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Man’s intentions and God’s…

Very grateful for these words: When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.” So they sent…

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Never Assume the Gospel

From D.A. Carson: In a fair bit of Western evangelicalism, there is a worrying tendency to focus on the periphery. [My] colleague . . . Dr. Paul Hiebert . . . . springs from Mennonite stock and analyzes his heritage…

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The Goal: To Make Disciples

“The deceptively simple task of disciple-making is made demanding, frustrating and difficult in our world, not because it is so hard to grasp but because it is so hard to persevere in. “This is why we are such suckers for…

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Thanks Carl…

…for providing a fitting reply to Frank Schaeffer’s despicable post concerning the tragic violence in Norway.Read it HERE.

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Mohler’s Top Ten (or Eleven)

Al Mohler has posted his picks for books that pastors ought to read in 2011. 1. Collected Writings on Scripture by D.A. Carson (Crossway) 2. Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God by Paul Copan…

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Reading, Loving, and Living God’s Word

Stephen Nichols’ newest book, Welcome to the Story, is now available. From the Publisher: Welcome to the Story teaches believers not only how to read the Bible, but how to read it in such a way that it permeates their…

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Sunday’s Sermon

On Sunday I preached part 2 in our current series through Ruth. It is entitled “Relentless Grace” (Ruth 1:6-22) and can be listened to or downloaded HERE.

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Preachers, preach Christ

From Carl Trueman: “If somebody spends more time in the pulpit talking about themselves than about the Bible and Christ, then they are preaching themselves and not Christ crucified. If they talk about themselves for twenty minutes and expound the…