I’ve been reading through Michael Horton’s Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church, which is the prequel to his The Gospel-Centered Life: Being Good News People in a Bad News World and have found it very challenging. I’m not going to write a whole lot in this post other than share some statements Horton…
The following notes are taken from Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears’ book “Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe.” Eight aspects of sin that the Old Testament teaches us: Sin in the OT is 1st a relational breach – Gen 2-3 where because of their sin our 1st parents are separated from God and one another; they…
Interesting fake ad by Salvo magazine.
Listen to him tell his conversion story. I thought this was an interesting background on the author of whose book I’m currently reading through. It’s a really well-done video and something I’ve often thought about doing at Oak Park; that is cataloguing people’s conversion stories via video.
Mathew 13:24-50 Believe judgment is coming Parable of the wheat and the weeds (tares) and dragnet – both are dealing with same truth Explanation – a man sows some seed in a field. He along with his servants are sleeping, and while sleeping an enemy comes in and sows weeds among the wheat. The wheat…
This is an interesting article, which shares some interesting statistics concerning teens that regularly eat dinner with their family. Enjoy.
This past week I had the privilege of attending a 9Marks Weekender in Washington D.C. at Capital Hill Baptist Church. In recent months, I’ve been exposed to the plethora of biblical resources they have to assist and inform pastors and churches of what the Bible teaches concerning what a healthy church looks like. And as I’ve said time…
So Norman Leach (a website guru, faithful sunday school teacher, good friend and the most important accolade…my p90x partner) has been working on our website (which I’m very proud of by the way) and he has started to upload my sermons. Thanks Norm for your hard work – here is the first sermon.
It’s by Darrin Patrick (Lead Pastor of The Journey in St. Louis, Missouri) and he’s got his hand on the pulse of the church today. Enjoy.
After reading this post this morning, I reposted this to my blog because I want to keep the truth of what he says of the forefront of my mind. It’s a great word on the gospel and how it brings unity rather than division and discord.
Theology Along the Way 