A Place for Weakness by Michael Horton Read my review HERE. In the aftermath of September 11, Christians have been asked, once again, to address the problem of evil. While acknowledging evil’s mysteriousness, part of my response to those requests…
I found the below in Newton’s letters, although he is advocating the established church in preference to independancy, his point will ring bells for all ministers. ”That sovereign power, which the Independents assume over their ministers, appears to me too…
The Fruitful Life, Jerry Bridges (NavPress, 2006) We are using this book for a small group study in church. Here was one of my favorite sections in the first chapter, Taking on God’s Character: Growth in godly character not only…
Ultimately Christians will take refuge from their questions about evil not in proud theories that explain evil away, but in combating evil, opposing it, especially evil within themselves but also in the larger world as well. Christians will take refuge…
It seems like every TV show targeted for children propagates the all important message to “follow your dreams.” It’s become an American virtue. Our children grow up with the message that they can be anything they want to be. Usually,…
[For our weekly newsletter, the past two weeks I have shared with my congregation lessons that I learned from hiking Half Dome in Yosemite at the end of August. I thought these things might be helpful to our Ref21 readers.]…
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Today, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary hosted a panel discussion on the theological implications of the 9/11/2001 calamity. Check it out HERE.
Last Sunday I completed a six week series through the book of Ruth entitled “Faithful God”. The sermons in the series were: 1 – The Road to Nowhere 2 – Relentless Grace 3 – Not a Chance 4 – Right…
