See if you can prayerfully fill in the blanks before Sunday’s sermon (6/19/16) at the Red Brick Church. For more on Sunday’s excitement, see this announcement. Update: Your can now listen to this sermon here. The people at our church…
“Sacraments”: Should Protestants Use the Word?
Protestants can use the term sacraments. What is important is to define the significance of baptism and the Lord’s Supper in an ongoing way. Regarding use of the term “sacraments,” Grudem writes: There is disagreement among Protestants even over the…
Dangerous Concessions
Mike Wittmer: I read this story in Todd Billings’ award winning book, Union with Christ, and thought there might be a devotional in it. I know I should post more than my latest drafts for Our Daily Journey, but it’s either this…
Fellowship is fundamentally a reality, not an experience
Most often , Christians speak of fellowship as an activity or subjective experience. Yet, “fellowship” translates the Greek word “koinonia” and a better translation would be “invested partnership” or “a sharing together”: fellowship is an objective reality. John Stott explains:…
Eat Together
Eugene Peterson explains that the dinner table provides soil in which seeds can germinate. As we live and give witness to Jesus to our children and whoever else, we are handing out seeds, not pearls, and seeds need soil in…
Trevin Wax: Should we baptize small children?
My position on this issue is remarkably similar to Trevin’s. How should a pastor respond to a child who wants to be baptized? How should churches approach the subject of child baptism? Two centuries ago, few Baptists would have even…
Are “totems” (in the movie Inception) sacraments?
Is there an analogy between Totems in the movie Inception and the sacraments? If you have seen Inception, then you know that Totems are an important part of the story line. Per the movie: A Totem is an object that…
What is Maundy Thursday?
Kevin DeYoung gives a helpful introduction: Like millions of Christians around the world, we will have a Maundy Thursday tonight. If you’ve never heard the term, it’s not Monday-Thursday (which always confused me as a kid), but Maundy Thursday, as…
Future son-in-laws better plan on rings, and Christians better plan to observe . . .
Is your local church observing the Lord’s Supper this Sunday? There is an analogy to be made between a wedding (the outward celebration of the marriage covenant) and the ordinances or sacraments. I have two beautiful daughters (one with blue…
Is your church observing communion this Sunday?
Here are some questions and answers about communion I will be reviewing with the Bricks The question is not where is God present (by itself uninteresting when we are talking about an omnipresent deity), but where God is present for…