Good Stuff
On The Brink: Grace for the Burned Out Pastor is the title of a new book by Clay Werner. I don’t know of another book on the subject quite like it. Werner does a faithful job of offering encouragement, some…
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Taking God at His Word
When you get a chance, check out the videos from the Taking God at His Word conference that was hosted by WTSbooks. The featured speaker was Kevin DeYoung. There were also panel discussions with Drs. Carl Trueman, Greg Beale, Scott Oliphint,…
Sunday’s Sermon
On Sunday I preached part 6 in our series through Job. It is an overview of chapters 4-27 and is entitled “A True Believer”. You can listen to download it HERE.
The German Roots of Nineteenth Century American Theology
Annette G. Aubert. The German Roots of Nineteenth-Century American Theology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013, 402 pp. $74.00. In this volume, a revision of her doctoral dissertation at Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia), Annette Aubert aims to recover the…
The Gospel Includes Sanctification
In this article, I want to examine the third of the Affirmations & Denials of the Gospel Reformation Network, which makes a point at the very heart of our concern in presenting a balanced view of the gospel: We affirm…
The Gospel Includes Sanctification
In this article, I want to examine the third of the Affirmations & Denials of the Gospel Reformation Network, which makes a point at the very heart of our concern in presenting a balanced view of the gospel: We affirm…
A Real Balanced Man
I am I am, I am I am I think I am, I think I am I’m glad I am I’m proud I am A real [balanced] man Who is this person in the middle who carefully avoids extremes in…
Subjects suitable to an immortal being
A reminder from Spurgeon to deal in our ministry with subjects suitable to an immortal being, taken from a sermon on The Word of the Cross (#1611): If I were able to explain to a general audience how to make…
“If We Build It They Will Come” No Longer Works
Church planting requires many administrative tasks. From setting up email accounts and registering the church’s 501-C3 status to fundraising and sending update letters, one can easily spend over one-hundred hours on the front end tackling these necessary duties. In addition…
Counsels for old age
John Pye Smith was a Congregationalist of the first half of the nineteenth century. He was theological tutor at the Dissenting academy known as Homerton College near Hackney, London, for forty-five years between 1805 and 1850. In addition he was…