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March 14, 2012
Is the Bible the Word of God?
Is the Bible the Word of God? Then mind that you do not neglect it. Read it! Begin to read it this very day. What greater insult to God can a man be guilty of than to refuse to read the letter God sends him from heaven? Oh, be sure, if you will not read your Bible, you are in fearful danger of losing your soul!
Is the Bible the Word of God? Then be sure you always read it with deep reverence. Say to your soul, whenever you open the Bible, "O my soul, you are going to read a message...
Links I Like
Not sure if this is going to be a regular feature or an occasional thing, but here are a few links I like:
Watch the Ligonier 2012 National Conference LiveThe 2012 Ligonier National Conference, "The Christian Mind," starts Thursday at 1pm EDT. During the conference R.C. Sproul will be joined by Sinclair Ferguson,Robert Godfrey, Michael Horton, Steven J. Lawson, Albert Mohler, Stephen Meyer, R.C. Sproul Jr., and Del Tackett. Together they'll consider the importance of building a Christian...
March 13, 2012
Book Review: From the Resurrection to His Return by D.A. Carson
Depending on the circles you run in, the Last Days (or the End Times if you prefer) are a source of fairly regular discussion. What's it going to be like when Christ returns? Should we be pre, post, or amillennial in our eschatology? And what do all those weird images in Revelation really mean, anyway?
If those are the questions that come to mind when you hear "Last Days," be warned: This is not that kind of book. Instead, as the subtitle suggests, From The Resurrection to His Return: Living...
March 12, 2012
Don't Leave Your Mind in the Parking Lot
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We are living in a period of church history that may be classified as mindless. It is an anti-intellectual period of Christian history—not anti-scientific, or anti-technological, or even anti-educational, but anti-mind. While teaching in a seminary classroom I would sometimes ask a student what he thought about a particular proposition. The student would sometimes respond, "I feel that the statement is incorrect." I would stop him and say, "I...
3 Things I'm Looking Forward to about #TheGospelProject Webcast
Tuesday morning, I'm heading off to the exotic land of Nashville to live-blog the Gospel Project webcast and spend the day at Lifeway Christian Resources. Here's a quick rundown of the event:
On March 14th, get an inside look at The Gospel Project, LifeWay's new gospel-centered Bible study resource, through this special webcast event. Trevin Wax, Managing Editor of The Gospel Project, will host as Advisory Council members Matt Chandler and J.D. Greear, and General Editor Ed Stetzer, talk...
March 11, 2012
Around the Interweb
C. Michael Patton:
Many people believe that the western world is on a fast train heading toward a time when there will again be physical persecution. I don't know about that. What I do know is that when we are always looking for some time in the future . . . we miss something very important: we are already under persecution – intellectual persecution. It is happening right now, under our noses, everyday. All one has to do is turn on Bill Maher, watch...
March 10, 2012
The Scandal of Religion
Experience shows plentifully, both of heathens and Christians, how pernicious ignorance, or mistaking of those effectual means, is to a holy practice. The heathens generally fell short of an acceptable performance of those duties of the law which they knew, because of their ignorance in this point: (i) Many Christians content themselves with external performances, because they never knew how they might attain to spiritual service. (ii) And many reject the way of holiness as austere and...
March 9, 2012
Book Review: How to Read the Bible through the Jesus Lens by Michael Williams
One of the most shocking rebukes Jesus offered to the Pharisees is found in John 5:39: "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me." Think about that for a second. Jesus says to these men who had devoted their lives to the study of God's Word, "You're missing the point." Later, on the road to Emmaus, after meeting the two disciples who told Him of all the events of the previous few days in Jerusalem and rebuking t...
March 8, 2012
The Unpopular Message and Responsibility of the Church
This week I finally read What Is the Mission of the Church?: Making Sense of Social Justice, Shalom, and the Great Commission by Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert; I'll be posting a full review soon, but I couldn't resist sharing an insightful quote they included from J.Gresham Machen:
The responsibility of the church in the new age is the same as its responsibility in every age. It is to testify that this world is lost in sin; that the span of human life—no, all the length of...
March 7, 2012
Sermon Audio: The Call and Fruit of Repentance
On March 4, 2012, I had the opportunity to preach at Community Bible Church in Lucan, Ontario. The message, The Call and Fruit of Repentance, was preached from Isaiah 58 and based on much of the work found in chapter four of Awaiting a Savior.
You can listen to the complete audio here:
You can also download the MP3 to listen at a later time.
I hope you find the message edifying. As always, your feedback is appreciated!
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