By luke g. on Aug 20, 2010 in Biblical Counseling, Ecclesiology, Ethics, Leadership, Practical Theology, Shepherding, The Gospel, Worship | 1 Comment
If I had a dollar for every time that someone said they had a “prayer request” or a “concern” about someone, and then they proceeded to gossip and slander another fellow Christian, I really do think I’d be rich beyond belief. It has, quite frankly, occurred around me my entire life. I don’t believe I’ve [...]
By luke g. on Jul 24, 2010 in Blog Shelf, Book Reviews, Parenting, Reformed Theology, The Gospel | 0 Comments
Thabiti Anyabwile has written a brief review of Iain Murray’s new book, Life of Arthur W Pink. I have not had the chance to read Murray’s biography of Pink, but I really appreciated what Anyabwile wrote. Arthur Pink was raised in a Christian home and later rejected the Christian faith to join the occult. Several [...]
By luke g. on Jun 28, 2010 in Atonement, Christology, Ethics, Practical Theology, The Gospel, Theology, Worship | 2 Comments
The Apostle Peter advised his readers that, in expectation for the eschatological, they should have “lives of holiness and godliness” (2 Pet. 3:11). Throughout the Scriptures, believers are to be marked by holiness (cf. Lev. 19:2; 20:26; 22:32-34; 1 Thess. 4:3-7; 2 Cor. 7:1; Eph. 4:20-24; Heb. 12:10, 14). Regardless of what culture has deemed [...]
By luke g. on Jun 18, 2010 in Apologetics, Book Shelf, Christology, The Gospel, The Trinity | 1 Comment
“Athanasius showed us that sometimes it is not right to compromise – when core theology is at stake. There are matters of ego and nonessentials on which it is proper and Christian for us to compromise. But when the heart of the gospel is at stake, it is time to be like Athanasius and refuse [...]
By luke g. on Jun 12, 2010 in Missional, Preaching, Reformed Theology, The Gospel, evangelism | 1 Comment
Tim Chester provides some notes from a lecture that was given by Duncan Forbes (Part 1 and Part 2), who summarizes why we need to preach the sovereignty of God in deprived areas by stating that, 1. God is in charge 2. God is in control of both good and bad things 3. God has [...]
By Paul Poppe on May 27, 2010 in Ecclesiology, Practical Theology, The Gospel | 2 Comments
We live in a day when it’s hard to tell the difference between truth and error. Why is that? Because we have fallen prey to the Postmodern philosophy that says words don’t matter very much. This relativistic attitude has infiltrated the church so that people can say one thing and do another and no one [...]
By Paul Poppe on May 13, 2010 in Justification, The Gospel, Worship | 0 Comments
Do you ever get lost in the scholarly discussions about justification between guys like N.T. Wright and John Piper? Those kind of discussions are valuable and we should pay attention; but sometimes we need a succinct and understandable explanation that gets quickly to the heart of the truth. That’s why Shai Linne has become one [...]
By luke g. on May 7, 2010 in Atonement, Book Shelf, Christology, Justification, New Perspective, Puritans, Reformed Theology, The Gospel | 1 Comment
“The plain old Protestant doctrine is that the place of faith in justification is only that of a hand or instrument, receiving the righteousness of Christ, for the sake of which alone we are justified. So that, though great scholars do often confound themselves and others in their disputations about faith’s justifying a sinner, every [...]
