Category 1517

Worthy thoughts from the venerable 19th century Anglican – J.C. Ryle. “I find no balm for a sore conscience, and a troubled heart, like the sight of Jesus dying for me on the accursed tree.There I see that a full…

This is a great article by Mark Lauterbach (Gospel must be central).

I find that in the contemporary church the Gospel is often assumed. That is, in the church today there tends to be a bit of a “ho-hum” attitude toward the most important message in the universe. It is a mentality…

Justin Taylor at “Between Two Worlds” posted an excellent article (Spiritual Warfare 101) on spiritual warfare. Since I recently preached on Jesus’ encounter with the Gerasene demoniac (Luke 8:26-39) I thought it would be helpful to pass this along.

As a part of the new sermon series, The Gospel-Driven Church, and in harmony with the report from the Strategic Ministry Planning Team we will be reading John Ensor’s book “The Great Work of the Gospel.” I am happy that…

I was so blessed by our combined worship services on Sunday! It was great to see the saints from all three morning worship services together in one gathering. Many thanks to the office staff, the hospitality team, the ushers, the…

The evangelical world lost a giant last week. He will be missed by all those who were touched by his thoughtful, tireless, and courageous commitment to the truth. Check out this memorial site (Dr. James Kennedy Memorial).

Tom Ascol over at Founders has written an article worth reading (theodicy). It deals with the recent comments of Roger Olsen of Truett Seminary which I posted on last week.

Read this article (Desiring God) and be encouraged by God’s commitment to His glory and the salvation of sinners.

Roger Olson is a professor of theology at the Truett Theological Seminary in Waco, Texas. He is a good writer and I am sure a good and decent man. But his article “Calvinist view of bridge collapse distorts God’s character”…