Watch the below video with Dr. Jeremy Pierre. If I ever issue a revised copy of Unpacking Forgiveness: Biblical Answers for Complex Questions and Deep Wounds I’m going to pay my own gas money to buy Dr. Pierre lunch so we can…
Haddon Robinson Study Retreat 2017
I am again privileged to be part of the Haddon Robinson Study Retreat. This we are studying the Old Testament books of Hosea, Amos, and Micah under the instruction of Wheaton’s Danny Carroll. Each year a group of pastors gather…
Tim Keller on Why We Should Catechize Our Children
Jamie and I didn’t formally catechize our children. Though we did spend a great deal of time with them in theological instruction and dialogue. But I agree with Tim Keller’s points and if we had it to do over again,…
Our Reactions to New Resurrection Bodies Will Be 1,000,000 Times More
Witness how a grandfather sees color for the first time. Then consider how great will be the Christian’s joy when not just one malady is cured, but EVERY hurt is healed– in the twinkling of an eye (1 Cor 15:52). Christ’s resurrection…
Sam Storms: 10 Observations on the Judgment Seat of Christ
Second Corinthians 5:10 encourages believers with the certainty of the approaching judgment seat of Christ. Paul wrote: For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he…
St. Titus “The Tough”
Spiritual leadership requires guts and grit. You have to be tough to lead. Consider the biblical example of Titus. When I left the corporate world and went to seminary, I pictured spiritual leaders as clean cut guys in starched white…
Piper on the Glory of Christ in His First Coming
<br /><br /> Second Corinthians (2 Cor 4:6), encourages believers with the truth that God who created all things has shown us “the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” In his…
Lent: Questions and Answers
Lent – What is it? Lent is the 40 period (less Sundays) before Easter and is based on Jesus’s forty days in the wilderness. Some Christians fast, think soberly about their faith, and focus on repenting of their sins during this period. Does…
Such an Important Article: Man in the Middle
I started reading this the article, Man in the Middle, by Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra because I have long appreciated Dr. David Dockery’s leadership in evangelicalism. But as I began reading, I realized that this piece tells a far bigger story than Dr. Dockery’s…
Sanctification: Selected Passages and Quotes
Sunday (D.V.), I am preaching on 2 Corinthians 3:12-18, and the pattern of sanctification. Below are some of my favorite passages on sanctification as well as key quotes that summarize what we believe about how Christians are sanctified or increasingly…