Month November 2011

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Church Revitalization: Costly but Worth It…

I have been deeply encouraged and challenged by Pastor Andrew Davis’ testimony of God’s faithfulness to reform First Baptist Church of Durham, N.C. Leading a church from unhealthy to healthy is a costly endeavor. The stress can be overwhelming. The…

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Rehearsing the Gospel

There is simply no other way to compete with the forebodings of my conscience, the condemnings of my heart, and the lies of the world and the Devil than to overwhelm such things with daily rehearsings of the gospel. Milton…

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Adam and the Gospel

Al Mohler led a helpful discussion on the importance of an historical Adam to the Gospel narrative. In addition to Dr. Mohler, the panelists were Jim Hamilton, Tom Schreiner, Chad Brand, and Steve Wellum. Download it audio HERE and video…

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On saying “No.”

The Church of our day needs above all else men who can say “No”; for it is only men who can say “No,” men who are brave enough to take a stand against sin and error in the Church—it is…

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Sunday’s Sermon

On Sunday I preached part 4 in our current series The Mission. The sermon is entitled “Our Gospel Imperative” and is based on Matthew 28:16-19a. You can listen to or download it HERE.

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Book Recommendation:

Getting Back Into the Race, Joel R. Beeke (CruciformPress, 2011) There just aren’t many books out addressing the issue of the backsliding Christian. I imagine one reason is the marketability—I mean, how many backsliders are really going to go buy a book…

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Live blogging the Trueman Show

Pt residential conferences aren’t what they were, in the good old days of everyone having double barrelled names and pink jeans I used to feel like Oliver Twist but these days it’s more representative. A class-less society and all that.…