affections

What should I do if I don't feel bad about sin?

How we respond to sin can be a helpful measuring tool for where we are with Christ. Sean discusses two possible positions for those who encounter sin but lack the affectionate repulsion to it. 

Pastor Brian Blair is back for this week's installment of Summer In The Psalms as he walks us through Psalm 119 and a training program for our affections.

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What can the story behind Michelangelo's sculpture of David teach us about creativity and life? A great deal. The idea is simple: constraints lead to creativity. But no one likes limitations. So, we need tools to move forward and inspiration to fight for the beauty that lies in front of us. 

In Colossians 3 we are admonished to; Set our affections on things above.  That is like telling someone to love something they have never tasted.  Or telling a child who has never been to a place like Disney World or Sea World to love them.  Even if you tried to describe it to them in detail, their attention span would run out long before the explanation was finished.  Oh yes, once they have been there it is easy to love.  So how are we going to love things above that we have never experienced?      

This message is about some of the things that make it difficult for us to love a place we have never been but where everyone wants to go to someday. 

Scriptures: 1 Cor. 13:1-13, Jer. 9:23-24 

Salient Points: Charity and love, Love twisted, Describing God, Small faith, Smoky glass, Increasing faith, Taught by the Spirit, Our changing world, Busy , Too much to do, Setting your affections, The center of your universe, Self justification, Doing the word, Killing conviction, Secret sins, Don’t glory, Money replaces God.

Sub Series: Seeing Through God’s Glass Darkly Pt-1

Key Words:  love, affections, heaven, above, faith, teach, Spirit, smoky, increase, change, world, busy, self, center, justification, doers, word, conviction, secret, sins, money, set 

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The Bible has much to say about our eternal future, but try as we may, it is impossible to get a vision of that reality. The closest thing in scripture is described as a Glass Darkly, which is very similar to a two way mirror. With a two way mirror the only way to see past your own reflection is to block out light on your side. 

This message continues with God’s Glass Darkly and focuses on what makes it harder to see what’s on the other side. 

Scriptures:  Jer. 9:23-24, Prov. 9:10

Sub Series: Seeing Through God’s Glass Darkly Pt-2

Key Words:  love, affections, heaven, above, faith, teach, Spirit, smoky, increase, change, world, busy, self, center, justification, doers, word, conviction, secret, sins, money, set 

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In this episode, I talk with Dr. Bradley Green. Dr. Bradley Green is Professor of Theological Studies at Union University. He is author of several books and Senior Fellow at Newton House. We discuss the relationship of knowledge and affections with Brad explaining how Augustine speaks of this. We explore what it looks like to have affections for God. We close discussing a recent article with American Reformer regarding Critical Theory. Why are affections important? How do they relate to knowing? What is Critical Theory? Why does it matter today? Are we living in a revolution?

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Episode 10 addresses the limited nature of examining one's affections.  It's better to look to your baptism as a means of assurance.  In addition, FLAME reviews his final song,  Let Us Remember feat. Scootie Wop from his EP Word And Water. You can get it here: https://lnk.to/WordAndWater Also, the portion of reading from this installment is from Robert Kolb's book, Teaching God's Children His Teaching: A Guide for the Study of Luther's Catechism.  Finally, FLAME concludes episode 10 discussing baptism's role against temptation and its all encompassing nature of the Christian's life.  Dig in!

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As Jesus followers and children of God, Paul calls us to "put off" the old self and to "put on" the new one...like exchanging shabby clothes for a whole new wardrobe.  He means to say that our adoption is final, but we now have a role to play in imitating the ways of our heavenly Father as His dearly loved children.