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Movements and the Means of Grace

Evangelicals love movements. I suppose it’s because it makes us feel a part of something big or at least bigger than our church. Don’t misunderstand. I like a good conference as much as anyone. I have benefited from good conferences.…

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Movements and the Means of Grace

Evangelicals love movements. I suppose it’s because it makes us feel a part of something big or at least bigger than our church. Don’t misunderstand. I like a good conference as much as anyone. I have benefited from good conferences.…

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Signs and Wonders

From Michael Horton: You know, it’s ironic to me that in our day, as in every day of decline and superstition throughout church history, people turn from God’s miracles to their own. What do I mean by that? Well, once…

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“A self-indulgent love of our own voices”

I think a lot of the rejections in evangelicalism today of God’s sovereignty and biblical infallibility are not unrelated to the more recent conversations about the need to attend regular local church services. They are all simply manifestations of a…

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An admittedly gratuitous cheap shot…

Jeremie – You Britts take yourselves way too seriously. That said, I understand your sensitivity. We Americans have not always appreciated some of your more important contributions to Western civilization…

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Filing down the edges of our faith

Holy Trinity Brompton is an evangelical powerhouse in Great Brittan. What is more, through their well known Alpha Course, HTB is a world-wide presence. There is much to admire and appreciate about HTB and the Alpha Course. But, in my…

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“Kids these days”

The latest Mortification of Spin: Bully Pulpit is up and running. On this installment of Bully Pulpit, Aimee, Todd, and Carl discuss the multi-generational nature of the Bride of Christ. How do we reconcile the fact that different generations seem to…

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Sunday’s Sermon

On Sunday I began a series of sermons through the book of Acts. Part one is entitled “The Acts of the Risen Jesus” (1:1-5) and may be listened to HERE.

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Veith on Vocation

Given my previous post, I thought it would be a good idea to pass along a recommendation for an outstanding book on the nature of work and vocation. It is by Lutheran thinker Gene Veith and is entitled God At…

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Sloth as a virtue

Work is good. There have been times when the church did not always affirm this. The work of theclergy was the only holy vocation. Worldly work did not carry the spiritual cache of religious occupations. At the risk of oversimplifying, it was…