God Often Speaks in the Silences

In the calendar of the Church of England, August 30 corresponds with the “Twelfth Sunday After Trinity.” The Gospel reading selected for that day is Mark 7:31-37.
Sometimes I follow this old lectionary with my own preaching, for it affords a way of keeping the great themes of Scripture before my people, especially in connection with [...]

Feasting On the Riches Of His Word…

On Saturday, I bought the ESV Study Bible, and it has been a real joy to use. I am not an official spokesman for the Crossway Publishing Company, but I hope that they will allow me to give a “plug” for their study Bible! Readers of this blog and anyone who attends our church know [...]

Quality Children’s Christian Books

Little Son asks almost every night for the Parson to read to him before he goes to bed. We’ve run through the gamut of the familiar classics–there are some fine stories out there  about unruly trains who go off the tracks, slow-moving puppies, and tugboats who get too big for their britches. Fine works, all–but [...]

The Secret Things of God

Sunday Morning’s Sermon
Deuteronomy 29:29  The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
The whole chapter is a time of renewing the covenant between the children of Israel and the LORD. [...]

Is Cap and Trade for Babies Next?

Albert Mohler has notified us of a frightening bit of academic work bubbling up…
Is Cap and Trade for Babies Next?
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Which is friendlier? The Church or A Pub?

I have heard it said many, many times over the last decade by people who really ought to know better that churches need to learn from bars how to be more friendly. Maybe you’ve heard it too:  people supposedly find more sense of belonging in bars, pubs, etc. than they do in churches.
Really?
I’ve heard of [...]

A post on heaven…

Dear Readers,
Yesterday’s posting about the doctrine of hell has gotten quite a bit of traffic. Today, I wanted to put up a couple of links about heaven, and I encourage you to read one or both of them, as your time permits.
First, here is a short message about heaven from J.C. Ryle. Frequent readers of [...]

The doctrine of hell in the news…

I attended an intriguing seminar at the Beeson Divinity School’s Pastors’ School in July on the subject of preaching on hell. A major newspaper has picked up a story that appeared in the Birmingham newspaper about the seminar and included it online:
You can read about it here, and I think you will find it interesting:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-08-01-hell-damnation_N.htm
There’s [...]

Finished!

The book, Born in the Heart of God: A History of Clear Creek Baptist Bible College, 1926-2008 is now off to the printer! The proofs have been checked, and now it is done!
We believe it will be done in September. This book chronicles the school’s history from a summer camp for pastors to its development [...]

Three Things Every Christian Should Do

I want to give you three simple things that every Christian can do to make the churches of our nation stronger. While I am personally committed to doing what I can to help my congregation in particular to grow, the truth is that I hope that all of the Evangelical, orthodox churches in our nation [...]