Life and Ministry in a Broken-Down World
Sometimes you just have one of those days. Other times you have one of those weeks, or months, or years when it becomes painfully obvious that we are living in a world that is deeply broken. This is not just…
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Fall Reading
Here are a few books being released in the fall that I am looking forward to cracking in to… Dual Citizens by Jason Stellman Deep Church by Jim Belcher The Gospel-Driven Life by Michael Horton Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller
God’s Sovereignty, the weather, and holy fear
On Wednesday August 19th there was an interesting confluence of events in Minneapolis. Seemingly out of the blue a tornado struck the Minneapolis Convention Center damaging the roof. Also, the Central Lutheran Church across the street from the convention center…
In Their Own Words
The following is a representative sampling of what the prosperity false teachers actually teach: Paul Crouch, speaking to Kenneth Copeland, said: “Somebody said–I don’t know who said it–but they claim that you Faith teachers declare that we are gods. You’re…
Preaching Greed
Great post from Al Mohler on the false gospel of the prosperity preachers: “God knows where the money is, and he knows how to get the money to you.” That was the message of Gloria Copeland as she was speaking…
Theology Is…
From Russell Moore of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: Theology is helping a shellshocked widow clean up after a suicide. Theology is about crying with a teenage boy who’s body is shaking with crystal meth. Theology drives you to rock orphans…
“What I Learned in My First Pastorate”
Writing for Towers, a publication of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Jim Hamilton reflects on lessons learned during his first pastorate. I identify with much of what he writes. It’s worth reading as churches often struggle with what a pastor…
The Sad Legacy of Theological Liberalism
From Banner of Truth: ‘How Liberal Theology Infected Scotland’ is a deeply instructive short article written by R. A. Finlayson, the late professor of Systematic Theology in the Free Church College in Edinburgh. Finlayson attributed the nineteenth century infiltration of…
“A Lover’s Quarrel with the Evangelical Church”
From The White Horse Inn: Is something wrong with the soil in the evangelical garden? According to Warren Cole Smith, author of A Lover’s Quarrel with the Evangelical Church, the answer to that question, unfortunately, is yes. On this edition…