One Eternal Day

"O’er all those wide extended plains / Shines one eternal day;
     "There God the Son forever reigns / And scatters night away."

Thursday, June 7, 2007

The "gospel" of health and wealth

John Piper on a false gospel:
Source: Desiring God: America's Ugly Exported "Gospel"
Posted by Standfast at 3:47 PM
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Labels: Health and Wealth, Theology

No comments:

New comments are not allowed.

Newer Post Older Post Home
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

About "One Eternal Day"


The title, "One Eternal Day," is from the hymn "On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand" [1787] by Samuel Stennett, a prominent English Sabbatarian Baptist. A verse from that hymn refers to the rest believers will enjoy in the "promised land."

"One Eternal Day" will usually call attention to the work of others. This is my chance to pass along things that I enjoyed, profited from, or that say well what I wish I'd said.

I am a Baptist, a member of a church affiliated with Seventh Day Baptists, and some posts will reflect that identification.

“He who marries the spirit of the age will soon find himself a widower.” Dean Inge

Standfast (Jim Skaggs):

My photo
Standfast
"I thought we had an honest man upon the Road, and therefore should have his Company by and by." "If you thought not amiss" said Standfast "how happy am I, but if I be not as I should, I alone must bear it."
View my complete profile

Search One Eternal Day

Popular Posts

  • “Two nations divided by a common language”
    I very much enjoyed "Divided by a Common Language," about the differences between American and British English. Bryan A. Garner c...
  • O blessed they
    From Augustine, "Exposition on Psalm 148": The subject of our meditation in this present life should be the praises of God; for th...
  • Responsibility
    Tom Gilson, in a post titled "Ideas Have Consequences: Free Will vs. The Programmed Brain," discusses some interesting research a...
  • A good American
    Again, from the current issue of National Review , Charles C.W. Cooke, an immigrant,  responds to Vivek Ramaswamy 's definition of what ...
  • Crucifixion
    Last week after our monthly fellowship meal I overheard a conversation about crucifixion and offered some information from this article . I...
  • Josephus and Jesus
    I've been reading history for a very long time. I love this sort of thing. On an ancient Jewish historian and what he may have written a...
  • Helping or hindering worship?
    I grew up attending worship in a sanctuary built during the Great Depression . It replaced a building that burned down one Sabbath morning i...
  • Explaining isn't justifying
    One very good historian, Gordon S. Wood , reviews a collection of essays by another, Bernard Bailyn , perhaps the most distinguished histo...
  • Self-esteem
    A passing reference in a blog I read almost every day sent me looking for "Psychobabble that shields the seriously selfish," a 1...
  • Ayn Rand on C.S. Lewis
    Today I reviewed the posts on this site that I had tagged "Ayn Rand." Among them, I found  "Ayn Rand Really, Really Hated C....

Blogs

  • Anecdotal Evidence
    'Hold Fast, Hold Fast to These' - “I use books to help me remember my life, to give that life fuller sense and broader contour.” Some years I remember mostly for the books I read. Take 19...
    19 hours ago
  • Anxious Bench
    John Steinbeck’s Folk Horror Novel - I have been working on a book on the history of Folk Horror, which represents such a powerful theme in modern popular culture. Today I discuss a book that ...
    3 days ago
  • Essential C.S. Lewis
    Happy 75th to Narnia! Prince Caspian Special Podcast - The above recording (audio only) is from 2013 and was made when everyone hoped a new Narnia movie was not far off. As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of ...
    3 months ago
  • Fusion
    The World After Reading - We’ve all seen the headlines: Johnny can’t read anymore. Reading scores are plummeting. 46% of Americans didn’t read a single book in the past year. Young ...
    2 days ago
  • Mere Orthodoxy
    Liturgies of the Wild and Non-Expressivist Religion - [image: Liturgies of the Wild and Non-Expressivist Religion] These are two of the most delightful paragraphs I'll read all year, I expect:
    2 days ago
  • Shadow To Light
    Why I Don’t Trust Conspiracy Theories - [From last February. What I am seeing on the far Right today confirms my lack of trust. Once you embrace the way of the conspiracy theorist, there is no of...
    5 weeks ago
  • Tim Challies
    In the Way of Temptation - [image: In the Way of Temptation]We do not often speak of duty today, but Christians traditionally spoke of it often. In fact, Christians understood the me...
    20 hours ago

Subjects:

