Tim Challies recently suggested ways you can serve your church on a Sunday morning: At the 9Marks Ministries blog I recently came across a brief article that outlined some of the ways church members can (and should!) serve their church…
A little trickery for your football weekend
Sermon notes or not?
By sermon notes, I mean distributing an outline of the sermon that may or may not allow the listener to fill in the blank. The matter of whether or not to use sermon notes raises from very foundational questions. For…
If you are not a morning person
This from Justin Taylor was encouraging for me to read: I am not a morning person. I don’t like early mornings, and early mornings don’t like me. But here are a few things that have encouraged my heart lately, and…
On the ESV Translation
Since I preach from the ESV, this may be of interest to our flock. ESV Trusted By Leaders from Crossway on Vimeo. See also a post where I talk about translating a particular passage. HT: JT
Salvation is for quitters
Mike Wittmer explains why the Gospel is counter-intuitive: God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we…
You will not know what prayer is . . .
Jeremy Carr quotes John Piper: You will not know what prayer is for until you know that life is war. One of the great obstacles to praying is that life is just too routinely smooth for many of us. The…
Weekends are for light.
It’s been a tough few weeks that included a very difficult funeral. This photograph from Ann Voskamp encouraged my soul and helped me as a pastor prepare for the Lord’s Day.
Mario sleeps with the fishes
Mario deserved it. As I pointed out earlier, he is a drug dealer. And, the most insidious drug is the one you give to someone else for your own benefit. (See here). You may have noticed that you haven’t recently…
Though in some circumstances it may be necessary, divorce is like amputation
In a major brain lapse, earlier today I said in the title of this post, “Though in some circumstances it may be necessary, marriage is like amputation.” Fortunately, a couple of you pointed out the error. Kevin DeYoung lays out…