No unimportant doctrines
“Indifferentism about doctrine makes no heroes of the faith.”– J. Gresham Machen Take time to read Al Mohler’s helpful essay A Call for Theological Triage and Christian Maturity.
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Sunday’s Sermon
On Sunday I wrapped up the series God’s Great Story with part 15 – “The Triumphant God.” You can listen to or download the sermon HERE.
What do we need to learn from the Crystal Cathedral?
As many of you know Robert Schuller’s famous Crystal Cathedral filed for bankruptcy last year. Now a developer is purchasing the campus for the purpose of building apartments on the site. Check out the story HERE. I can’t help but…
For Memorial Day
Read Kevin DeYoung’s excellent article Thinking Theologically About Memorial Day.
Yes, we still must contend for the gospel within the church…
“Although known as gospel people, evangelicals no longer share any consensus on the gospel’s meaning.” – Carl Trueman from The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind
John Piper Interviews Rick Warren
Check out Piper’s introductory comments HERE. Topic index of the interview:0:00 Introduction3:29 The glory of God.7:16 David Wells and the weight of God’s reality.9:00 Would you write the book the same today?12:00 The sovereignty of God.18:47 How do you speak…
The Real Scandal…
I highly recommend Carl Trueman’s excellent (and brief) ebook The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind.If you are a pastor, ministry leader, or elder in a non-denominational church Trueman’s book will be especially important for you to read.[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmLpLocn4Js&w=460&h=292]
The Weapons of Our Warfare
Scott Oliphint’s excellent book on apologetics is now available for $5 at WTSbooks. Too often Christians rely on worldly weapons to wage spiritual warfare. Publisher’s Description: Hoping “to get us to open our Bibles again when we think about apologetics,”…
On becoming a statistic…
The Schaeffer Institute has recently released the troubling statistics of a research project among pastors. Thabiti comments on these findings in a very helpful and sobering post: This past Lord’s Day, I had the privilege of preaching 1 Timothy 5:17-20.…
Straight from the false prophet’s mouth…
“I’m not a genius.” – Harold Camping You can read the entire article HERE. In case you were wondering, “the world will be destroyed” on October 21, 2011. I hate that because Autumn is my favorite time of year.