Posted in Administrative, Church, Puritans on Jul 23rd, 2009 5 Comments »
I’m somewhat partial to the doctrine of church discipline. I see it as absolutely vital to the gospel of Jesus Christ.
I was not converted until the age of 21, but I had grow up all my life in several Baptist churches, one of them a very prominent SBC mega-church I attended 10 years. During these [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Worship on Jul 19th, 2009 32 Comments »
Since my readers are well aware that I’ve spent a significant amount of time discussing the Sabbath Commandment here at Shepherd the Flock, I thought the following article was relevant in answering many of the questions that often come up. Namely: what does New Testament Sabbath keeping look like?
Tim Challies posted an excerpt from Don [...]
Posted in Shepherding on Jul 18th, 2009 No Comments »
Burk Parsons commented the other day that,
“In Chinese house churches a man is examined for the pastorate by investigating the theology, devotion, & life of those he’s discipled.”
I find this to be a very helpful summary of what qualifies a man for the office of pastor/elder, or even of a deacon in the local church.
First [...]
Posted in Christian Culture, Christian Living, Jesus Christ on Jul 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Do you remember the WWJD craze? What Would Jesus Do? Seems as though the fad has pretty much ridden off in the sunset now days (at least the marketing aspect; not the theological one). But I remember it vividly. All the cool Christians had the bracelets, T-shirts, and necklaces. In fact, in many ways it [...]
Posted in Calvinism, Puritans, Theology on Jul 9th, 2009 No Comments »
I am currently reading the classic puritan work, The Marrow of Theology, and will be posting little excerpts from it here over the next few weeks. Part 1 can be found here. Feel free to ask for further clarification if needed, for the argumentation in this treatise is all based upon a long, interlinked line [...]
Posted in Puritans, Theology on Jul 7th, 2009 4 Comments »
I am currently reading the classic puritan work, The Marrow of Theology, and will be posting little excerpts from it here over the next few weeks. Feel free to ask for further clarification if needed, for the argumentation in this treatise is all based upon a long, interlinked line of reasoning.
“[There is nothing] in theology [...]
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