The biblical concept of submission is a beautiful one. God works in and through submission and uses those over us to shelter us from some of the storms of life. Non-Christians regularly throw around words that should not be part…
Parents, are you teaching that failure is an option?
Collin Hansen on TGC blog: Your kids will fail. This is both inevitable and also necessary. Apparently not many parents today want to hear this uncomfortable fact. And they certainly don’t want to implement it in how they discipline their…
How can I stop thinking about how someone hurt me?
Mental quicksand – – sometimes we know that we need to quit dwelling on past wounds done to us, yet we can’t move beyond this. This weekend, I was privileged to preach this weekend at Bethel Church in Crown Point,…
Do Christians have to join a church?
Do Christians have to join a church? from Crossway on Vimeo.
Smiling about Baseball and Jeter
If you ever slept with the smell of your baseball glove, or listened to a game on the radio then you have to like this. The Captain just wrote a chapter of Yankee Lore. It’s been a long time since…
The Centrality of Preaching in the Life of the Church
This discussion took place in the context of a church planting discussion. But it relates just as directly to church in general. I wish all our people could watch this. Angie Cheatham from Crossway: At The Gospel Coalition, Mike McKinley…
16 in 113 seconds
If you give Scripture memory just a few seconds every day, it will change your world. (More here). Today when I timed myself when reviewing 16 verses. It took 113 seconds. I cannot begin to describe to you what these…
A Sermon for Your Weekend
You will benefit greatly from this sermon if you haven’t already seen it. Getting Out – Tim Keller – TGC 2011 from The Gospel Coalition on Vimeo.
Pray for these Waves of Change
Justin Taylor summarizes four waves of change for which John Piper is praying: Putting world evangelization into the passions of a new generation. Weaving the dark thread of hell back into the fabric of our compassion. Blowing away misperceptions about…
What does joy sound like?
Can you hear joy? Have you heard it? Nehemiah 8:43 regarding the dedication of the wall: And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and children also rejoiced.…