Mike Riccardi provides a brief introductory article on presuppositional apologetics: a key distinctive of presuppositional apologetics is that the apologist must presuppose (hence the name) the truth of the Bible and the Christian worldview. We should not, even for the…
Sweeter than Ever on Jamie
I am thankful for my pretty, smiling wife. Here is a picture of Jamie and her dad, the late Jack Limbaugh, at our wedding rehearsal: pretty then, more beautiful now.
God Allowed 42 Boys to be Mauled by Bears? Seriously?
My friend, Pastor Roy Summers, interacts with an Old Testament text that is often raised as an objection against the Old Testament. “I can’t believe because of the harsh stories in the Old Testament” No doubt there are some difficult…
Why the Yawns Across America and Around the World? (I need your help with sermon prep)
Why, even amongst Christians, are some of the most incredible statements in human history greeted with yawns of apathy? Help me meditate on this question in advance of my sermon. The next sermon from 1 Timothy will focus on the…
Profound Thoughts for Suffering and Depressed Christians
Carl Trueman has written an excellent article reflecting on the book of Job. Just breeze through the bit about Driscoll and read what he has to say about the book of Job. Do we make too much of suffering? Is…
Reasons Local Churches Dwindle Away
Number three is the one that really got my attention. You will have to click through to read it. But I think #3 is absolutely a central reason why many churches dwindle away. Chuck Lawless writes: I love the local…
Losing Adam
Increasingly, it seems, theologians who have identified themselves as evangelicals question the historicity of Adam or the need for believing that Adam existed. Jeremy Walker recently considered how the trajectory of rejecting an historical Adam would work out in our…
Today’s Book Stack: Systematic Theology
We lived in a blessed time when we have the opportunity to interact with so many great theologians. Our OR Doctrinal Study Begins Tonight. So, in contrast with the picture of my books on the pastoral epistles, I am working…
Running With The Gospel: A Story From Ethiopia
Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you . . . 2 Thess 3:1 God’s Word is speeding ahead . . . running even . . .…
Strength Though Weakness
If you feel weak, thank God. Times of weakness are special opportunities to rejoice in the grace of God. Our current text at The Red Brick Church is 1 Timothy 1:12-17. 12 I thank him who has given me strength, Christ…