There has been a huge amount of blog traffic, not least in the Christian blogosphere, on the recent riots in the UK. Without wishing to minimize in any way the awful devastation to lives and to property these riots represent,…
There has been a huge amount of blog traffic, not least in the Christian blogosphere, on the recent riots in the UK. Without wishing to minimize in any way the awful devastation to lives and to property these riots represent,…
You can read my introductory notes on a nine part vision for COS HERE. 1. God’s glory will be our chief end and highest value. Perhaps the first issue we should settle is whether or not we can be sure…
Mark Driscoll has famously said that God has spoken audibly to him. Driscoll reports that God gave him audible commands to become a pastor, marry his wife, and plant a church. There are a lot of things I appreciate about…
Some recent posts address the important discussion taking place together regarding the relationship of justification to sanctification (see here and here). This topic is crucial to us getting the gospel right today while avoiding the deadly extremes of antinomianism (a lawless…
In my last article, I talked about how one attribute of God can be so inflated above all others that he becomes a whole different God all together. I showed how sometimes people take his omniscience to mean that God…
I am so thankful that my friend Bill Evans has waded into the important historical and theological conversation on sanctification. There is so much good and right with his piece on “Sanctification and the Nature of the Gospel” that I…
Some thoughts worth reading from Phil Johnson: Biblical manliness is about authentic character. It’s not about bravado, and it’s not about boyishness. Going out into the woods with a bunch of other men, putting on war paint, making animal noises,…
Religious Literacy, Steven Prothero (HarperSanFrancisco, 2007) The subtitle of this book is What Every American Needs to Know and Doesn’t. The statistics Prothero gives are stunning. I thought I would share a few. You’ll have to read the book to see…
In the days ahead I will be posting some articles based upon my sermon and vision presentation on Vision Day at Church of the Saviour. I presented a nine point vision that will guide Church of the Saviour in the…
