Tim Keller, Albert Mohler, and Collin Hansen discuss the proper basis for making moral evaluations. Consider Keller’s point at the end. If the premise, “there is no god,” leads to a conclusion, “then there is no such thing as right…
Risk is Right
David Platt in the forward to Piper’s forthcoming book, Risk is Right: Retreat or risk? Throughout redemptive history, that question has confronted God’s people. As John Piper references in the pages of the new book Risk Is Right (Crossway, 2013),…
Steve Dewitt on Propitiation
Steve Dewitt, author of the Challies recommended, Eyes Wide Open, with some excellent thoughts on propitiation. He concludes: Did you catch it? God propitiates his own wrath. Know anybody else like that? Will China pay off the US debt? Will…
Thom Rainer: The Main Reason People Leave a Church
At the Red Brick Church we’re working hard on a shared vision for meaningful membership. A recent article by Thom Rainer helps explain why. Thom Rainer: Numbers of gifted persons and organizations have studied the phenomenon of the church “back…
Flash Mobs Are An Illusion
Flash mobs appear to be spontaneous events apart from leadership. The reality is just the opposite. Leadership is always needed. There is something very appealing about flash mobs. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be in a mall when people spontaneously…
Kevin DeYoung: Why pastors and elders need your prayers
Kevin DeYoung: Your pastors and elders need your help to live out the calling of Acts 6:4: “But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” Because everything seems more important and seems more urgent…
How can a church best serve families with children and teens?
RSS readers will need to click through to watch my answer to this question.* Christianity.com: How can a church best serve families, children and teens?-Chris Brauns from christianitydotcom2 on GodTube. *I have previously posted this video.
Mohler Interviews Charles Murray
Al Mohler recently interviewed Charles Murray regarding Murray’s forthcoming book, Coming Apart. Murray is an academic who has done in-depth statistical analysis of America’s downward moral trajectory. On one level Mohler’s interview of Murray is an intellectual discussion. But it’s…
Why Were There Rules in the Garden of Eden?
I continue to enjoy an advance-endorsement copy of Paul Tripp’s book, Sex and Money: Pleasures that Leave You Empty and Grace that Satisfies. In the below quote, Tripp clarifies why there were boundaries in the Garden of Eden: The rules…
Does this mean that hardships, sickness, disease, and the like happen because God is disciplining his children?
D.A. Carson addresses a reader’s question: Connor S. from Crystal Lake, Illinois, asks: Hebrews 12:6-7 reads: “For those whom the Lord loves he disciplines, and he scourges every son whom he receives. It is for discipline that you endure; God deals…