God has spoken
As an ordained minister in the PCA I took vows affirming my belief that the Westminster Confession of Faith is an accurate summary of the Bible’s doctrine. That does not mean that I believe the WCF to be inspired by…
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Effective personal evangelism: boldness
In looking at some of the features of the effective personal evangelist, taking for granted (as it were) the genuine conversion and growing holiness of such a person, so far we have considered love and tenacity. The third mark of…
Christians Get Divorced Too
John Greco, Broken Vows: Divorce and the Goodness of God (Cruciform Press, 2013). My parents divorced when I was 15. In Malachi 2:16, we are reminded that God hates divorce (NKJV). I can totally resonate with the reasoning given, “For…
I am thankful for Albert Mohler
As a young pastor I became convinced of the Doctrines of Grace. As a young Southern Baptist pastor I was terrified of this. At that time I did not know about a resurgence of Reformed theology within the Southern Baptist…
Effective personal evangelism: tenacity
So far in this series we have set out our stall and considered love as the first mark of the effective personal evangelist. The second mark of the effective personal evangelist is tenacity. This is the spirit of a dog…
Say The Name
As a rather newly ordained Teaching Elder within the PCA I’d like to offer some loving counsel to my fellows in the denomination. If you ever appear on a nationally televised program to discuss the love and grace of God,…
An Appreciation
I was raised in a large Southern Baptist church in Houston, Texas. I was educated in Southern Baptist institutions. I was ordained in a Southern Baptist church. Coming of age in the 1980’s I remember well overhearing the discussions at…
Spousal Abuse and the Church
The latest edition of the Mortification of Spin is up and running: Author and blogger Aimee Byrd joins your regular hosts Carl Trueman and Todd Pruitt to talk about a perennial issue throughout the life of the church: abuse. Though…
Apologies, Chick Lit. and a New MoS
The latest Mortification of Spin is up in which we are joined in the Underground Bunker once again by Aimee ‘Dueling Banjos’ Byrd, one of the founders of the recent Reformed Chick Lit. movement which looks set to become a…
Apologies, Chick Lit. and a New MoS
The latest Mortification of Spin is up in which we are joined in the Underground Bunker once again by Aimee ‘Dueling Banjos’ Byrd, one of the founders of the recent Reformed Chick Lit. movement which looks set to become a…