Month July 2010

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July 12: Matthew 22

One of the Old Testament texts that dominates the New Testament skyline is Psalm 110:1.  It is the Old Testament text to which the New Testament most often alludes.  There are no fewer that twenty one references, quotations and allusions…

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July 9: Psalm 144

“O LORD, what are human beings that you should notice them,
 mere mortals that you should think about them?” (Ps. 144:3) Christian Humanism gets a bad rap. But I think it may have to do with a fundamental misunderstanding of…

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Resources on the Bible’s Inerrancy

The best books on inerrancy according to Mark Dever – Inerrancy of the Bible: An Anotated Bibliography.Dr. Dever writes the following about John Wenham’s excellent Christ and the Bible: I’ve saved the best for last. If I could just recommend…

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July 8: Matthew 18

In light of today’s passage and the parable of the unforgiving slave (Matt. 18:21-35), which of us has heard, sometimes from pulpit, that a Christian has no obligation to offer forgiveness to one who hasn’t asked for it, to one…

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Sunday’s Sermon

I am currently preaching a seven week series through Revelation chapters two and three called “What Jesus Says to the Church.” The first two messages, The Tragedy of Lost Love and The Suffering Church can be listened to or downloaded…

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July 7: Jeremiah 3

I met a fellow the other day who claimed (in jest) to be a member of a recovery group for those addicted to rededications. Apparently, he had suffered from years of rededicating his life to God. By the time he…

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Preaching in Northumbria

I have just been preaching at the Longhorsley Bible Convention in Northumbria (2-4 July 2010). This was my second visit to the convention, and my fellow-labourer in the preaching ministry was Dr Peter Naylor, minister with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church…

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The death throws of a denomination

In the 1920’s J. Gresham Machen knew that his denomination, The Presbyterian Church USA, was in deep trouble. It was not because they were blessing homosexuality or holding pagan ceremonies. Those things would follow later in the 20th century. During…

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A Christian Perspective on the Environment

https://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9186271&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 A Christian Perspective on the Environment Part 1 of 2 from The Veritas Forum on Vimeo.