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Keeping Snakes out of the Garden

Typically good stuff from Carl Trueman on the vital role of elders: Greg Beale has a fascinating section on elders in his new A New Testament Biblical Theology, pp. 819-23. Here he underscores the importance of the office for protecting…

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Upcoming Sermon Series…

Beginning in January (Lord willing) will I will launch a series of sermons through the book of Philippians. I have been spending some time outlining the epistle and the following is what I have come up with: Partners in the…

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Sunday’s Sermon

On Sunday I preached part 5 in our current series on the Great Commission, The Mission. It is entitled “For All The World” and can be listened to or downloaded HERE.

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The Power of God

Outside of heaven, the power of God in its highest density is found inside the gospel. This must be so, for the Bible twice describes the gospel as “the power of God” [Rom 1:16; 1 Cor 1:18]. Nothing else in…

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Church Revitalization: Costly but Worth It…

I have been deeply encouraged and challenged by Pastor Andrew Davis’ testimony of God’s faithfulness to reform First Baptist Church of Durham, N.C. Leading a church from unhealthy to healthy is a costly endeavor. The stress can be overwhelming. The…

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Rehearsing the Gospel

There is simply no other way to compete with the forebodings of my conscience, the condemnings of my heart, and the lies of the world and the Devil than to overwhelm such things with daily rehearsings of the gospel. Milton…

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Adam and the Gospel

Al Mohler led a helpful discussion on the importance of an historical Adam to the Gospel narrative. In addition to Dr. Mohler, the panelists were Jim Hamilton, Tom Schreiner, Chad Brand, and Steve Wellum. Download it audio HERE and video…

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On saying “No.”

The Church of our day needs above all else men who can say “No”; for it is only men who can say “No,” men who are brave enough to take a stand against sin and error in the Church—it is…

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Sunday’s Sermon

On Sunday I preached part 4 in our current series The Mission. The sermon is entitled “Our Gospel Imperative” and is based on Matthew 28:16-19a. You can listen to or download it HERE.

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Enns, Evolution, and Al Mohler

Dr. Jim Hamilton has written two helpful posts (here and here) responding to some recent comments from Peter Enns on evolution and the reliability of the Bible. Along the way Dr. Enns takes issue with Al Mohler’s commitment to the…