Thursday, October 18, 2007

The Age of the God-shrinkers

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Another reflection from J. I. Packer’s A Passion for Holiness (Crossway, 1992): In a section titled "Awe at God’s Greatness" (pp....

What is Effectual Calling?

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Note: Last Sunday evening we began a new series on "The Order of Salvation." The first sermon was on "Effectual Calling....
Wednesday, October 17, 2007

A Christian Theology of Suffering

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Note: Here is the outline from my talk last week to a group of "pastoral care givers": A Christian Theology of Suffering October...

The Minister's Resources

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Last week I was asked to make a presentation for a group of "pastoral care givers" at a local, religious-affiliated retirement cen...
Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Holiness Has to Do with My Temperament

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A few weeks ago I started reading J. I. Packer’s book A Passion for Holiness (Crossway, 1992) and was struck by the section titled "Ho...
Thursday, October 11, 2007

In Defense of the Lewis and Clark Statue

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The Daily Progress had an article on Tuesday about a protest that took place at the Lewis and Clark Statue (pictured above) Monday on West ...
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2007 Evangelical Forum Reflections

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The sixth annual Evangelical Forum was held last weekend (Friday-Saturday, October 5-6) at JPBC. We had over 50 Pastors, Elders, church lead...
Monday, October 01, 2007

Samuel Davies: Apostle of Virginia

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Week before last, my family made a homeschool field trip to Colonial Williamsburg, taking advantage of a promotion for homeschooling familie...

Sermon of the Week: Haykin on Edwards

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Michael Haykin will be at JPBC this weekend for the Evangelical Forum , speaking on the doctrine of Scripture on Friday and Saturday (Octobe...
Saturday, September 29, 2007

"Celebrate the Glory"

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One more thing. While at the UCH Network meeting last Thursday, I also met Pastor Mark Jantomaso of River Rock Church in Forest, VA. He also...
Friday, September 28, 2007

UCH Virginia Church Leader Network report

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Yes, I am alive. This has been a week of meetings. Tuesday we had the Central Virginia SBCV Pastors' meeting at JPBC. On Thursday I rode...
Wednesday, September 19, 2007

60 Seconds in the Word

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JPBC started a new ministry this week called "60 Seconds in the Word." We are broadcasting one minute devotional spots on local t...
Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Rebelutionaries

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I had supper last night (Amigo's, of course) with Kyle and Danny A., twin brothers who are students at UVA and attend JPBC. Our conversa...
Monday, September 17, 2007

Sermon of the Week: "The God of the Bible Kills People"

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"The God of the Bible Kills People" is one of my all time favorite messages on sermonaudio. Evangelist Rolfe Barnard was a doctr...
Thursday, September 13, 2007

The Ten Year Milestone at JPBC

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Last Sunday marked the 10th year since I signed my covenant to become the Pastor at JPBC. I actually preached my first sermon as Pastor at ...
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Looking ahead to the Evangelical Forum

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I have been delinquent in posting this week. On Monday I went down to Roanoke to attend the meeting of the "Society for the Preservati...
Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Mohler on Mother Theresa and the Gospel

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Today is the 10th anniversary of the death of Mother Theresa. Last Sunday, in my sermon titled "Stand Fast," I referenced Al Mohle...
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Sermon of the Week: "House Churches: Are They Scriptural?"

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Many these days are choosing to meet in private homes, in ad hoc churches rather than meet in organized, institutional churches that own pro...

If you give away motorcycles they will come

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My friend Steve Clevenger sent me this link to an AP story about a unique evangelistic method being used by some of our fellow Southern Bapt...

The "New Perspective" on Paul Filtering into the Pews

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Christianity Today's current cover offers the title "Rethinking Paul." The online article "From the seminaries to the p...