Sunday’s Sermon
Last Sunday’s sermon was part 10 in the Hebrew’s series – “The Sabbath Rest” (Hebrews 4:1-5). You can listen to or download it HERE.
Month July 2009
Christians and Health Care Reform
Check out this excellent discussion on the Al Mohler Radio Program on the topic of how Christians ought to think about health care reform. Healthcare is in the media today, and at the top of the President’s domestic policy agenda.…
Blog 149: 3.20.37 – 3.20.42
In this section, Calvin addresses the first two petition sin the Lord’s Prayer. First, he reflects upon the importance of saying that God is our Father. This allows us to approach him with confidence, knowing the our relationship to him is one…
Criticism
Criticizing someone redemptively is a spiritual act of service. It is also something that needs to be thought through carefully before doing it. Often times we criticize not for the purpose of blessing and healing but for the purpose of…
Themelios
The latest issue of Themelios is now online. In addition to a number of reviews there are lots of pieces worth reading: Carson on polemical theology, Trueman on advice for those thinking about a PhD, essays on Luther and baptismal…
Blog 148: 3.20.31 – 3.20.36
In these paragraphs, Calvin addresses the rudiments of public worship. He sees speaking and singing in prayer to be highly commendable when they are connected to the heart’s longing for God, as they help to exercise the mind and keep it…
Wee Frees welcomes defectors from the Church of Scotland?
In the continued coverage of the decision of the Church of Scotland to appoint an openly gay minister, our friend, David Robertson, editor of the Monthly Record (the official magazine of the Free Church of Scotland) has recently been cited…
Is church too boring?
On a recent edition of the White Horse Inn the discussion dealt with the prevailing attitude among some within the church that the ministry of the Word is boring. How should the church respond to this? Should the church try…
Blog 147: 3.20.28 – 3.20.30
In these paragraphs, Calvin moves on from his criticism of the contemporary practice of prayer to the saints to the nature of true prayer itself. Underlying the discussion of private prayer is the understanding that God, as sovereign, is the…
Machen on Polemics
“…a large part of the New Testament is polemic; the enunciation of evangelical truth was occasioned by the errors which had arisen in the churches…At the present time, when the opponents of the gospel are almost in control of our…