I haven't seen this one available for free previously so I thought I'd post here:
https://vyrso.com/product/13265/bought-with-blood-the-divine-exchange-at-the-cross
I also picked up the Interpretation Commentary on Luke for $3.00 (Likely only available on Academic Pricing):
https://www.logos.com/product/15681/interpretation-a-bible-commentary-for-teaching-and-preaching-luke
$3? $26.95 here. Your secret?
Whoops, maybe Academic Pricing. Sorry for that! I've added a note to my original post on to that effect.
IMHO, not even worth getting for free. Isn't this the same man who said "6. “A lot of people think Jesus was poor during his earthly ministry. I don’t. He didn’t have a lot of cash but he was never in need. Anybody who can feed 5,000 people in the wilderness is not exactly poor. And when he needed money for the taxes, he didn’t go to the bank, he went to the lake and got it out of a fish. I mean, what’s the difference whether you get it out of a fish or the bank! My little statement about Jesus in his earthly ministry is this: He didn’t carry a lot of cash, but he always used his Father’s credit card.”
Nope, not for me. [N]
There is a review section on the review page for this ... or take it to ChristianDiscourse.com
Nope, not for me.
Yeah, you can get a decent freebie at Vyrso now and again, but it isn't exactly a locus of Christian discernment.
Not complaining about the quality of free books (which would be a bit ironic and ungrateful); just observing.
Big tent, small Table.
IMHO, not even worth getting for free.
In fairness to the author, the following quote sets his theology in perspective:
However, it is not always material abundance with which God blesses us. Paul identified two ways we can serve God on this earth, which also constitute enduring riches: No other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. 1 Corinthians 3:11–15 Paul gives examples of two kinds of service we can offer to the Lord. One is large in quantity but low in value: wood, hay, straw. The other kind of service—gold, silver and precious stones—is much smaller in quantity but withstands the fire and stands the test of time. Take care that you are not laying up vast quantities of wood, hay and straw, because a fire is coming that will consume these in an instant. Enduring riches are the lives we bless with the truth of God’s Word and with the power of the Holy Spirit, which produces Christian character. In this way we build men and women of God, but usually not in large quantities. Despite our terrible tendency in the Church to focus on numbers, the issue is not how many members a church has, but how many disciples it nurtures. Jesus never told us to get church members; He instructed us to make disciples. I have observed in the course of a long life in God’s service that if you make disciples, you will usually start with a small number, as Jesus Himself did. But they will be self-reproducing. In the long run you will end up with a lot, and it will be quality, not quantity. A Right Perspective I close this chapter with two Scriptures that put God’s provision for abundance into perspective. The first is Proverbs 13:7: "There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; and one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches." Some deliberately turn away from the material wealth of this world, making themselves poor, while in the spiritual realm they have great riches. I think Paul was one of these. His testimony in 2 Corinthians 6:4 is the second Scripture. It begins: "In all things we commend ourselves as ministers of God," followed by a long list of what he and his co-workers had experienced, most of which are not on the curriculum of a normal Bible college. They commended themselves in patience, tribulations, needs, distresses, stripes, imprisonments, tumults, labors, sleeplessness and fasting (see verses 4–5). Paul went on to enumerate other ways he and his co-workers had approved themselves as ministers of God: As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. verses 9–10, emphasis added Poverty is a curse. God’s provision is abundance. But do not focus merely on the material realm, because when you die, that will be the end of it. To those whose priorities are right, God offers greater and more enduring riches.
However, it is not always material abundance with which God blesses us. Paul identified two ways we can serve God on this earth, which also constitute enduring riches:
No other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.
1 Corinthians 3:11–15
Paul gives examples of two kinds of service we can offer to the Lord. One is large in quantity but low in value: wood, hay, straw. The other kind of service—gold, silver and precious stones—is much smaller in quantity but withstands the fire and stands the test of time. Take care that you are not laying up vast quantities of wood, hay and straw, because a fire is coming that will consume these in an instant.
Enduring riches are the lives we bless with the truth of God’s Word and with the power of the Holy Spirit, which produces Christian character. In this way we build men and women of God, but usually not in large quantities. Despite our terrible tendency in the Church to focus on numbers, the issue is not how many members a church has, but how many disciples it nurtures. Jesus never told us to get church members; He instructed us to make disciples. I have observed in the course of a long life in God’s service that if you make disciples, you will usually start with a small number, as Jesus Himself did. But they will be self-reproducing. In the long run you will end up with a lot, and it will be quality, not quantity.
A Right Perspective
I close this chapter with two Scriptures that put God’s provision for abundance into perspective.
The first is Proverbs 13:7: "There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; and one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches." Some deliberately turn away from the material wealth of this world, making themselves poor, while in the spiritual realm they have great riches. I think Paul was one of these.
His testimony in 2 Corinthians 6:4 is the second Scripture. It begins: "In all things we commend ourselves as ministers of God," followed by a long list of what he and his co-workers had experienced, most of which are not on the curriculum of a normal Bible college. They commended themselves in patience, tribulations, needs, distresses, stripes, imprisonments, tumults, labors, sleeplessness and fasting (see verses 4–5).
Paul went on to enumerate other ways he and his co-workers had approved themselves as ministers of God:
As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
verses 9–10, emphasis added
Poverty is a curse. God’s provision is abundance. But do not focus merely on the material realm, because when you die, that will be the end of it. To those whose priorities are right, God offers greater and more enduring riches.
Nicely put Mr. Warren.
Lee, where did the quote come from. Was is from a book by the author in question?
I took the quote from the book Bought with Blood.
The quote that I was responding to is from one of the author's teaching materials. If you do a Google search you will also see a more complete rendering, which paints a very different picture.
I took the quote from the book Bought with Blood. The quote that I was responding to is from one of the author's teaching materials. If you do a Google search you will also see a more complete rendering, which paints a very different picture.
Ahh - it took a bit but i get it now. I thought the quote was from the second book not the first! My mistake - carry on [:|]
