Bethlehem Baptist Update
Awhile ago, I wrote about how Bethlehem Baptist (John Piper’s church) was considering dropping their requirement of being believer-baptized for becoming a member of the church. Apparently, that proposal has now been withdrawn. Here is a link to John...A Little Spurgeon for your Day
These were the first words C.H. Spurgeon preached at the newly-constructed Metropolitan Tabernacle on March 18, 1861: I would propose that the subject of the ministry in this house, as long as this platform shall stand, and as long as this house shall be frequented by...Purpose Driven Preaching (Or, the Purpose of Preaching)
Keith Ghormley writes: People don’t remember sermons. I think that’s not as bad as it sounds….But the sermon is not just a delivery of content and theology. It is about the obedience of faith. As I listen, I’m not supposed be tucking the...Why I’m Now a Credobaptist
(Edit: I have since changed this view, but I keep this post up because of its importance to me for remembering the development of my theology. For information on my change, read “Why I’m Now a Paedobaptist.”) As some of you may know, I have been...Letter to the DN
I would have stayed out of the whole “Corpus Christi” debate (a bunch of Christians protested the UNL production of a play that portrays Jesus as a homosexual) within the DN over the last few weeks, but when the DN satirized Narnia (“Christians...(Prophetic) Songs and Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Does the Bible portray the role of music to be essentially prophetic? Certainly, I don’t necessarily mean prophecy in the sense of “history written in advance” (a quote I got from an interesting book I read about fundamentalist end-times theology,...Beeson and John Piper
This week (Monday night through Thursday), I am touring Beeson Divinity School as a potential seminary. They had a preview day today, where several members of the faculty talked to us about what they saw as Beeson’s distinctive elements, where we attended a...Islamic Calvinism
Today in my History of Islam class, we talked about the two major strands of ideology concerning human nature, the authority of the Qur’an, and God’s sovereignty. In short, there were originally two main views within Sunni (the majority sect) Islam: one...Bethlehem Baptist Baptism Update
Bethlehem Baptist’s (John Piper’s church) is weighing a decision to change their membership requirements from including mandates of a person’s being immersed in a believers’ baptism. There is an 84-page paper on the history and specific bylaws...Download My Free eBook
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