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I had a co-worker once who loved just about everything Disney. He put a sticker on his car, and would proudly wear Disney hats and shirts. He was one of the managers at the store where I was working, and I remember one day when everything was going wrong he said to me, when this […]
Read More Was that Worship???Doctrine is most important. It is important because it informs our practice. It is important because it teaches us about God. It is important because we derive it from God’s most Holy Word. Many folks know doctrine well. Many folks can opine about the finer points of all things theological. Waxing eloquent, many are able […]
Read More Read Them & They’ll Read You.Below is a quote by J. Gresham Machen from the 1930’s laying out the battles taking place in the church. In the quote Machen rightly ascribes these battles to the modernists of his day. What is amazing about this quote is that it perfectly captures many of the arguments of the post-moderns in the church […]
Read More Fighting for Truth in the Church – J. Gresham MachenThere are many who have trouble with the idea of being part of a local church and do not want anything to do with them, and many people point to denominations as a major culprit, as if they are inherently sinful. The arguments usually start by decrying the “man made” organization that today’s local churches […]
Read More In Defense of Denominations and Denominational ChurchesFirst things first. We need to talk about the term gospel, define what we mean by its usage, and then measure our definition with gospel’s biblical denotation. In a time where everyone has his own relative definition and belief of any and all, it is indeed important to have an absolute, biblical definition of gospel. […]
Read More The GospelThe letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life. (2 Cor. 3:6) The law of God is holy and just and good; it is inexorable, and we have fallen under its just condemnation. That is at the bottom what Paul means by the “the letter killeth.’ He does not mean that attention to pedantic details shrivels […]
Read More The Letter Kills, But the Spirit Gives LifeBut they will become his slaves so that they may learn the difference between my service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. 2 Chronicles 12:8 Here we find the nation of Judah in a humbling position. King Rehoboam had only been king of Judah for five years, but in that five years […]
Read More God’s Rod of DisciplineThis is a short video devotion about the testing of our faith.
Read More When Pain and Faith CollideI had several people ask for this one so here it is. 🙂 Previous “10 Ways to hinder” posts… 10 Ways for Pastors to Hinder the Church 10 Ways for Worship Leaders to Hinder the Church 10 Ways for Youth Leaders to Hinder the Church
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