You can listen to the first sermon in my Romans series here.
“Eternal Security” is often the right answer to the wrong question.
If the question is, “Can I lose my salvation?" The answer is “no.” (John 10:27-28). But, often this is the wrong question. Rather, the question should be, “Was I ever really saved in the first place?” (1 John 2:3-4).
Why your pastor shouldn’t have to look like Brad Pitt
Tim Challies: . . . Christians today have access (via the Internet, of course) to vast libraries of the best sermons by the best preachers—the Pitts and Depps of the preaching world. Of course in place of square chins and…
Notes on Glory for Romans Study
What is meant by the “glory of God”? Can you write down a definition? “Glory” is a hard word to define. Yet, it is foundational for the Christian. Our chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever according…
Ken Sande: Four Promises Christians Make When They Forgive
Among other things, forgiveness is a commitment. Forgiveness is a promise to pardon another. Ken Sande summarizes four promises that Christians make when they forgive another. “I will not dwell on this incident.” “I will not bring up this incident…
What is the Gospel?
I begin preaching on Romans today. I have never looked forward to a series any more. The theme of the Romans series at The Red Brick Church is that the Gospel is the most exciting news ever heard. Paul was…
“Since, then, there never has been, from the very first, any quarter of the globe, any city, any household even, without religion, this amounts to a tacit confession, that a sense of Deity is inscribed on every heart.”
"For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,…
Lloyd-Jones: Romans is “first in importance”
I can’t begin to described the excitement I feel over beginning the book of Romans. Perhaps, I feel a little like Sir Edmund Hillary felt when he looked at Mt. Everest. While I haven’t been quick to take on “Mt.…
How can a person be sure of his or her salvation?
In the appendices of Unpacking Forgiveness: Biblical Answers for Complex Questions and Deep Wounds, I address common forgiveness questions such as: Is it appropriate to forgive God? Must a person always remained married to his or her spouse? What if…
The Heavenly Father Already Ran “An Ad in the Paper”
Ernest Hemingway in “The Capitol of the World”: Madrid is full of boys named Paco, which is the diminutive of the name Francisco, and there is a Madrid joke about a father who came to Madrid and inserted an advertisement…