The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you on this fine day. Westminster Books has just discounted a favorite Christmas outreach resource. They’ve also put together an early Christmas gift guide. There is a strong collection of Kindle deals to consider today. How Can I Return to Normal Life After Tragedy? John Piper…
Good morning! Grace and peace to you. (Yesterday on the blog: To Plumb Depths that Have No Bottom) Does Romans 7 Describe a Christian? I’m surprised it took almost 1800 episodes of Ask Pastor John to cover this one. Freedom not to speak Janie Cheaney recounts a well-known tale from Acts, then says “The hysteria…
May the God of love and peace be with you today. There’s an eclectic little list of Kindle deals today. (Yesterday on the blog: This Broken, Beautiful World) Should We Quote the Bible to Non-Christians? George Sinclair asks the question in a Canadian context, but it extends far beyond our borders. “It is rarely talked…
Today’s Kindle deals include another long list of interesting titles. November has gotten off to quite the start! (Yesterday on the blog: New and Notable Books for November) Romans 7 and a Post-Conversion Perspective I guess this debate won’t end until Christ’s return, but for now I tend to lean toward this perspective. “I do…
I am closing in on my forty-third birthday and have been a churchgoer all my life. A bit of simple math shows that I’ve probably listened to somewhere around 4,000 sermons over the course of my life (which undoubtedly means I should have far more knowledge of the Bible than I do and should be…
Today’s Kindle deals include lots of good books with the highlight being all kinds of great stuff by J.R.R. Tolkien. There’s lots of good books from Christian Focus on sale at Westminster Books. (Yesterday on the blog: The 2019 Christian Reading Challenge) A Different Kind of Profanity “In contemporary American culture grumbling is often ingrained…
This sponsored post was provided by Dr. Michael Bird, Lecturer in Theology and New Testament at Ridley College, on behalf of the NIV Faithlife Study Bible. The new NIV Faithlife Study Bible, created in partnership with Faithlife Corporation, creators of Logos Bible Software, is now available in print and is full of eye-catching graphics, charts,…
A Plea for Poets, Plumbers, Philosophers, and Physicians Amen to this: “The church of Jesus Christ ought to be developing our young people to serve in many fields and from a biblical and theological framework. But do we do that? Often those who are interested in theology are hurried towards seminary.” Did Judas Receive the…
This sponsored post was prepared by Dennis Johnson. You may have heard passionate advocates and ardent critics debate “Christ-centered biblical interpretation” and wondered what the fuss is about. Why is it important to read the Bible as a unified story of God’s one redemptive plan, climaxing in Christ and his mission? Why should we read…
I find one of the trickiest matters of Christian living to be the matter of motives. I often find myself wondering why I do the things I do. Just as often, I find myself wondering why I do not do those things I refuse to do. Sometimes, even with a lot of focused thought, I…
Mark Altrogge had the nerve to mess with “Come Thou Fount.” He lodges a complaint that I’ve heard from many others (including our Aussie intern): “There’s a line in the hymn that bothers me. In our church we sing an updated version that dropped ‘Here I raise mine Ebenezer.’ Basically nobody in our church knows…
Five Titanic Myths – Speaking of Titanic, here are a few myths about Titanic that have been spread by movies. “It is the tragic story that everybody knows the end to – the doomed Titanic sinks. Its final hours have become the stuff of myth – but how much have the various film versions of…
At the very heart of the gospel, at the very heart of the Christian faith, are two great miracles, two inseparable miracles, through which a dead man is brought to life. The first miracle is justification; here a condemned sinner is made right in the eyes of a perfect judge. The second miracle is regeneration;…
Guest blog by Andrew Lindsey Began with singing of “How Great Thou Art.” Opening prayer by SBC evangelist Junior Hill for truth, compassion for the lost, and graciousness of spirit. Introduction of Johnny Hunt by Dr. Jerry Vines. Johnny Hunt preached from Psalm 119:33-40, a text that Hunt preached in chapel at the Southern Baptist…
The Introduction to J.C. Ryle’s Holiness This is the first of what I hope will be many opportunities to read the classics together. You can read more about this effort here: Reading the Classics Together. Today we start into an 8-week study of J.C. Ryle’s Holiness. Written in 1879, this book has stood the test…