Category 1517

Great wisdom from the Memoirs of Charles Simeon: The longer I live, the more I feel the importance of adhering to the rules which I have laid down for myself in relation to such matters.1st. To hear as little as…

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There has been much debate concerning the so-called insider movement which advocates removing references in the Bible to Jesus as the Son of God. The debate is important. Obviously, Muslims are offended by any language that would refer to Jesus as anything other…

From Jonathan Leeman: In the last post, I answered the question, What Is the Local Church? That brings us to the next question: what is church membership?Answer: It’s a declaration of citizenship in Christ’s kingdom. It’s a passport. It’s an…

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From an address by John Piper on the life and ministry of Charles Simeon: He was like Charles Spurgeon who gave a lecture to his students entitles “The Blind Eye and the Deaf Ear.” The pastor must have one blind…

“I am afraid that all the grace that I have got of my comfortable and easy times and happy hours, might almost lie on a penny. But the good that I have received from my sorrows, and pains, and griefs,…

From Carl Trueman:  Apparently, a church in Oregon is suing a former member and her daughter for defamation on a blog. Apart from the difficulty of mounting a successful suit for defamation under the US’s admirably lax defamation laws (where…

Kevin DeYoung has written one of the most insightful posts I have read in a while concerning the problem of what he calls “squishy evangelicalism.” And it describes far too many churches accurately. The audience I have in mind are…

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