Posted in Christian Culture, Sin, The Gospel on May 22nd, 2010 1 Comment »
The gospel of Jesus Christ not only saves sinners in eternity, but it rehabilitates them here on earth as well. Radical things happen when God saves a sinner. Thieves stop their stealing and instead begin giving. Liars stop their lying and become advocates for the truth. Even the rich stop their hoarding, instead turning their [...]
Posted in Christian Culture, Church, The Gospel on May 11th, 2010 4 Comments »
Below you will find an excerpt from Tim Keller’s excellent book, The Prodigal God. The emphasis is all mine, which is the specific statement that concerns this post:
“Jesus’ teaching consistently attracted the irreligious while offending the Bible-believing, religious people of His day. However, in the main, our churches today do not have this effect. The [...]
Posted in Christian Culture, The Gospel on Apr 16th, 2010 13 Comments »
Sadly, in a recent article, Christian music artist Jennifer Knapp has openly admitting to living in a homosexual relationship with another woman. If you are not familiar with Jennifer Knapp, she was a extremely popular CCM musician in the late 90’s, until walking away from music (temporarily it seems) in 2002.
Reading the interview, a few [...]
Posted in Christian Culture, Church, Church History, Worship on Oct 13th, 2009 17 Comments »
Recently I came across a few comments in Terry L. Johnson’s book Reformed Worship that caught my attention. Specifically, I was intrigued in reading that, “For Lutherans the enemy of faith was works. For the Reformed, the enemy of faith was idolatry.” (P18)
As he goes on to explain, it was John Calvin who insisted that [...]
Posted in Christian Culture, Worship on Oct 2nd, 2009 30 Comments »
Here’s a post I sent to the Reformed Baptist Discussion List today. My good friend and brother Mark disagrees with me on this subject (see his post here), and today we have been engaged in a nice little debate via Twitter. Here’s a general synopsis of my views concerning using rap/hip-hop, and some other forms [...]
Posted in Christian Culture, Church, Worship on Sep 7th, 2009 5 Comments »
Let me make myself clear before I explain my concerns with Sunday School: I love Sunday School; I believe Sunday School is vital to the health and growth of Christ’s church. I love the interaction, discussion, questions, one-on-one, teaching, depth, and encouragement that comes from a regular participation in a Sunday School group.
But I must [...]
Posted in Christian Culture on Aug 21st, 2009 6 Comments »
I have a trusty Catechism of the Catholic Church in my library that I consult from time to time just out of curiosity. I sometimes like to research the differences and similarities we have (protestants) with the Roman Catholic Church. Frankly, there are many things that the Catholic Church gets right or half-right, but unfortunately [...]
Posted in Christian Culture, Church, Worship on Aug 19th, 2009 No Comments »
I am convinced that the methods of communicating the gospel are as chosen and explicit as the content of presenting the gospel. That is, the Bible not only spells out *what* we are to teach/preach to call men to Christ, but *how* we are to call men to Christ as well.
Being faithful to the Word [...]
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 Christian Culture on Jun 29th, 2009 1 Comment »
“If one is looking primarily for a book of stories designed to teach a moral lesson, the Bible may not be as good as Aesops’ fables. All of the biblical heroes represent sinfulness, disobedience, half-heartedness and pride as well as faith and obedience. The real hero is God, who remains faithful to His promise in [...]
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