Book Review-You Are The Treasure That I Seek

Somewhere in a jungle in Africa a small tribe worships a snake.  Sometime past in Israel children were sacrificed to the pagan deity, Molech.  Everywhere I turn I think  the things of this world are of more consequence that God.  This is idolatry, and it’s not just bowing down and worshiping graven images.  It is [...]

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Reid, Finn, Calvinism, and the SBC Part 2

Context:  See here.
Disclaimers:  This is not a response of the same sort that I made to Reid.  Finn’s letter is addressed to non-Calvinists in the SBC, so it is not up to me to respond to his letter.  Instead my comments are a general voice of agreement and support, although I do disagree in a couple of [...]

Reid, Finn, Calvinism, and the SBC Part 1

Context: Over at Between The Times blog, Drs. Alvin Reid and Nathan Finn each addressed open letters to Southern Baptists.  Alvin Reid’s letter was addressed to Calvinists in the SBC, while Nathan Finn’s letter was addressed to non-Calvinists in the SBC.  Between the two of them I think we’re all covered.
Timmy Brister recently summarized the [...]

Crossway Baptist Church Podcast

You can subscribe to sermons from Crossway Baptist Church by going to www.cwbaptistpulpit.blogspot.com.
The feed url is www.cwbaptistpulpit.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default.
I am currently preaching through the Gospel of Mark on Sunday Mornings and Charles Henderson is preaching through 1 and 2 Timothy on Sunday Evenings.

Weekend Update

Past two weeks:
Read The Advent Of Evangelicalism by Haykin and Stewart, and Meetings That Work by Alexander Strauch.
Weekly Weigh-in:  187.5 lbs.  Lost 5.5 lbs.
Caught up on Bible Reading.
Didn’t blog.
Shared the Gospel once outside of a Church context.

Why No Church?

My wife and I watched “Fireproof” the other night and thought it was pretty good. I liked it better than “Facing the Giants.”
I can’t help but wonder about something though: why is the local church absent from such explicitly Christian movies made by a church?
Did anyone else wonder about that?
David

Weekend Update

Since I missed posting last week I’ll update you extra this time around:
So far I’m on track with my Bible Reading.  So far I’ve read Genesis through Numbers and Matthew, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, and Galatians.
I’m also on track with my 52 book goal for the year.  So far I’ve read, He is not Silent [...]

Thomas Boston and Assurance

No, this is not the name of a new Southern Gospel group. 
Thomas Boston was a Puritan, and at the age of 22 I think he wrote a little journal that was published after his death and titled, ‘The Art of Man-Fishing’.  Very early in part two he gives what he believes to be evidences of [...]

New Year’s Goals

I’m putting this on here so I can hold myself accountable.
1.  Read through the Old Testament twice.  Once according to the order in our English Bibles, and once according to the order of the Tanakh.
2.  Read through the New Testament twice.  Once straight through, and once chronologically.
3.  Read one book or at least 210 pages [...]