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I am a young pastor. Which means, I probably don’t know a ton and haven’t made enough mistakes to know the difference. I realize this. I get it. I am 34 and have been in full time ministry for 5 years. I have been working on a church plant for 2 of those years where I have been preaching every week. Prior to that I filled the pulpit on an occasional basis. My mindset was always that of trying to make the most of each opportunity. A...

Here is an excellent summary by K Scott Oliphint of Calvin’s influence on reformed apologetics in just a brief amount of time (approx. 6min). Oliphint reminds us that Calvin was a pastor/theologian who was burdened for the people in the pew to ‘get it’. He gives three points of influence of Calvin on apologetics: 1.       Creator/Creature relationship 2.       Sensus Divinitatis 3.       Self-Attestation of Scri...

We read of a surprising revelation at the conclusion of the construction of the first temple. The gold is shiny. The furniture is new. Solomon is on something of a spriritual high. Things really couldn’t be better for Israel. However, in the context of hope, excitement, and something of a spiritual arrival, we read this: (1Ki 9.6-9) But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statut...

I have had some people asking about the ESV-Macarthur Study Bible, well I found out that it begins shipping from Amazon at the end of this week. The initial editions are listed below and available from Amazon (hardcover & TruTone Leather) Hardcover with Jacket List Price: $44.99 Price: $29.69 (free shipping) You Save: $15.30 (34%) Blue TruTone Leather List price: $74.99 Price: $47.24 (free shipping) You Save: $27.75 (37%...

This is a great video. Tim Keller is looking back over the Scriptures through the lenses of Luke 24.27 and articulates how it points to Jesus. I love the way it ends, “The Bible’s not about you!” Well said and well done. I trust this will be encouraging. (Ht: Colin Hansen) Possibly Related posts:The Bible is not a Book of Many Stories but Rather Only One The Impact of Christ, the Truth, on my Bible Study Piper on The Scriptur...

I thought this was interesting. I have never heard John Piper speak to this specific issue. The omellete of 1 Cor 11-14 is tough to unscramble. I think the video is helpful in understanding how this church has wrestled with the issue. (ht: Z) Possibly Related posts:John Piper on Sermon Prep Driscoll Interviews John Piper Piper on The Scriptures Pointing To Jesus ...

Below is a portion of a prayer before one of Charles Spurgeon’s sermons. It drips with a love for Christ and a realization of personal sinfulness that does not respond to such infinite grace in kind. Hence the prayer for help. The words ring true and appropriate in preparation for this Lord’s Day. We lie in the very dust before Thee in utter shame, to think that we have sometimes heard this story without emotion and even told it witho...

“I would like to buy about three dollars worth of gospel, please. Not too much—just enough to make me happy, but not so much that I get addicted. I don’t want so much gospel that I learn to really hate covetousness and lust. I certainly don’t want so much that I start to love my enemies, cherish self-denial, and contemplate missionary service in some alien culture. I want ecstasy, not repentance; I want transcendence, not transformation. ...

Why don’t young ‘conservative’ evangelicals care about Prop 8 or gay marriage? Relevant Magazine asked and attempted answer this question recently. They gave 3 reasons: 1)  More Gay Friends 2) Tired Rhetoric 3) Neglected Hypocrisy Basically this boiled down to younger Christians not wanting to be perceived as hateful, uncool or offensive. It is less about being young and Christian and more about being young and liberal. Relevan...

This is a healthy meditation for Christians. In it here Edwards helps to recalibrate our Christian compass with the God-centeredness we need. He continues to work effectively on me; he is hitting both sides of the plate and throwing strikes. The redeemed have all their objective good in God. God himself is the great good which they are brought to the possession and enjoyment of by redemption. He is the highest good, and the sum of all that good...