Category Archives: Christianity

rom Yesterday’s Bible reading: Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish. Psalm 49:20 Even the death of a family pet should remind us not to be proud.

n his Systematic Theology, Wayne Grudem occasionally offers a personal comment relating to the current evangelical state in America. In his chapter on conversion, after showing from Scripture and logic that faith and repentance are inseparable, Grudem gives this analysis: … Continue reading →

Happy 500th birthday, John Calvin. All this week Renewing Your Mind has been airing lectures of various aspects of John Calvin’s ministry. Catch the audio at the Ligonier web site, and look for air dates in the “Audio Archive” section … Continue reading →

he very solution I was getting at in my previous post. Would that more among us would see what the young author of this post sees, and Spurgeon saw. Would that our church music reflected the passion therein expressed.

usical reform is something I wish were somewhere in the fabric of the SBC program currently on the front burner. Sadly, it is not. I will be surprised if music as an issue is mentioned once this year in Louisville. … Continue reading →

“Churches rightly draw a higher proportion of needy people. They also have a great number of people whose lives have been completely turned around and filled by the joy of Christ. The Church of Jesus Christ is therefore like the … Continue reading →

omething to think about: “All Americans are Christians.” “All Americans are rich.” “All Americans are immoral.” We had a missionary couple from an Islamic country preach in our service a while back, and during a Q & A the above … Continue reading →

thought for some time, trying to arrive at a catchy title to this post, describing the meeting between Mark Driscoll and J.I. Packer; something like “Beauty and the Beast,” or “The Prince and the Pauper,” but I couldn’t find anything … Continue reading →