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As I was re-reading chapter nine in Ensor’s book this morning I was quite convicted. How good and kind are the providences of God! “Jesus was betrayed by a disciple, falsely accused by those he came to serve, denied justice in the courts, abandoned by his friends, humiliated, beaten, and hammered...

In his most recent article for Modern Reformation Michael Horton asks the question, “Does Justification Still Matter?” He observes and laments the fact that the contemporary church, even many of those with roots in the Protestant Reformation, have either neglected or denied the central doctrine of...

http://youtube.com/v/lGmLFSPkyhs The God of Joel Osteen and T.D. Jakes

http://youtube.com/v/MfwYU2pmWYQ Joel Osteen gets nervous.

http://youtube.com/v/q7EYbFYmxcw This is why I like Mark Driscoll...

http://youtube.com/v/E8aZXeFRSBA Driscoll can be a bit irreverant at times but for a church that is losing its MEN, this is an incredibly important message.

I have little patience with many of the leadership conferences and seminars offered by big, huge, really cool, awesome churches and other Christian ministries. Most of them sound something like, “How to be a super-duper impressively awesome leader.” The largest such event that is hosted by Willow...

Brian McLaren, the elder statesman of the emergent church movement, has written in this book “A Generous Orthodoxy” that God as judge was perhaps a useful metaphor in some long past generation but today men and women need to construct more helpful and relevant metaphors for God. There is so much...

In September I began preaching a series of messages called “The Gospel-Driven Church.” It is part of an emphasis that I hope will be refreshing and challenging for Metro East. Much of it is the fruit of what the Lord was doing in my heart during the strategic ministry planning process. Along with...

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