The More I Preach…
… the more I understand why I preach. While there are many good and important motivations for preaching Christ which I keenly feel — the salvation of the lost, the edification of God’s people, the building-up of the Church —…
Month October 2007
John MacArthur Responds
It may surprise many Christians to know how many of their fellows do not believe in the necessity of faith in Christ if one is to be saved. But it is common among Chritsians to believe that there are…
Billy Graham and the necessity of faith in Christ.
Very troubling. I have been aware of Billy Graham’s evolving theology for years. In this unfortunate episode he makes it quite clear where he stands.
Elie Wiesel on purpose
The October 20-26, 2007 issue of The Economist has an interesting advertisement from the John Templeton Foundation. It is a series of brief essays from well known scientists and academics responding to the question, “Does the universe have a purpose?”…
Finding Reliable Men pt. 6
More on the qualifications for elders from “Pure Church” (Sober, Gentle, Peacemaking).
Marketing the Church
In the late 1980’s George Barna, Christian pollster extraordinaire, warned the church that if she didn’t get with the program and become relevant to modern Americans then she risked utter marginalization. He urged pastors to begin marketing the church the…
Meerkat Manor
Like millions of Americans, I have become thoroughly addicted to Animal Planet’s Meerkat Manor. If you haven’t seen it, you are just missing out big time. Meerkat Manor chronicles the life and death exploits of the little meerkat species in…
Excuses, Excuses
The folks at Generous Giving (www.GenerousGiving.org) have produced an excellent resource giving biblical and practical responses to dozens of common excuses that people make for not giving to kingdom work.
David Brainerd, Part 3
“Saturday, October 18, in my morning devotions, my soul was exceedingly melted, and I bitterly mourned over my exceeding sinfulness and vileness. I never before had felt so pungent and deep a sense of the odious nature of my sin…
Westminster Bookstore
One of the best places on the web to buy Reformed books is the Westminster Bookstore–which has now been smartly redesigned. Derek, thanks for mentioning the new edition of Owen’s work on trinitarian communion: Communion with the Triune God is…