July 8: Matthew 18
In light of today’s passage and the parable of the unforgiving slave (Matt. 18:21-35), which of us has heard, sometimes from pulpit, that a Christian has no obligation to offer forgiveness to one who hasn’t asked for it, to one…
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Sunday’s Sermon
I am currently preaching a seven week series through Revelation chapters two and three called “What Jesus Says to the Church.” The first two messages, The Tragedy of Lost Love and The Suffering Church can be listened to or downloaded…
July 7: Jeremiah 3
I met a fellow the other day who claimed (in jest) to be a member of a recovery group for those addicted to rededications. Apparently, he had suffered from years of rededicating his life to God. By the time he…
Preaching in Northumbria
I have just been preaching at the Longhorsley Bible Convention in Northumbria (2-4 July 2010). This was my second visit to the convention, and my fellow-labourer in the preaching ministry was Dr Peter Naylor, minister with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church…
The death throws of a denomination
In the 1920’s J. Gresham Machen knew that his denomination, The Presbyterian Church USA, was in deep trouble. It was not because they were blessing homosexuality or holding pagan ceremonies. Those things would follow later in the 20th century. During…
A Christian Perspective on the Environment
https://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9186271&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 A Christian Perspective on the Environment Part 1 of 2 from The Veritas Forum on Vimeo.
Why the cross offends…
“What is there about the cross of Christ which angers the world and stirs them up to persecute those who preach it? Just this: Christ died on the cross for us sinners, becoming a curse for us (Gal. 3:13). So…
Great new book on evangelism…
My latest book review (Marks of the Messenger) is up at TGC Reviews. Let me begin with some self-disclosure. I don’t like books on evangelism. I find most of them to be profoundly unhelpful. Some of them are simply bad…
July 6: Matthew 16
The early sixteenth century witnessed a reformation regarding the role of Jesus’ righteousness in redemption. But moments such as these–moments of clarity–rarely last that long. Within a generation, the righteousness of Christ was forced once again to share the stage…
July 5: Psalm 137
The concept of “covenant” is rightly deemed in our circles to be a central interpretive principle of Scripture and Israel’s history. It also envelopes the believer’s entire earthly pilgrimage (see Deut. 6:4-9). Nevertheless, the idea remains confusing for many. Simply…