For our church people who persevered through the doctrinal study – – I expect that you will put together your version of this video. (It’s a group of college students in the UK). This is the first time I have…
Are you ready for Sunday?
Why not spend some time on Friday and Saturday plowing the ground in your life in preparation for Sunday? We are told men ought not to preach without preparation. Granted. But we add, men ought not to hear without preparation. …
Justin Taylor: Steve Jobs, Iphones, and Porn
Justin Taylor (quoting Pete from Grace City): Pete from Grace City has a post about Steve Jobs, Apple, and porn. An excerpt: “Jobs has argued that he wants his portable computer devices to not sell or stock pornography. When a…
Let’s multiply our talents with this sort of ingenuity . . .
The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30) encourages us to multiply what has been entrusted to us – – rather than playing it safe. To multiply talents requires hard work, risk, and creativity. Examples like the one below (of how…
A Chris Brauns Forgiveness Webinar at Peacemakers
On May 25th I will be doing a free online webinar on forgiveness. Space is limited. Chris Brauns, a keynote speaker for our 2010 Peacemaker Conference and pastor of The Red Brick Church in Stillman Valley, IL will be doing…
Yeh on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
Vincent Van Gogh (just “Vincent” to his friends and to art appreciators who are familiar with him) established a “Studio of the South” in the town of Arles, France, in the French Riviera. He hoped for this studio to be…
The obvious place to begin in improving the health of a local church
Mark Dever: If a healthy church is a congregation that increasingly displays the character of God as his character has been revealed in his Word, the most obvious place to begin building a healthy church is to call Christians to…
Don’t Try and Revive the Opossums
While Christians are called to love and tend God’s creation, I would suggest that you not feel obligated to try and revive creatures you see wounded along the road. HT: Spurgeon
Doug Moo on the definition of justification
The Bible pictures all human beings as defendants in a courtroom: a courtroom in which God is the judge and our sins constitute the evidence against us. The judge weighs the evidence and finds every single one of us guilty…
Are bitterness and unforgiveness the same thing?
I am looking forward to being part of Peacemaker’s National Conference in the Fall. Anticipating the focus of the conference, Ken Sande reflects about the relationship between bitterness and forgiveness. I was asked recently whether bitterness and unforgiveness were, in…