On Sunday evening I preached on Deuteronomy 18:9-22, Determining God’s Will for Your Life: A Definitive Guide. [Audio of this sermon can found by clicking this link.]
The premise of the sermon can best be summarized by O. Palmer Robertson’s quote on Deuteronomy 18:
Every possible word describing a method by which men might attempt to [...]
John Piper on what is, and isn’t the gospel…
Last Sunday as I preached I asked and answered the question, “What is the gospel?”
In part I relied on a definition offered by J.I. Packer in his introductory essay to the John Owen work, The Death of Death in the Death of Christ. There Packer describes the biblical gospel as “always and essentially a [...]
Dr. Peter Jones, who was just at our church for our annual Christianity and Culture conference, recently gave an excellent lecture at Mars Hill Church in Seattle. His lecture was called Pastoring in Today’s Zeitgeist, and it can be found here.
While listening to Jones I saw Mark Driscoll’s book, Vintage Jesus, will be published [...]
I very much enjoyed this story. It was told on an NPR program that Pastor Aaron introduced me to a year or so ago. It is about a greedy business man that lures “outsourced” labor to come to the US and work for below minimum wage. What is so striking to me [...]
“Tsunami” Hits PCUSA: Dramatic Changes AheadAccording to this article in the Christian Post, the PCUSA has finally come to a point where they know something needs to change.
http://www.christianpost.com/article/200…
Messing with the organizational structure might help a little, but we can only hope and pray that they figure out what needs to change - preaching the gospel.