Tiger Woods’ Buddhist Confession…
This is a good word from Dr. Mohler on Tiger, his Buddhist confession and how it compares/contrasts with Christianity.
Living in the Big Good Story
This is an audio file from Dr. Timothy Paul Jones, a professor at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he speaks about family discipleship. I have listened to some of it and will listen to the remainder of it later, but suffice it to say, if Dr. Jones has anything to do with it, it’s going…
Johnny Can’t Preach – Part 1
As an individual whose main responsibility is to preach week-in-and-week-out, I am always ready to read an article or book or listen to someone who might help me in my weekly endeavor of preaching. As soon as I finished preaching Matthew 3:1-12 this past Sunday my mind was preoccupied with the sermon I would preach in…
Southern Baptists and Nashville…
Monumental things are happening within the Southern Baptist Convention. Most recently the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force is preparing to present their findings to the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention. Justin Taylor gives the highlights, while Douglas Baker (Executive Editor of The Baptist Messenger) gives the full-story. As you’re reading this (if you…
Diagnosis: Dead; Remedy:Life
The title of this post is a subheading from John Piper’s book Finally Alive (for a PDF version of this book click here). I’m about 3/4 of the way through the book and it’s very apparent that Piper has deepened my understanding of the new birth, as well as exposed my ignorance of it. Why the new birth? …
Church Membership…and what’s it look like?
This past Wednesday I taught our Discovering Oak Park Class, which is a class for those who are (1) interested in understanding what it means to be a member at Oak Park, (2) those who need to attend the class for the purposes of completing their membership or those (3) who have questions about what it means to…
Mark Driscoll on what the Church needs
As I’m preparing to meet with the men from Oak Park Baptist this Wednesday morning at 6:30 for the next 8 weeks this video-interview with Mark Driscoll is yet another helpful and insightful reminder that the Church needs men, particularly young men to step up and lead with conviction, competency and courage. Remember, Driscoll tends to be…
Social Security and the Pastor
This is a good word from Dr. Moore on whether or not its ethical for pastors to opt out of Social Security. I’ve had many conversations about this issue and have godly pastor friends of mine who fall on both sides of the issue. Dr. Moore’s post is very helpful.
Final score: Tebow ad 1, detractors 0
Good article on Tebow ad and what really came of it.
Happy Moralist or Sad Moralist and why they’re both wrong
I finished reading a book called “Counsel from the Cross – Connecting Broken People to the love of Christ” by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick and Dennis E. Johnson several months ago and wanted to repost some comments from a post I made months ago. If you haven’t read the book you should – it’s remarkably insightful and gospel-saturated. I…