  • Abortion (131)
  • Advent and Christmas (255)
  • Alan Jacobs (126)
  • Apologetics (84)
  • Ayn Rand (16)
  • Baptism (35)
  • Baptist (181)
  • Belief (628)
  • Bible (396)
  • Bob Dylan (58)
  • Books (1352)
  • C.S. Lewis (601)
  • Cartoon (63)
  • Children's Literature (210)
  • Christian Living (736)
  • Christian Year (177)
  • Church History (511)
  • Churchill (47)
  • Dorothy L. Sayers (128)
  • Edmund Burke (72)
  • Education (343)
  • Eugenics (31)
  • Fiction (549)
  • G.K. Chesterton (193)
  • Grace and Salvation (550)
  • Growing up (330)
  • Health and Wealth (176)
  • Humor (159)
  • Hymns (309)
  • Inklings (570)
  • J.R.R. Tolkien (211)
  • John Buchan (46)
  • Kevin DeYoung (135)
  • Kipling (28)
  • Lent and Easter (207)
  • Lincoln (100)
  • Milton College (14)
  • Movies (122)
  • Musical Performance (301)
  • Mysteries and Thrillers (335)
  • National Holiday (186)
  • P.G. Wodehouse (36)
  • Political Thought (309)
  • Popular Culture (516)
  • Prayer (304)
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams (56)
  • Religion and Politics (1419)
  • Religious Liberty (196)
  • Robert Louis Stevenson (37)
  • Sabbath (101)
  • Sabbath Recorder (52)
  • Samuel Johnson (96)
  • Science and Faith (184)
  • SDB History (123)
  • Sermon (37)
  • Seventh Day Baptist (189)
  • T.S. Eliot (42)
  • Thanksgiving (28)
  • The Church (628)
  • Theology (542)
  • W.H. Auden (29)
  • William Cowper (31)
  • Worship (534)

