Comfort: Blessing Or Idol?
“Cozy coze.” It’s one of my favorite sayings around the home. When we light a fire or we get our jammies on or bundle up in a blanket or...
- Oct 7, 2021
- 3 min
Surprised By Love
The Counterintuitive Love of Jesus For Sinners “But how could anybody love me? I’ve made such a mess of my life.” Whether we feel like we...
- Aug 19, 2021
- 4 min
Faith, Without Works, Is Dead!
The Connection Between Works And Your Salvation Martin Luther was frustrated with Jesus’ brother, James. James wrote that “faith by...
- Jul 16, 2021
- 5 min
Heresy: A Helpful Term?
The Meaning And Use Of This Historical Word You might be a heretic if you say something like, “There was a time when Jesus was not.” This...
- Jul 8, 2021
- 4 min
The Danger Of Knowing The Right Things
Why The Christian’s Knowledge Is Not Enough “He’s all talk.” We know what this means. A person boasts with their lips about something,...
- Jun 24, 2021
- 4 min
The EPC's Joy-Filled Distinctives
The EPC’s Joy-Filled Distinctives 6 Robust Distinctives To Celebrate I’ve seen smile after smile and heard laughter around every corner...
- Jun 10, 2021
- 4 min
The Right and Wrong Way To Worship
“Jesus’ name wasn’t even mentioned!” I exclaimed in exasperation to a fellow pastor as we left the sanctuary. We had attended what was...
- Jul 18, 2013
- 2 min
Justification and Indulgences?
Can we earn our forgiveness with God? For many centuries of the Christian church, the issue of how we are saved from our sins and...
- Nov 9, 2012
- 1 min
Sermon: Faith and God’s Sovereignty
Here’s a sermon from PR 722 at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. The task was to write a sermon that aimed at convincing my fellow...
- Nov 1, 2012
- 2 min
John Calvin: November’s Theologian
Studying Homiletics at Gordon-Conwell has been a great experience over the past few months. God is shaping me as a man and as a preacher...
- Oct 29, 2012
- 1 min
What is the Atonement?
The doctrine of the atonement is the means by which God redeems His people from sin. The purpose of the sermon is to draw our hearts to...
- Oct 23, 2012
- 7 min
TGCNE Conference
Tim Keller: The Gospel Shaped Ministry (Pre-Conference Message) Keller called those in ministry in New England to communicate the Gospel...
- Oct 31, 2011
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- Feb 19, 2010
- 1 min
Timeless Quotes: Calvin
“…Not only does he sustain the universe (as he once founded it) by his boundless might, regulate it by his wisdom, preserve it by his ...
- Feb 12, 2010
- 2 min
Tim Keller on Issues Facing the Western Church
Timothy Keller has raised quite a few profound points regarding issues that are currently facing the “western church.” Check out the...
- Feb 10, 2010
- 2 min
Calvin’s View of Canonicity
In Systematic Theology with Bruce McCormack, we spent a few days discussing the foundation of Scripture. When historical criticism is...
- Feb 6, 2010
- 1 min
Timeless Quotes: Augustine
“Our own assertion, on the contrary, is this: that the human will is divinely assisted to do the right in such manner that, besides man’s...
- Feb 5, 2010
- 3 min
The Affectual Effect of Calvin’s Institutes
Jonathan Edwards once wrote a book titled “The Religious Affections” highlighting the power God has upon man in the affections. ...
- Jan 20, 2010
- 1 min
Timeless Quotes: Karl Barth
“In the beginning, before time and space as we know them, before creation, before there was any reality distinct from God which could be...
- Oct 1, 2009
- 1 min
The Hinge of the Reformation?
JI Packer states with regards to Luther’s Bondage of the Will: “Here was the crucial issue: whether God is the author, not merely of...