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 29 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 [...]
Posted in Christian Culture, Worship on May 17th, 2009 2 Comments »
In a recent Time magazine article on the new phenomenon, Twittering in church, a pastor of a church in Charlotte, N.C, Todd Hahn, made the following statement:
[Regarding Twittering during Church]: “if God leads you to continue this as a form of worship by all means do it.”
Now, I use Twitter, I enjoy it, and whether [...]
Posted in Christian Culture, The Gospel on May 7th, 2009 22 Comments »
This week Greg Gilbert over at the 9Marks blog asked whether we could accurately present the gospel of Jesus Christ on Twitter –requiring that the text be 140 characters or less. I thought this was an excellent and profitable question, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading some of the short gospel presentations.
However, as I thought [...]
Posted in Christian Culture, Church History, Worship on Apr 30th, 2009 3 Comments »
For the background of this post, please see my previous post introducing this subject.
Iain Murray, in his excellent book ‘Revival and Revivalism: The Making and Marring of American Evangelicalism‘, sets forth a few arguments against the altar call that were voiced by men when the practice was just beginning. I thought it would be profitable [...]
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