Shepherd the Flock

John Owen’s Commentary on the Old and New Covenants (Outline) « Contrast.

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I haven’t gone anywhere; I’ve just been taking a break from blogging and contemplating the direction I want to take things here. With the advent of Facebook and Twitter, I began to wonder if this format is outdated –and I think it is to some extent. Thus, I’m working on a few things here at [...]

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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 [...]

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In my last post, I attempted to argue that spiritual growth is a slow process, that visible growth or even the effect of the Word is not always immediately evident to us, and the two areas which I considered were when we preach to others and when we sit under preaching of others.
By God’s providence, [...]

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False teachers. Scripture warns us repeatedly of them, and we see evidence of their work all around, but besides the obvious examples (Benny Hinn, etc.), how do we spot them?
I find it a bit disconcerting that false teachers are sometimes difficult to identify. The errors are sometimes so incredibly subtle, that [...]

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All over the news this morning is a new gimmick by the First Baptist Church of Snellville, where a May crusade will give away $500 gas gift cards, and even a Ford Explorer. Apparently, even the secular media recognizes how shameful this is, as it has hit several major news outlets here in the Atlanta [...]

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It has been a while since I updated the ‘Weekly Recommendations‘ page of this site. The summer has been very busy, but with the fall I plan to kick things in gear again. (A small podcast is also in the works, but is still a few weeks/months in the future.)
Since I haven’t updated in a [...]

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A few weeks ago I had the great enjoyment of making my way through John Flavel’s book, The Mystery of Providence. Flavel, one of my favorite Puritans for his pastoral style, covers the issue of Providence about as thorough as the subject can be dealt with. Monergismbooks.com, THE best site on the web for sound [...]

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Welcome to my new site! Please take a moment and read the about page which describes in detail why this site exists.
Next, check out the resource page of Christian links, the full blogroll (ever-growing), soon to come book recommendations, MP3/podcast download section, and a few websites to help you find a Godly church in your [...]

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