Gavin, Author at Truth Unites

Life and Ministry Lessons from Boxing

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY3yIIxXvy4&w=480&h=390] I spent some time the other day watching the Ali vs. Foreman fight in Zaire in 1974 on Youtube, the famous “rumble in the jungle.” This is round 8, the final round. I...

June 28, 20111 Comment

Charnock on Christ’s Exaltation and Triplex Munus

I’ve recently written an article on how Christ’s resurrection intersects with his messianic offices of prophet, priest, and king, so I found this statement by Stephen Charnock interesting, which I came across at Fuller Seminary’s...

June 23, 2011No Comments

Heaven (2): New Earth = Earth Resurrected

Here are two more good quotes from Randy Alcorn’s Heaven, the first from Alcorn and the second from A.A. Hodge: “The biblical doctrine of the New Earth implies something startling: that if we want to...

June 16, 2011No Comments

Barth on Anselm (3): Sola Ratione

I’m about half-way through Barth’s Anselm book. Barth is the theologian I am reading in 2011. Next year it will be Augustine. I’ve chosen Barth because I learn from engaging with him, though where he...

June 13, 2011No Comments

Our Helper

Psalm 124:8: “Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.” This verse meant a lot to me yesterday. I was tired and perhaps a bit discouraged, and needed...

June 7, 20113 Comments

Justification (5): Piper, Wright, Schreiner, Thielman, Imputation, and Union with Christ

Towards the end of my justification study last fall I delved a bit to the Piper versus Wright debate. Although our move cut this study short, I remember my initial impression being that Wright had...

May 26, 20113 Comments

Justification and Knowing Christ

The audio of my dad’s awesome TGC breakout, “Justification vs. Self-Justification,” is up here. I highly recommend it. From re-listening to it on a hike just now, one thing that struck me was at one...

May 23, 2011No Comments

Heaven (1): New Earth = Heaven Incarnate

In preparation for an upcoming series for the youth, and sermon for main church, and also just as a study project, I’ve been reading Randy Alcorn’s Heaven. While at times it feels a bit repetitive,...

May 20, 20114 Comments

This is God’s gift to me

Esther and I went to our favorite beach (Corona Del Mar) for our day off yesterday, and then on the way home stopped by to see my grandmother since she lives so close by. We...

May 17, 20112 Comments