Category Archives: Shane Becker

Stuff I’ve Said

Bookmark and Share Sanctification by Grace or . . . How to Sweat for Jesus with Gospel Power (Series: Doctrines that make a difference) Overhead (pdf) (ppt) What Does Sin Do? (Series: Whiter than Snow) Overhead (pdf) (ppt) New Covenant Privileges. (Series: Christ
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Legalism – Bill Baldwin Definitions

Bookmark and Share " 1. Using the Mosaic covenant as though it is the covenant between you and God. 2. Attempting to be justified by one's own works. 3. Attempting to be sanctified by one's own works 4. Suggesting that our worth or worthlessness, our self-esteem and
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Reid Ferguson Revisits the Atonement

Bookmark and Share In Session 3 of "The Future of New Covenant Theology" Reid Ferguson discussed the Atonement. This was a meeting where some ideas were exchanged among brothers who have very similar views concerning New Covenant Theology (NCT).  The views expressed
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New Earth Dancing Video!?

Bookmark and Share I showed this to my girls.  Melanie said, "Is that what the new world is going to be like? With everybody happy everywhere?" Encouraging insight. [kml_flashembed movie="http://au.youtube.com/v/zlfKdbWwruY" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparen
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Mad World – Australian Police

Bookmark and Share I find these videos compelling and disturbing on a number of levels.  To name a few: 1.  Reminds me of the brokenness all around me I almost never see but am called to bring the healing of Jesus to. 2.  Helps me enter into a longing for the retur
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A Toast to Ainslie and Bruce Lovely

Bookmark and Share At the wedding reception of Deborah Lovely and Josh Acason I was asked to deliver the toast to the parents of the bride. Most who know Deborah Lovely know her as a successful Australian weightlifting champion athlete.  To me she is a wonderful sist
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Gospel Sanctification 11 – Quotes

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"*Any* sermon that fails to impress upon its hearers the centrality of Christ to *any* given passage, including those with imperatives, is inherently joyless and legalistic.  In *any* homiletic consideration of an imperativ

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Gospel Sanctification 10 – A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

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Oar, That's Hard! Click Here for Full Screen Version.

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Gospel Santification 9 – Response to Objection, Part 3 – Pastoral Thought

Bookmark and Share There are a few more things to add to my 'Gospel Sanctification' series.  First, I'll close off my response to an objection I received and later continue with a few more thoughts on the subject. Here are the first two responses to an objection: G
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ESV Revision

Bookmark and Share The 2007 revision of the ESV has made a number of minor revisions to the 2001 edition.  One notable change is . . . 2001 ESV - Gen 30:35 But that day Laban removed the male goats that were striped and spotted, and all the female goats that were spe
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