Tim Challies (avid blogger and Christian author) recently interviewed Dr. Russel Moore about the value of reading fiction. I have always enjoyed some fiction (historical fiction sometimes irritates me, but that is just my tastes I suppose). In this portion of the interview, Dr. Moore writes some interesting thoughts about the value of fiction for the Christian and makes some…
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I realize my last two posts might have seemed somewhat heavy and critical. In this post, I have decided to link to three articles that are well worth the read. So the problem is that one of the three (the one by Albert Mohler) is pretty heavy, but he says something that is so relevant and needs to be said.…
I think G. K. Chesterton is one of the most quotable authors of the 19-20th century. I wish that I knew the spiritual state of Chesterton, for his writing is much like his life, full of paradox. Chesterton was formally accepted by the Catholic religion toward the end of his life, but much of what he writes is of general…
I would encourage you to read John Stott’s book The Cross of Christ. This is one of Stott’s classic works and its thorough substantive handling of the atonement by Christ is worthy of perusing on a regular basis. One chapter that challenged my thinking (which I thoroughly enjoy when an argument is thoughtfully and fully laid out) is chapter six…
Recently I have been challenged in my thinking regarding the doctrine of hell. Is there really a hell, a place of eternal torment? Does this make God sadistic? I have been thinking about these things, not with an unbelieving heart, but rather with a conviction that we do not express the justice of God in sending sinners to hell enough…
The late S.M. Lockridge’s sermon entitled “That’s My King” has been circulating through the internet for some time. Pastor Lockridge was the Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in San Diego and a well-known speaker around the world. I do not know much about Pastor Lockridge’s ministry, but I do know that it is impossible to listen his sermon without my…
Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of God’s willingness. I preached a sermon recently from Luke 11 concerning the parable of the friend at midnight. In that sermon, I contend that this familiar parable is not about man’s persistence in prayer, but rather God’s delight and willingness to answer prayer in spite of our failings and…
A friend gave me a book that I have started reading. Spiritual Depression by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. This topic is near to my soul and the book has been a challenge to me and I just started. Here is a snippet from the book that impacted me. “But there is another and more important reason, which is that we must…
“Christian theology differs from every other branch of knowledge, by being the outcome of divine revelation. Consequently the interpretation of Scripture is the very first work of the theologian. When man constructs a system of philosophy, he must look into his own mind for the data; but when he constructs the Christian system he must look in the Bible for…