Gospel

Why is this Good News?

Dear readers, read the following Scripture. “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know—this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified [...]

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Preach the Law to Rest In the Gospel

5. Those who already believe. We must teach them: (i) The gospel: the biblical teaching on justification, sanctification and perseverance. (ii) The law: but as it applies to those who are no longer under its curse, so that they may be taught how to bear the fruit of a new obedience in keeping with their [...]

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John Piper and Rick Warren on the gospel

Recently it’s been stated as confirmed that Rick Warren will be speaking at John Piper’s National Desiring God Conference for 2010. I thought it would be interesting to hear each of them on the gospel. I believe the videos are a few years old. I’m curious about whether or not people think we can be [...]

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A Lord’s Day Reflection: Richard Baxter

This is a wonderful poem to meditate upon. It reminds me of how short I fall and how great a Savior we have in Jesus! Lord, it belongs not to my care Lord, it belongs not to my care Whether I die or live; To love and serve thee is my share, And this thy [...]

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A Seminary Student’s Thoughts on the John 3:16 Conference-Update

Update: Todd Burus shares a great letter written prior to the conference. Read it: Calvinism in the SBC- An Open Letter to Johnny Hunt and Jerry Vines One of the people I was at the John 3:16 Conference with is a seminary student working towards an M.Div. He attends an SBC seminary and was asked [...]

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Southern Baptist Pastors: A Must Read Letter

Open Letter to All Pastors of Churches in the SBC Dear Pastor, Let me first clarify that this letter is for Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) pastors in general. I am well aware that what you are about to read does not include all pastors – at least not in totality. …What is really so remarkable [...]

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John 3:16 Conference Questions

As many of you know (or maybe not) I will be attending the John 3:16 Conference this week. The very last item on the schedule is a 60 minute Q&A. So… I’d love to hear from blogdom out there as to what questions you’d like answered. Maybe, just maybe I could get to ask or [...]

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Help Needed for Local Atlanta Mission

Dear Readers, I need your help! On November 21st, I’m going to join 30 other men and play in a golf tournament in Atlanta, Georgia. This is not a situation where those with money pay for an overpriced round of golf and a chance to miss work! It is, however, a charity event, where we [...]

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Highway to Heaven

While driving on the interstate across state lines you never know what you might see. While driving behind a semi on the doors to the trailer we saw two things. On the left was a very large Icthus aka fish symbol. On the right door were the words “Psalm 22:19.” In the NASB, that verse [...]

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Piper On Christian Voting As Though You Were Not

How should Christians think of voting as that time is upon us in the USA? John Piper unpacks this with something we can often forget about during times like these. Scripture! Voting is like marrying and crying and laughing and buying. We should do it, but only as if we were not doing it. That’s [...]

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Calvinism or Just a John 3:16 Kind of Guy I

Calvinism or Just a John 3:16 Kind of Guy Part I Fellow SBC blogger Timmy Brister linked to a sermon telling us why it’s important to combat false representations of Calvinism within the Southern Bapitst Convention. Note: If you want to see why it is so necessary to publicly debunk errors by Lemke and others, [...]

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BICR About the Gospel

The Problem Think about a time when you’re at work or some other place you frequent with non-Christians. They know you’re a Christian and you get into a discussion about religion. It feels really good to be thought of and accepted as a Christian. You feel like you can fit in without hiding your faith. [...]

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My Testimony Podcast

I started playing around with podcasting and figured that recording my testimony was a good place to start. I don’t know what, if anything, I will do in the future with audio. Anyways, if anyone wants to hear my brief testimony you can listen or download it below.

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For what it’s worth… Mark

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