Spiritual warfare is a reality of the Christian life. If you are a child of God through the shed blood of Christ, you will face spiritual attack, you will go through the wilderness. The wilderness of your life may be depression or family problems or church problems or spiritual attacks, it may even be many …
Thank you Tim Challies for the following post which I copied entirely from his blog for today’s Monday Musings and to Charles Spurgeon for the quotes that continue to inspire and challenge us all. I am a lover of quotes and, though I’ve never gotten too organized in managing them, I do like to …
The New Calvinism is a hot issue in the world today, and especially in evangelicalism. It’s big for those who are Calvinists and it’s galvanizing for many who aren’t. Many opponents view Calvinism as anti-evangelism and ant-missions and many proponents view those on the the other side of the debate with something akin to disdain. …
My Friend, David, recently mailed me several books (he does that occasionally, just because that’s the kind of guy he is). One of the books he sent me is Future Men by Douglas Wilson. I haven’t had time to read it, but I have been anxious to dive into it. In preparation for my Father’s …
Don Piper’s book, 90 Minutes in Heaven has been on the New York Times’ bestseller list since it was released in 2004. Though I have not read the book, Michael Patton argues that this form of apologetical argument is insufficient and dangerous. One of his strongest arguments against this form of apologetics is that Piper’s …
In a recent Sunday School class, the question of whether or not God hates was raised. Certainly, the hatred of God is not a core part of the usual curriculum in our churches, but does that mean that it does not exist? The primary goal for our theology as Christians should be to be biblical, …
John Piper recently wrote an interesting article on the tone that we should pursue when in the pulpit. There is a lot of sound advice here, especially coming from someone who has been preaching for 31 years. Piper writes: What tone should you aim at in preaching? My answer is: Pursue the tone of the text. …
“Be humbled, walk softly; down with your topsail. Stoop, stoop! It is a low entry to go in at heaven’s gates.” – Samuel Rutherford, The Loveliness of Christ.
“Humility has nothing to do with depreciating ourselves and our gifts in ways we know to be untrue (cf. Col. 2:18, 23). Even “humble” attitudes can be masks of pride. The English, it has been said, take pride in not praising themselves! Rather, humility is that freedom from our self which enables us to be in …
Is Christianity good for the world? Obviously Christians would agree that it is, but even China believes that there is some good that has come into the world from Christianity. A recent article in the Christian Post Reporter reports that atheistic China sees a link between the Christian faith and economic success. The Reporter article …