As Pastor Leap noted in a comment on the previous blog entry, Christianity Today’s current (September 2006) issue has a cover story on the resurgence of reformed theology among the rising generation of American Christians–especially pastors and church leaders. Collin Hansen does a…
Several years ago I learned a new song by Hillsong entitled, “Worthy is the Lamb.” It is a simple declaration of the worthiness of our exalted Christ to receive our praise because of His crosswork. It has become a favorite of mine and one that our church has learned…
Adoniram Judson (1788-1850) was one of the first overseas missionaries from the United States. On February 19, 1812, he set sail with his wife of two weeks, Ann, in hopes of serving as a missionary in India. He left the shores of the USA as a convinced paedobaptist Congregationalist….
Adoniram Judson (1788-1850) was one of the first overseas missionaries from the United States. On February 19, 1812, he left America with his wife of two weeks, Ann, in hopes of serving as a missionary in India. He left the shores of the USA as a convinced paedobaptist Congregationalist….
My daughter, Rebecca, took this picture one morning last Spring just before she and her sisters left for their college classes. We have some heavy fog during the Spring in Southwest Florida. This shot captures the beauty of that haze that remains just before the fog dissipates under the…
Todd Brady, minister to the university at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, had this to say today in a Baptist Press First Person article entitled, “Vaccinating our indulgences:” Obesity in America is a weighty problem. Approximately 30 percent of children and adolescents (ages 6 to 10) are overweight. Nearly…
One of the joys of raising children is the opportunity to see the world in fresh ways through their eyes. While helping her mom cut roses recently in our back yard, my nine year old daughter, Hannah, discovered this little frog doing his best to hide. This is a…
Just because you have been the President of the SBC doesn’t mean that you always tell the truth. That has been made very evident in the recent SBCLife, the journal of the Southern Baptist Convention. Bobby Welch wrote a letter to Southern Baptists that appears in the current issue…
One of the greatest needs in our day in pastoral ministry is a reclamation of proper views of the relationship between law and gospel. Sadly, many otherwise well-trained men in the minstry have not delved into this subject that, in earlier days, was considered the very marrow of theology….