Parents: memorize this speech. As a parent my goal is to protect you. If protecting you means having you upset with me, so be it. I love you enough to die for you; you being upset with me is a…
Ascend the Hill – Rock of Ages
HT: Dane Ortlund
Bobby Bowden Says Joe Paterno’s Statue Should Be Removed
Larry Brown interviewed Florida State coach Bobby Bowden. Denny Burke summarizes: In a recent radio interview (listen here), Bobby Bowden said that Joe Paterno’s statue should be removed from the campus of Penn State. In his own words: If I…
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Being Humble Means Saying Sorry First
The Bible says that God gives grace to the humble (Proverbs 3:34). If we are to receive the grace given to the humble, it often means saying “I am sorry” first. Don’t you find it relatively easy to apologize if…
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Ever know of someone who has drowned? My focus for my blog is material which would benefit people in our church. The following is not theological, but it is very practical. From Mario Vittone: Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning by…
Puddleglum’s Lesson
Puddleglum had it right. Obey the Word of God regardless of how it seems that things will turn out. Of all C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia, The Silver Chair, is my favorite. At one point in the Silver Chair the…
Jonathan Edwards Was as High on Heaven as He Was Hot On Hell
If you want to picture heaven more vividly, try reading Jonathan Edwards. Many know Edwards only for his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” But in another great sermon he preached that the believer’s access to Jesus…
Chris Brauns Forgiveness Interview on Pilgrim Radio
A forgiveness interview I recorded with Bill Feltner and Pilgrim Radio of Carson City Nevada will air Wed., July 11 on “His People” at 12:30am, 10:00 AM and 7:30pm CST over the Pilgrim Radio Network and at www.pilgrimradio.com. The interview focused…
John Murray of Westminster and World War I
In an article for the Gospel Coalition, I previously challenged those aspiring to a pastoral call to be visibly devoted in order to be pastorally placed. We should also study the lives of great theologians. For example, our understanding and…