Blog Archive

  • ►  2026 (21)
    • ►  February (3)
    • ►  January (18)
  • ►  2025 (142)
    • ►  December (15)
    • ►  November (10)
    • ►  October (11)
    • ►  September (13)
    • ►  August (8)
    • ►  July (9)
    • ►  June (11)
    • ►  May (10)
    • ►  April (16)
    • ►  March (13)
    • ►  February (16)
    • ►  January (10)
  • ►  2024 (201)
    • ►  December (19)
    • ►  November (10)
    • ►  October (13)
    • ►  September (11)
    • ►  August (13)
    • ►  July (15)
    • ►  June (15)
    • ►  May (18)
    • ►  April (20)
    • ►  March (26)
    • ►  February (20)
    • ►  January (21)
  • ►  2023 (271)
    • ►  December (24)
    • ►  November (19)
    • ►  October (26)
    • ►  September (19)
    • ►  August (23)
    • ►  July (20)
    • ►  June (29)
    • ►  May (26)
    • ►  April (22)
    • ►  March (23)
    • ►  February (18)
    • ►  January (22)
  • ►  2022 (294)
    • ►  December (32)
    • ►  November (22)
    • ►  October (21)
    • ►  September (28)
    • ►  August (27)
    • ►  July (28)
    • ►  June (29)
    • ►  May (23)
    • ►  April (23)
    • ►  March (27)
    • ►  February (17)
    • ►  January (17)
  • ►  2021 (182)
    • ►  December (27)
    • ►  November (13)
    • ►  October (16)
    • ►  September (13)
    • ►  August (6)
    • ►  July (18)
    • ►  June (13)
    • ►  May (11)
    • ►  April (18)
    • ►  March (14)
    • ►  February (15)
    • ►  January (18)
  • ►  2020 (308)
    • ►  December (36)
    • ►  November (24)
    • ►  October (30)
    • ►  September (17)
    • ►  August (29)
    • ►  July (25)
    • ►  June (18)
    • ►  May (30)
    • ►  April (31)
    • ►  March (25)
    • ►  February (16)
    • ►  January (27)
  • ►  2019 (288)
    • ►  December (32)
    • ►  November (17)
    • ►  October (25)
    • ►  September (20)
    • ►  August (18)
    • ►  July (22)
    • ►  June (16)
    • ►  May (27)
    • ►  April (26)
    • ►  March (32)
    • ►  February (25)
    • ►  January (28)
  • ►  2018 (317)
    • ►  December (30)
    • ►  November (25)
    • ►  October (28)
    • ►  September (27)
    • ►  August (37)
    • ►  July (26)
    • ►  June (23)
    • ►  May (20)
    • ►  April (26)
    • ►  March (24)
    • ►  February (21)
    • ►  January (30)
  • ►  2017 (259)
    • ►  December (23)
    • ►  November (23)
    • ►  October (28)
    • ►  September (17)
    • ►  August (21)
    • ►  July (25)
    • ►  June (26)
    • ►  May (21)
    • ►  April (23)
    • ►  March (18)
    • ►  February (15)
    • ►  January (19)
  • ►  2016 (273)
    • ►  December (20)
    • ►  November (14)
    • ►  October (26)
    • ►  September (31)
    • ►  August (30)
    • ►  July (23)
    • ►  June (21)
    • ►  May (22)
    • ►  April (24)
    • ►  March (22)
    • ►  February (20)
    • ►  January (20)
  • ►  2015 (291)
    • ►  December (29)
    • ►  November (27)
    • ►  October (23)
    • ►  September (22)
    • ►  August (17)
    • ►  July (25)
    • ►  June (31)
    • ►  May (26)
    • ►  April (26)
    • ►  March (22)
    • ►  February (20)
    • ►  January (23)
  • ►  2014 (324)
    • ►  December (31)
    • ►  November (22)
    • ►  October (26)
    • ►  September (16)
    • ►  August (32)
    • ►  July (35)
    • ►  June (32)
    • ►  May (33)
    • ►  April (29)
    • ►  March (22)
    • ►  February (19)
    • ►  January (27)
  • ►  2013 (398)
    • ►  December (30)
    • ►  November (27)
    • ►  October (29)
    • ►  September (23)
    • ►  August (43)
    • ►  July (31)
    • ►  June (34)
    • ►  May (35)
    • ►  April (36)
    • ►  March (49)
    • ►  February (31)
    • ►  January (30)
  • ►  2012 (507)
    • ►  December (35)
    • ►  November (46)
    • ►  October (44)
    • ►  September (44)
    • ►  August (42)
    • ►  July (50)
    • ►  June (41)
    • ►  May (48)
    • ►  April (40)
    • ►  March (43)
    • ►  February (40)
    • ►  January (34)
  • ►  2011 (484)
    • ►  December (34)
    • ►  November (30)
    • ►  October (40)
    • ►  September (39)
    • ►  August (55)
    • ►  July (41)
    • ►  June (44)
    • ►  May (44)
    • ►  April (44)
    • ►  March (44)
    • ►  February (32)
    • ►  January (37)
  • ►  2010 (496)
    • ►  December (38)
    • ►  November (32)
    • ►  October (24)
    • ►  September (38)
    • ►  August (55)
    • ►  July (35)
    • ►  June (56)
    • ►  May (44)
    • ►  April (42)
    • ►  March (46)
    • ►  February (36)
    • ►  January (50)
  • ►  2009 (561)
    • ►  December (29)
    • ►  November (45)
    • ►  October (60)
    • ►  September (54)
    • ►  August (59)
    • ►  July (29)
    • ►  June (39)
    • ►  May (50)
    • ►  April (54)
    • ►  March (56)
    • ►  February (42)
    • ►  January (44)
  • ►  2008 (453)
    • ►  December (45)
    • ►  November (26)
    • ►  October (26)
    • ►  September (27)
    • ►  August (25)
    • ►  July (33)
    • ►  June (33)
    • ►  May (50)
    • ►  April (47)
    • ►  March (49)
    • ►  February (54)
    • ►  January (38)
  • ▼  2007 (782)
    • ►  December (46)
    • ►  November (52)
    • ►  October (74)
    • ►  September (67)
    • ►  August (104)
    • ►  July (68)
    • ▼  June (77)
      • The Gospel Coalition
      • Harry Potter and Wicca
      • This blog is for adults only
      • Mormons and orthodoxy
      • Light conversation and the Word of God
      • Emerging Church?
      • Workshops at the upcoming SDB Conference
      • The Seventh Day Baptist General Conference 2007
      • The irrelevance of relevant preaching
      • Comeback for Liberal Theology?
      • Discrimination
      • The Gospel Coalition
      • Using "Allah" for God
      • Despot chic
      • Where'd all these Calvinists come from?
      • Rumors of Glory: Waiting for Harry
      • Lord Have Mercy
      • What is a Healthy Church?
      • Freedom from religion has a bad day
      • Fight for a better America
      • Legislating morality
      • "The fear of the Lord...."
      • "I will love Him. I will serve Him. I will glorify...
      • What actually happened made all the difference
      • "What liberal media?"
      • Legalism
      • Forget reinvention
      • "The mind is a muscle"
      • Overheated Rhetoric
      • July/August 2007 Sabbath Recorder Online
      • "Everyone has a story. My cat has a story. So what?"
      • Tying the knot
      • The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
      • Good stuff
      • Religious liberty
      • Politics
      • Infuriating phrases
      • Atheists v. Faithful
      • "Only God can build up Zion"
      • "head and heart, reason and faith"
      • "Everything else is postmodern chatter.”
      • Artificially extended childhood
      • "When people stop believing in God ..."
      • "I am Who I am"
      • Children see, children do
      • Ruth Bell Graham died today
      • The "wall of separation"
      • Seeing "the historic and living Jesus"
      • When Christians argue
      • Fred Thompson
      • More Bible tools
      • Presidential politics
      • god is not Great by Christopher Hitchens: A Response
      • Summer Reading II
      • Emergent
      • The congregation as unaccountable consumers
      • Summer Reading
      • The wrong direction
      • The actual historical Jesus
      • The "gospel" of health and wealth
      • Free tools for Bible reading
      • "Where Is God When It Hurts?"
      • "...by the righteousness of our cause..."
      • "The Baptist Way"
      • "Faith on Unchanging Terms"
      • The treason of the intellectuals
      • Amazing grace
      • Seventh Day Baptists and the BJC - Final Thoughts
      • Faith and Reason
      • "The Mission of the Trinity"
      • Weddings
      • Classic sermons
      • "Hitchens vs. Hitchens"
      • Lark News
      • American Idol
      • "Is Christianity good for the world?" Final instal...
      • Preparing for the Sabbath
    • ►  May (60)
    • ►  April (62)
    • ►  March (44)
    • ►  February (60)
    • ►  January (68)
  • ►  2006 (192)
    • ►  December (51)
    • ►  November (46)
    • ►  October (39)
    • ►  September (36)
    • ►  August (20)
And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun,
For the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.

Revelation 22
Powered by Blogger.