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Sunday’s Sermon

On Sunday I preached part 5 in our series through Ruth. It is entitled There Is A Redeemer and is taken from Ruth chapter 3. You can listen to or download it HERE.

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Business Practices and the Church?

To what extent should the church adopt business practices from the world? Is it wrong to market the church? These are some of the questions Mark Dever asks John Harden in this interview.

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Some euphemisms speak a thousand words…

A recent article in the New York Times Magazine explores a little talked about trend in the abortion industry – baby reduction. It is the practice of aborting one or more babies of a multiple pregnancy. It is difficult to…

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The blessedly passive act of worship…

The latest issue of Themelios carries an excellent reflection by Carl Trueman on one of the key purposes of the church’s corporate gatherings. It may well be that with all the emphasis on what we are supposed to be doing…

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Is he really seeing things?

Mark Driscoll has famously said that God has spoken audibly to him. Driscoll reports that God gave him audible commands to become a pastor, marry his wife, and plant a church. There are a lot of things I appreciate about…

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Real Manhood…

Some thoughts worth reading from Phil Johnson: Biblical manliness is about authentic character. It’s not about bravado, and it’s not about boyishness. Going out into the woods with a bunch of other men, putting on war paint, making animal noises,…