


The Gospel-Driven Church
In September I began preaching a series of messages called “The Gospel-Driven Church.” It is part of an emphasis that I hope will be refreshing and challenging for Metro East.…

God is a Judge
Brian McLaren, the elder statesman of the emergent church movement, has written in this book “A Generous Orthodoxy” that God as judge was perhaps a useful metaphor in some long…

Thoughts on Christian Leadership
I have little patience with many of the leadership conferences and seminars offered by big, huge, really cool, awesome churches and other Christian ministries. Most of them sound something like,…

Good Soldier by Mark Driscoll
Driscoll can be a bit irreverant at times but for a church that is losing its MEN, this is an incredibly important message.

Self esteem, emotion and the real gospel
This is why I like Mark Driscoll…

Ashamed of the Gospel
Joel Osteen gets nervous.

“God is a Growth Business”
The God of Joel Osteen and T.D. Jakes

The continuing influence of Charles Finney
In his most recent article for Modern Reformation Michael Horton asks the question, “Does Justification Still Matter?” He observes and laments the fact that the contemporary church, even many of…

The Mandate to Forgive
As I was re-reading chapter nine in Ensor’s book this morning I was quite convicted. How good and kind are the providences of God! “Jesus was betrayed by a disciple,…


























