TWW is merely an example of the blogs which focus on abuse.ĭeYoung claims his post isn't about any one thing on the Internet so we will assume that he is not pointing the finger specifically at us. “The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.” 29 When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him.ģ1 When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her , noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.ģ2 When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”ģ3 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 34 “Where have you laid him?” he asked.ģ6 Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”ģ7 But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”ģ8 J esus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. Jesus Comforts the Sisters of Lazarus link (John 11:1-38 NIV Gateway)ġ7 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18 Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.Ģ1 “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died.22 But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”Ģ3 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”Ģ4 Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”Ģ5 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”Ģ7 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”Ģ8 After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. In fact, he cried before he raised Lazarus.

Of course, most of us focus on the fact that Jesus would raise Lazarus from he dead. It is traditionally believed that this family hda a close friendship with Jesus. Jesus goes to visit Mary and Martha whose brother, Lazarus, has just died. Pay particular attention to the bolded words in the account. Please read the following story from the book of John before I begin. Today I will be discussing Kevin DeYoung's blog post The God of Justice Hates False Reports which was posted yesterday at The Gospel™ Coalition's website. I wonder if these BFF's of Sovereign Grace Ministries have ever had an abused person sit up front with them? I told her that the lack of empathy from DeYoung and others in The Gospel™ Coalition has been deeply disturbing. Before we finished, she mentioned she had seen Kevin DeYoung's newest blog post and expressed concern about his lack of empathy for those who have been hurt. We have developed a friendship through the last couple of years. She called me about another issue altogether. I just got off the phone talking to a dear friend whose child was sexually abused in an SGM church.

“From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,’ they say,when there is no peace. Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct? No, they have no shame at all they do not even know how to blush.(Jeremiah 6:13-15-NIV-Bible Gateway)Īl Mohler, John MacArthur, Thabiti Anyabwile, John Piper, CJ Mahaney, and Kevin DeYoung at T4G (the one CJ was not supposed to speak at.)

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