Thursday, February 28, 2013

The Vision (2/28/13): Jairus: An Example for Christian Parents

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Note:   In one of the closing applications from last Sunday’s sermon from Luke 8:41-56 I urged us to consider Jairus as an example of h...
Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Calvin on the Four Gospels

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The evangelical history, related by four witnesses divinely appointed, is justly compared to a chariot drawn by four horses:   for by ...
Friday, February 22, 2013

The Vision (2/21/13): Are you passionate?

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Note:   This article appeared as a blog post back on January 5, 2013 on the Reformed Baptist Fellowship blog .   Theologian James Reniha...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

New "Reformed Baptist Trumpet"

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  I just sent out the latest issue of The Reformed Baptist Trumpet (Vol. 3. No. 4), the quarterly e-journal of the Reformed Baptist Fe...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Do we pray for revival? One man says, "No."

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I recently ran across Herman Hanko’s article Ought the Church to Pray for Revival? ( read it online here ) while reading through the ano...
Saturday, February 16, 2013

Lenten Superstition

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  Back in 2009 I did a post on Moderate Baptists and Ash Wednesday , noting that many liberal Baptists were embracing the liturgical yea...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

The Vision (2/14/13): Criterion of Embarrassment

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How do we know that what the four Biblical Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) record about Jesus is true? One standard that fa...
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Evangelism Series (Part Nine): Lloyd-Jones on the Office of Evangelist

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Here’s a follow up to my recent post in the Evangelism Series on the office of evangelist: In his exposition of Ephesians 4:11, D....

Description of a Youth Minister (from "Evangellyfish")

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  Last month I read Douglas Wilson’s novel Evangellyfish (Canon Press, 2012), which was the Christianity Today 2012 book of the ye...
Saturday, February 09, 2013

Riddle Quartet: "Seize the Day"

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We had a great time at our church fellowship talent show last night with a broad variety of CRBC talent including comedy, Scripture recit...
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Thursday, February 07, 2013

The Vision (2/7/13): "Good Ground" Hearers

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Note:   Last Sunday I preached from Luke 8:1-15 on Jesus’ Parable of the Sower (or perhaps we might call it The Parable of the Soils )...
Wednesday, February 06, 2013

Yet another new translation coming: The MEV

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Charisma House announced this week its plans to release yet another English Bible translation (see this announcement ).  This translat...
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Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Video of the Week: How to Write a Worship Song (In 5 Minutes or Less)

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  This is made all the more humorous by the fact that it is so true.  Makes me glad to go to a church that sings psalms, hymns, and spi...
Saturday, February 02, 2013

Juncos on a winter's day

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It's been a cold day in Central Virginia with snow blowing this afternoon.  We've enjoyed looking at out our kitchen window to ...

Evangelism Series (Part Eight): Quotes "Against Lay Preaching"

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Note:  I ran across this collection of quotes "Against Lay Preaching" [posted on a PRC website ] from various Reformed stalwarts...
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Thursday, January 31, 2013

The Vision (1/31/13): The Inexplicably Merciful Creditor

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Note:   I preached last Sunday from Luke 7:36-50 on the sinful woman who anointed Jesus.   In the midst of this anointing Jesus tells Si...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Is the anointing in Luke 7 a unique event in the life of Jesus?

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Last Sunday I preached a message on the anointing of Jesus by a sinful woman from Luke 7:36-50 under the title, Extravagant Love for Chr...
Thursday, January 24, 2013

The Vision (1/24/13): A Brief Guide to Bible Translations

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Note:   Many of you have already heard this material from me (perhaps more times than you care to remember!).   I still, however, frequ...
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