Christian books on pain and suffering shouldn’t give simplistic answers. Yancey is right, “Why?” is a question that doesn’t go away. I am preparing for a series on Job this fall at the Red Brick Church– – and I’m a…
A Sermon for Churches Moving Forward
I have been immersed in the book of Haggai today – – and decided to take a break by listening to someone else preach a sermon on Haggai. I “stumbled” across this sermon by John Piper which, as it turns…
Introductory Haggai Thoughts from Andrew Kischner
I am very excited to begin a new sermon series on Haggai this Sunday at the Red Brick Church. My gifted friend, Andrew Kischner, graciously served our church by writing the following introductory thoughts. If you are from our church…
Where have you seen the beauty of Christ?
One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire…
Two-Faced People and Psalm 28
Gerald H. Wilson on Psalm 28 and two-faced people: In our psalm, it is interesting to note the kinds of “works” for which the psalmist’s enemies are condemned. It is not that these are murderers or thieves – – there…
The Bible on the History Channel – What’s your prediction? Will the children in Jericho die?
What’s your prediction? Will the History Channel make it clear that the children of Jericho died? If the mini-series does show the complete annihilation of Jericho, will many protests be raised? The first episode of The Bible mini-series ended with…
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…
Without an Historical Adam the Good News Turns Bad
It is becoming increasingly “popular” to deny the historicity of Adam. Michael Reeves, on the Desiring God site, argues that denying an historical Adam has fundamental theological implications. Nor it is not just that the biblical genealogies depict Adam as…
“Ways in the Manger” Sermon Series Thus Far
This post is also available at theredbrickchurch.org. You can listen to the sermons here. Thus far in our “Ways in the Manger” series, we have considered the births of Isaac and Benjamin. The Isaac birth-narrative reminded us that God graciously…
Pray Like a Drunk?
When was the last time you prayed this urgently? I’m preaching this Sunday on the birth of Samuel: the third in our series, Ways in the Manger. In the beginning of the narrative, Hannah longs for a child. She prays…