Flooding and the Mercy of God
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Tenacious in Doctrine, Lenient with People
“Doctrine is heaven, life is earth. In life there is sin, error, uncleanness, and misery, mixed, as the saying goes, ‘with vinegar.’ Here love should condone, tolerate, be deceived, trust, hope, and endure all things (1 Cor. 13:7); here the…
Back from the PCA GA
Don’t want to be too PCA-centric, but Sean, Rick, Phil, Derek, Jeremy and I spent some time in Dallas at the PCA General Assembly this last week (June 10-13), and the week was quite encouraging in a number of ways. Derek…
Christianity Astray
Christianity Today, founded by Billy Graham and Carl Henry (one of the 20th century’s greatest theologians) is hardly even a reflection of its former self. One C.T.‘s latest embarassments is a positive review it offered to the film “Sex And…
Southern Baptists and Church Membership
I am thankful that a resolution on church membership was adopted at the SBC’s annual meeting this week. Perhaps it could signal a change in our sloppy accounting. What will be needed however is for pastors like myself to cease…
What’s missing in most churches
Avery Willis, who was one of six candidates for the presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention (Johnny Hunt won, more on that later), told Associated Baptist Press . . . “The thing I see missing most in the churches I visit…
The Outsiders
Thabiti, since you and I aren’t at the General Assembly this week and everyone else is, let’s say we find a B B King concert to go to. Game? We outsiders have to stick together. (This, of course, doesn’t mean you,…
Ryken thinks the gospel more important than life itself
Just listened to Phil Ryken preach the evening sermon at the PCA Genernal Assembly in Dallas. His text was Acts 20:24 in which Paul tells the Ephesian elders that testifying to the gospel of the grace of God is more precious…
Leaping for joy over the Gospel
“The Gospel does not require anything good that man must furnish: not a good heart, not a good disposition, no improvement of his condition, no godliness, no love either of God or men. It issues no orders, but changes man.…