A Cross-Centered Ministry
I was privileged to preach my first sermon today as Teaching Pastor of Church of the Saviour. I was blessed by the kindness and encouragement of the people of COS. The text was 1 Corinthians 2:1-5. It is Paul’s manifesto,…
Month November 2008
Shocked . . .
. . . and dismayed. DT won’t learn from a Unitarian? Where’s the love?
Torrance and the Incarnation
Like Steve, I too have recently acquired T. F. Torrance’s The Incarnation: The Person and Life of Christ (IVP, 2008), but the work on Springsteen (why would I want to read something written by a unitarian?). It’s far too early for…
Reformation Day in Chile – The Scoop
Back in October, I mentioned here that Chile had just established October 31 as a national holiday celebrating the Reformation. I asked for folks to write in if they had more information. I received emails from a number of readers,…
Mahaney & Bridges
Click HERE to listen to C.J. Mahaney’s interview with Jerry Bridges. Great stuff.
The State of the Church
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We Preach Christ Crucified
As I have been meditating on 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 for this Sunday’s message I resonated with Paul Washer’s “hard words” in this address at the Deeper Conference:
Still More on Southern Baptists and Calvinism
Tom Ascol is a guy I like. He is a scholar and a pastor. He is gracious and shows great care in what he writes. Dr. Ascol, a Southern Baptist pastor in Florida has been a pivotal player in the…
Some reasons for giving thanks
Though it’s an American holiday, there is something to being reminded to be thankful. Here are some reasons from Psalm 111. ESV, of course. 1 Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,in…
God’s Word is greater than grand rhetoric
In preparing to preach from 1Corinthians 2:1-5 I have once again come up against Paul’s words concerning his lack of rhetorical flair. He points out to the Corinthian believers that he was with them in “weakness, fear, and much trembling.”…