How to Identify a Great Deacon
Show me a church with distracted pastors and a derailed mission, and I’ll show you a church without effective deacons.
The best deacons, Scripture insists, are far more than spreadsheet wizards or those who know their way around Home Depot. They’re mature believers with fine-tuned “conflict radar.” They’re where suspicion and gossip go to die. They love solutions more than drama. And they rise to respond, in creatively constructive ways, to promote the harmony of... Continue Reading
The Gentleness of Bold Preaching
Calling Sinners to Repentance in the True Hope of Jesus Christ
If we are to love our neighbor as ourselves, in the whole truth of God, we muse show forth the joy of gospel grace, of the eternal blessings which we experience now and in the future in Christ. We are to speak boldly, with surety and without fear of man, yet in a spirit which... Continue Reading
5 Poor Ways to Approach the Old Testament
The Challenge of Jesus’s Understanding of the Old Testament
The Old Testament does teach us about God. And God is the same throughout all time. So the Old Testament teaching about God is relevant to us now. Still, this approach does not yet do justice to what Jesus indicates in Luke 24—that the Old Testament is not just about God in general, but more... Continue Reading
Full and Final Holiness
What must it be like when perfect holiness and total love for God the Father, Son, and Spirit—and for our fellow believers—are both natural and easy?
From dust we came, and to dust we will return (unless our Lord returns first). But this dust will be resurrected, reconstituted when Christ comes again in glory. On that day of reunion—of body and soul, earth and heaven, men and angels—when all things are at last visibly made subject to the second man, Jesus... Continue Reading
The Power of God’s Word – and Google – in the Conversion of Jim Price
The story of Jim Price is a great example of why the Bible Answers Project is so important.
Praise the LORD for his work in the life of Jim Price! Praise the LORD that his Word is powerful to save sinners! Praise the LORD that he can even use Google in the process! How does this relate to the Bible Answers Project? God is at work. His Word is mighty to save sinners. And Google search can be part... Continue Reading
The Three Greatest Enemies of Marriage
The most vicious enemies of all have been me, myself, and I.
My counsel to those who are young and considering marriage or those who are just entering into marriage is this: Your marriage will inevitably come under attack. It will face many concerted onslaughts. And while it is good to be aware of the enemies that will approach from outside, you would be remiss to ignore... Continue Reading
Evangelical Presbyterians Take on Debate Over Celibate Gay Pastors
As it brings in churches from mainline and conservative Presbyterian denominations, the EPC feels the tension in compromise.
Greg Johnson has described himself that way, advocating Side B Christianity both at the controversial Revoice conference and in his book Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn from the Church’s Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexuality. Now his church has inquired about joining the EPC. “That has stirred up all kinds of controversy,” said Fortson, professor of church... Continue Reading
Counseling Fallen People Based on the Bible’s Teaching on Sin
Counseling and Sin
Counseling in a world of relational brokenness is about walking with people who have sinned in their relationships, assisting them in seeing where they have wronged another person, and helping them to take responsibility through confession of sin and satisfaction of any restitution that may be required (Matt. 7:3–5). It is also about helping them... Continue Reading
The Dangers of False Bible Attribution
Often Scripture is misused, twisted, distorted, and taken out of context with the result that much of the Body of Christ is damaged and distracted from Christ, their only true source of strength.
Some are leaving the faith (deconstructing) because they are rejecting a false view of God’s deliverance. How many of us are weak in the face of trials and/or temptations? Pretty much all of us! The person who has been taught and believes that we will have the power in ourselves to overcome all trials in our... Continue Reading
Distributions in the PCA
What do they say?
The most interesting thing about these two alleged 15% segments is that there seems to be virtually no overlap between them. Find a PCA church with evening worship (in addition to morning worship) with two full sermons on the Lord’s Day AND unordained “deacons” serving on a unisex board and—to be frank— you’ve found something like a sasquatch... Continue Reading
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