Suppose that you want to get rid of some behavior in your life. It is never enough to stop doing the wrong thing. In order to defeat that behavior, you need to not only stop doing the wrong thing, but also start doing the right thing.
Emergent Church Movement
Pastor Brian McLaughlin, Grand Ledge Baptist Church, has posted a very helpful series of posts on the Emergent Church Movement. Brian is gracious. His posts are concise. He has studied this for himself and interacts with primary sources. If you…
For Unto Us a Child is Born
Christmas is upon us. How about for a change of pace this year in your Christmas Devotions you meditate on what Isaiah says about the Messiah – – See, for instance, Isaiah 9.
If you feel a little lost getting started in Isaiah, the below material I wrote may help.
Individualism is Fundamentally Misleading / John Murray
Whether we realize it or not, people in the West are indoctrinated with individualism. The symptoms are many: “What I do is my own business.” Don’t make discerning evaluations of any sort. The idea of church discipline: that there is…
Sins of the Fathers
Exodus 34:7 raises interesting questions. Describing God, the verse reads:7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation.”
What does it mean that God punishes the children for the sin of the fathers?
Alcorn on Hell
“If I had a choice, that is if Scripture were not so clear and conclusive, I would certainly not believe in Hell. Trust me when I say I do not want to believe in it. But if I make what…
We Must Speak of the Wrath of God
John Piper recently said, “the post-modern mind has no place for the biblical truth of the wrath of God (The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World, page 76).” To the extent this Piper’s evaluation is on target, this is…
A C.S. Lewis Quote
Reality, in fact, is usually something you could not have guessed. That is one of the reasons I believe Christianity. It is a religion that you could not have guessed. If it offered us just the kind of universe we…
Why manna?
Why did God feed Israel with manna? You ever think about that one? See if you can come up with the precise, emphasis on “precise,” reason for the manna exercise.
Alcorn Endorses Huckabee
Randy Alcorn has endorsed Mike Huckabee. Alcorn’s post is very worthwhile reading. Speaking of which, if you have not yet read, Heaven, by Randy Alcorn, you should at once. . . perhaps, more on that later.