in Barkley Sound. It’s a tremendous project and this video shows you what we have done and where the Worship Center will go.

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Jesus for President – Review

Jesus For President is first of all a very beautifully designed book.  The layout and design help the book move along.  The pictures are very powerful.  The feel of the book is unique.  I couldn’t put it down because I kept wanting to see what the next page would hold visually.

But I also really enjoyed reading the book.  The basic premise is that as Christians we have allegiance to Jesus first and not America (or the empire).  So the authors basically go about setting Jesus up against the systems of empire in his time and our time as well.  I have a feeling that super patriotic people will not like this book.  But it turns out the super patriotic people didn’t really like Jesus in the first place.

I found myself underlining a lot of great nuggets of wisdom and making quite a few notes in my moleskine.  One of the most interesting sections in the book was when the Authors set the Coronation of a Caesar up against the Crucifixion.  The Parallels are stunning and they bring a lot more power to the crucifixion narrative.

Shaine Claiborne is probably associated pretty strongly with the emergent church and many people might not want to read this book because of that, but he really does share some compelling arguements and stories about consuming less of the empire’s systems, resisting violence, and trying to be like Jesus.

the Book is a quick read and it’s divided up into 4 Main sections with a lot of little sections throughout.  I read it at copper island in about half a day (there wasn’t anything else to do).

Ready for Anything – Review

David Allen is a productivity guru.  I first came across the GTD methodology from the bob.blog and then was further exposed to the ninjary by Merlin Mann at 43folders.  Ready for Anything is divided up into 52 short chapters and it can be viewed as the why behind all of the GTD methodology.  It is full of reminders as to why we need to get things out of our heads, why we need to review our stuff weekly, and the freedom to be creative that we establish when our brain is able to focus on one thing at a time.

If you have already read Getting Things Done this is a great addition, to understanding the processes and methods of GTD.  Be careful though as David Allen has created a cult-like following among many in the blog-o-verse.  But it’s a great resource and you should check it out.

Finch Hall Dedication

On April 27th, 2008 Creekside Church dedicated Finch Hall. Dennis finch served 30 years as a pastor at Creekside Church. Music by Patria. A Time for Tribute is also included.the quality of the Video is not great, but the content is. It’s a long video, so if you have time to watch it, I hope you are encouraged by the legacy that Dennis and Mary have created.

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Port Alberni to Tartus (Copper) Island

Well today I’m chillin on the Tamarino, which is the huge boat in Port Alberni.  It’s pretty sweet, and there is free wi-fi, so it’s even sweeter.

Don and I are on our way up to Copper Island, where our church has partnered with a missions camp there.  This is my first time going to Copper Island.  This trip is to help Train Aaron on using the old Grady White that the camp bought from Don.  And it’s also a mini-study break for me.  I’m looking forward to hanging out, working on some notes for this summer, and reading.

I’ll be gone for a few days and won’t be able to update this blog.  But I’ll try to update my twitter, you can find it at twitter.com/jdeuman.  See you on thursday