Posted in Scripture, preaching, worship on October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Author and new pastor of Coral Ridge Pres. Church, Tullian Tchividjian (grandson of Billy Graham), writes about How To Identify a Reliable Preacher. He has five helpful questions:
#1. Does the preacher ground everything he says in the Bible?
#2. Does the preacher freely emphasize that because of sin, a right relationship with God can only [...]
Posted in Scripture, preaching, worship, tagged church, preaching, sermon on October 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Let us all be reminded of the good counsel that the Westminster Larger Catechism provides about hearing sermons:
Question 160: What is required of those that hear the word preached?
Answer: It is required of those that hear the word preached, that they attend upon it with diligence, preparation, and prayer; examine what they hear by the [...]
Posted in CPCC, Calvin, love, worship, tagged Calvin, church, life, Ministry, religion, worship on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dr Derek Thomas recently wrote of his love for the church – I couldn’t agree more! Ponder his warm, even passionate words…
“Love me, love my dog,” they say, and my poor dog has been sick all summer and continues to be in bad shape. But it is not dogs I am writing about here; [...]
Posted in CPCC, Christianity, evangelism, worship, tagged Missions, Piper, revival on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A great comment was made by someone at CPCC the other day, reminding us that whatever we do as a church — including evangelism and outreach — must flow out of worship. He had just read the following (from an OPC publication, available online), where author Larry Wilson quotes John Piper. It is [...]
Posted in Human nature, Scripture, worship, tagged sabbath on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday. The Sabbath. The Lord’s Day. A delight to my soul.
13 “If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways,or seeking [...]
Posted in Calvin, Christianity, Human nature, worship, tagged Institutes on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here indeed is pure and real religion; faith so joined with an earnest fear of God that this fear also embraces willing reverence, and carries with it such legitimate worship as is prescribed on the law. And we ought to note this fact even more diligently: all men have a vague general veneration for [...]
Posted in Christianity, Current Events, Future, Scripture, worship, tagged faith, heaven, hope, Jesus, Scripture, Second Coming, worship on January 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last night at church we had a fun time of fellowship. We welcomed the new year with the reading of this Scripture and a reminder that we are closer to the return of Christ, and His making all things new. Rejoice in expectant hope! Behold all that awaits the faithful…..
Revelation 21
1 Then [...]
Posted in America, Culture, Personal, worship, tagged praise, Puritans, thanksgiving on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From “The Loveliness of Christ” by Samuel Rutherford
“Because I am his own (God be thanked) he may use me as he pleaseth.”
“… God be thanked, I gave nothing for Christ; and now I protest, before men and angels, Christ cannot be exchanged; Christ cannot be sold, Christ cannot be weighed.”
“If there were ten thousand, [...]
Posted in Blogroll, CPCC, Christianity, Personal, prayer, preaching, worship, tagged advice, Ministry, pastoring, preaching on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today (my day off, when I do most of my blog-reading and blog writing for the week) I cam across two little gems on doing pastoral ministry — and one for you, the pastor’s audience. I found all three at a site called CHURCH MATTERS, run by the 9Marks ministry of Mark Dever.
Gem #1 [...]
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