Weekend Musings One of the guys that makes me tick. We need more lions for truth, people, the gospel and Jesus like my old friend Bill Iverson. The link below is to an article about one of my spiritual mentors, Dr. Bill Iverson, who, at the age of 83 is still planting churches. Bill is … More One of My Mentors, Still Planting Churches at 83
Weekend Musings “Could it be that in these two acts, repentance and baptism, we have the hub or locus of a Christian conversion? Could it be that this is the twofold pivot on which the whole experience hangs, and by which the experience becomes a true and good beginning to the Christian life and ultimately … More Rethinking Conversion and How We Start Discipleship
Weekend Links This weeks links are fewer. (I have too many deadlines to accomplish much outside reading.) Enjoy your Thanksgiving weekend. I hope your team wins, your family’s love, your neighbors know your compassion, and your heart is centered in the King who is coming again to judge the living and the dead. As always, … More Liberals, Conservatives, Greens, Ann Coulter, Walter Williams, Ricky Gervais, and Theology
Friday is for Heart Songs This week I will be preaching my final message at the Chinese Christian Union Church in Chinatown. It has been a three week series on what the repentance of a man of God really looks like. This week the message is from Psalm 51. On Wednesday I posted a brief … More Let it Die an Obscure and Un-influential Death
Thursday is for Discipleship “Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.” (Hebrews 12:3, ESV) Meditation on the life of Christ, specifically on the suffering of Christ seems to be a key ingredient to the writer of Hebrews’ disciple-growing strategy. Do you know what … More Is Meditation a Key to Spiritual Formation?
Wednesday is for Prayer Ours is a culture that desperately needs to gain David’s perspective on what sin is and how serious it is to a holy God. David shows us in Psalm 51. 1 Be gracious to me, O God, . according to Your lovingkindness; . According to the … More What Does Repentance Really Look Like in a Man of God?
What does it mean to live like a missionary in the neighborhood? It means to live like Jesus wants us to live. It means to live for the gospel-good of our neighbors. It means to live like my friends from New Jersey in this story post from my archives. Living Missionally in Suburbia.
Tuesday is for Preaching I love this presentation of gospel truth not only for its clarity but also for its pastoral sensitivity. Some in our time want to say that the Reformation doctrine of the atonement is a new thing. Anselm predates the Reformation by 400 years and it doesn’t sound like Anselm had any … More A Brilliant 11th Century Gospel Presentation
Monday Discussion Athanasius (c. 295–373) Bishop of Alexandria (Egypt) [For forty five years, Athanasius, starting at the age of 27 (!), was the key figure in the battle against the heresy of Arianism. It cost him dearly. Five times he was sent into exile. But in the end, his intellectual prowess, personal integrity and passion for … More Fourth Century Gospel Presentation
First Century Gospel Presentation Clement lived between A.D. 30-100. He is one of what are called the Ante-Nicene [Before Nicene Council] Fathers. He may have known the apostle Paul (cf. Phil 4:3). He probably wrote his first letter to the Corinthians in about A.D. 96. The following is from “chapters 7-9” where he writes about … More A Gospel Presentation from the First Century
