Dan Adams

Thoughts + Theology + Truth
May 24

People of God's Word

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God's Word challenges us to be people of the Word. Timothy 2:15 states,  "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth." Joshua 1:8 reads, "Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful." In Matthew 4:4, Jesus said, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God."  It is clear that it is God's will that we are to be people whose lives are saturated, filled and driven by God's Word.  

One such man who was intoxicated by God's word was John Bunyan.  Charles Spurgeon, one of the great pastors of all time, said of Bunyan, “ 'This man is a living Bible!’ Prick him anywhere — his blood is Bibline, the very essence of the Bible flows from him. He cannot speak without quoting a text, for his very soul is FULL of the Word of God."  

May the same be said of us.  

 

 

BIble The Christian Life
May 13

The Bible's Purpose

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The Bible is more about a change of heart than conformed behavior. The goal of the Bible is to get Jesus to change you from the inside-out, and not for you to just outwardly conform to a list of rules.  The Bible exists to show you that in and because of Jesus you are accepted by God, and not for you to think that religion or morality can in any way make you right with God.

Tim Keller writes, "The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome… religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference".

The Bible is all about Jesus, and how He makes us right with God.  The Bible shows us that only when we grasp that Jesus makes us right with God by faith and not works will we truly live right lives.  

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About Dan Adams

Dan Adams is the founding and Senior Pastor at RiverTown Church. Born and raised in Jacksonville, he is a Sigma Chi, who married his college sweetheart Amber in June of 1995. Amber is a homemaker, pharmacist and the leader of the women’s ministry at RiverTown. Dan and Amber have two sons, and live in Jacksonville’s Southside.

Dan is an alum of Samford University (B.S. in History, 1995), Beeson Divinity School (Master of Divinity, 1998), and Liberty University (M.B.A., 2009). He is wrapping up his Doctor of Ministry degree at Reformed Theological Seminary, and scheduled to graduate in the next year. Dan loves spending time with his wife and coaching his boys in baseball and football. He enjoys golf, or most any other sport in his free time. He loves to eat sushi, wings and of course barbecue (like all good Southern boys). The beach, Amelia Island and Disney are favorites for getting away with the family.

You can contact Dan by email at dan@rivertown.com or on his website (www.dannyadams.com). You can find him on twitter at www.twitter.com/danwadams.>

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