Book Review:
Popologetics, Ted Turnau (P&R, 2012) Back in the summer between my sophomore and junior year of college, I dated a guy who I wasn’t all that attracted to. Sure, he was plenty good-looking, and had some great qualities. He just…
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A Very American Religion
Dr. Brian Lee, pastor of Christ Reformed Church in Washington D.C. asks, “What’s wrong with Joel Osteen?” He writes: Osteen is the latest embodiment of the American Religion — Revivalism. For centuries now, preachers have known how to fill stadiums…
Trueman at T4G
Carl Trueman’s breakout session at Together For The Gospel was excellent. The theme was the continuing relevance of the Reformation. I would encourage you to take time to listen to the audio HERE. He offers important wisdom (and warnings) for the contemporary…
Sunday’s Sermon
On Sunday I preached part 15 of our current series through Philippians. It is entitled “Worthy Ministers” and can be listened to or downloaded HERE.
The rebel and the king
Consider the man born into a family of terrorists. The man’s father had rebelled against the King of the kingdom in which he lived, and – having so rebelled – all his posterity were brought up to hate and fight…
The High Cost of Pragmatism
From a helpful post by Johnathan Leeman: The question I want to think about can be posed like this: is there something endemic not just to megachurches, but to post-1950s-evangelicalism as a whole that, over time, tends to undermine the…
You are not Jesus…
I know this idea of “being Jesus to someone” makes us feel important and can help create a catchy song lyric but is it biblical? [youtube ]HT: Justin Taylor
The long shadow of sin
Frans Bakker in his book ‘Praying Always‘ reflects on David and Bathsheba and states, ‘The Lord sometimes causes the consequences of sin to remain, even though forgiveness has been granted. Thus he keeps his people humble. A bitter aftertaste is…
Strength to Prevail
Think of someone in your life that you revere as strong. They may be someone you would like to emulate; someone who seems to face each circumstance in their life with courage and vitality; someone who you may not even pray…
“A microcosm of the church”?
Denny Burk has linked to the sermon to which Al Mohler refers in his latest article. In the sermon, Stanley told the story of a husband who left his wife for another man. At the end of the story, the…