John Piper has written an excellent post on why he limits his television and movie watching. It is worth the time to read. You can find it here http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/TasteAndSee/ByDate/2009/4023_Why_I_Dont_Have_a_Television_and_Rarely_Go_to_Movies/.
Archive for June, 2009
Why I Don’t Have a Television and Rarely Go to Movies – By John Piper
Posted in Christian Life on June 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Death of Michael Jackson and Mark 8:36
Posted in Gospel on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Jackson died today. He was a cultural icon in many ways. When I was young, he was the epitome of talent and success. He seemed to have it all. In recent years, he has been a much more tragic figure… an icon of the destructiveness of Hollywood. But all I could think of when [...]
What Your Pastor Wishes You Knew About Him – by Dan Burrell
Posted in Pastoral Ministry on June 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I just read a couple of posts by Dan Burrell entitled “What Your Pastor Wishes You Knew About Him.” (Thanks to Andy Naselli for pointing them out at his blog http://andynaselli.com/theology/ .)These posts are exceptional. Take the time to read them. You can find the first post here http://www.danburrell.com/?p=804 and the second post here http://www.danburrell.com/?p=809.
I [...]
8 Common Problems with Evangelism – by Colin Adams
Posted in Evangelism / Missions on June 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Colin Adams over at the Unashamed Workman blog has an interesting post on 8 common problems with evangelism in the local church. Here are the main headings:
1. Church members cannot articulate the gospel clearly.
2. Church members have few non-Christian friends.
3. A lack of evangelistic motivation.
4. Members are unable to answer friends questions.
5. Lifestyles of members do not commend the gospel.
6. Outsiders see [...]
The Future According to Jesus – Mark 13
Posted in Eschatology, Jesus Christ, The Gospel of Mark on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This is part 5 of a 6-part series on the Gospel of Mark.
Today we come to what is probably the most difficult passage to interpret in the Gospel of Mark, if not one of the more difficult extended passages in the entire New Testament. In Mark 13, we have Jesus’ longest continuous sermon recorded in [...]
“The Power of Preaching” – by Walt Chantry
Posted in Ecclesiology, Pastoral Ministry, Preaching on June 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 (ESV) – 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it 15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. [...]
The Word Preached – By R.C. Sproul Jr.
Posted in Pastoral Ministry, Preaching on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“…While we are commanded to have the spirit of the Bereans, while we are to test the spirits it is the spirit of the age that looks at the sermon as something to judge rather than as something by which to be judged. We come to the sermon not ultimately to measure it by the [...]
Touching the Unclean – Mark 1:40-45
Posted in Gospel, Jesus Christ, The Gospel of Mark on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The following is a sermon preached at First Baptist Church of Pine on May 31, 2009.
There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel’s veins;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.
Lose all their guilty stains, lose all their guilty stains;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.
(“There [...]
The Identity of Jesus (and the difference it makes in our lives…)– Mark 8:27-38
Posted in Discipleship, Jesus Christ, The Gospel of Mark on June 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The following is part 4 of a 6 part survey series in the Gospel of Mark.
Let me tell you a little story. It is a true story about a man who seemed to have it all. This man’s name was Ernest Hemingway. You have no doubt heard of him. He is pretty well known. He [...]
