I recently came across some posts by Dr. Russell Moore (dean of the School of Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) on the subject of Communion. He has contributed to Understanding Four Views on the Lord’s Supper (a Zondervan Couterpoints book). From what I’ve seen in his post, and from the reviews at [...]
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Continued from part 2.
We have seen that the Gospel has many purposes for believers beyond initial conversion. It is as much for believers as unbelievers. I’d like to start this final post by quoting Tim Keller once more at some length. (I should mention that the quotes from Keller in this series come from this [...]
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Continued from part 1.
So, in the gospel, as unbelievers we found acceptance through Christ and forgiveness from sin. But as believers, don’t we rely on that acceptance as we work out our salvation? Don’t we need to be constantly challenged to obey more and be more faithful to God? Does our spiritual life depend in [...]
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The following is taken from an adult SS lesson I taught this past Sunday. I thought it would be a blessing to share it by means of my blog for a wider audience.
1 Thess. 2:9-13 For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a [...]
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I am currently reading Him We Proclaim: Preaching Christ from All the Scriptures by Dennis E. Johnson. The good folks at Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing kindly supplied me with a review copy.
In a chapter contrasting different approaches to preaching, Johnson picks Tim Keller’s preaching style as exemplary of his ideal view. What distinguishes that style [...]
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Sunday Mediations — posts encouraging us all to meditate on the things of our Savior, on His day.
The Gospel isn’t just for those who are outside of Christianity. Christians must remind themselves and others of the beauty of the Gospel, day in and day out. This is how we live. We need [...]
I would highly recommend that you listen to my pastor’s (John Piper) recent sermon “God Strengthens Us by the Gospel”. You can read it here, as well as find links to watch or listen to it online or even to download it.
The text for the message is Rom. 16:25-27.
Now to him who is able to [...]
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Recently there have been some good comments here, concerning the importance of encouraging others and ourselves with the Gospel. Under my brief post about C.J. Mahaney’s sermon on Encouragement at Bethlehem (my church), Alana Asby Roberts wrote:
That thought about speaking the gospel to other Christians is interesting. After my “new” and final conversion experience at [...]
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