by | Mar 28, 2013 | Bible, Church, Preaching, Worship
Maundy Thursday is the day in the church calendar that we remember Jesus’ last supper with his disciples. Two important events happened that night: (1) Jesus washed his disciples’ feet; and (2) Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper. Although these two...
by | Mar 6, 2013 | Bible, Preaching, Worship
Post Series on Genesis 13:1-18: Picking up the Pieces After Sin By Promise (Genesis 13:1-4) Leaning on God’s Sovereignty and Grace By Promise (Genesis 13:8-13) Living and Walking with God By Promise (Genesis 13:14-18) When Lot chose the well-watered Jordan...
by | Mar 1, 2013 | Books, History, Theology, Worship
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life in a Year: On the other hand, [John Owen (1616-1683)] insisted that the Christian’s experience of God be molded by God’s trinitarian self-revelation. Why is the biblical doctrine of the Trinity crucial for Christian...
by | Mar 1, 2013 | Church, Preaching, Theology, Worship
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the danger of neglecting Word and prayer for ministers of the Gospel as an affirmation and response to Kevin DeYoung’s insightful post about how easily we neglect the Word in and prayer in ministry. A further danger exists,...
by | Feb 28, 2013 | Books, History, Theology, Worship
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life in a Year: Furthermore, the experience of God as the Trinity confirms and strengthens faith in the doctrine of the Trinity. [John Owen (1616-1683)] wrote, “And this is the nature of all gospel truths, they are fitted and...
by | Feb 28, 2013 | Church, History, Theology, Worship
As a follow-up to the article I wrote last week about whether the church calendar is a superstition, I wanted to recommend a fantastic article that Kenneth Stewart of Covenant College has written about the history of Lent in the Christian Church, with a few...