Catholicity, Orthodoxy, and Lordship
The audio from my first sermon after Christmas. Manuscript: Prayer: May the words of my mouth, and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, our Rock, and our Kinsman. Amen. Sermon: People of God, this is not a silent night in Bethlehem. The barbaric Herod wants destruction and death; he …
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Deconstructing Harry Reid New York Mosque: Bigotry Rears Its Head A Lifetime, Washed Away Biblical Counseling in Academia Wanted: A few stand-up candidates
Sermon Audio Sermon: People of God, Lady Wisdom teaches us that how we use our bodies determine our future. She also teaches us that our actions and words affect much more than ourselves; it affects our community. It changes people for the good or the bad. This is precisely why as image-bearers of the Triune …
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One of the Dead and Inert Ideas in Calvinism, Namely “Loving One’s Neighbor” Sound psychological ideas in religion and life becameconfused and dead and inert. An Address to Talented Students And how is a person to get out of an arid and sterile intellectualclimate? Read something new and different. It may be wrong.But expose yourself …
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On this past Sunday, I observed in my sermon that truth telling is necessary, but most of the life of the early church was in truth living. The saints did not spend most of their time proclaiming truth, rather, they spent most of their time living truth. In fact, this was much of the attraction …
Brothers and Sisters, there are approximately 3,500 abortions a day in this country; about 1.3 million a year. The Psalmist writes: For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. There are no civil liberties when it comes to God’s ability …
We had the privilege of interviewing one of the pioneers of biblical counseling, Dr. Jay Adams. The interview is HERE or HERE. Links: The Institute for Nouthetic Studies
Providence Church Epiphany January, 11, 2009 Audio. Prayer: Father, you revealed your Son to the nations by the guidance of a star. We pray that as you guided the magi you may also guide your people to Jesus in whose Name we pray. Amen. On this first day when heav’n and earth Rose at the …
Continue reading “Isaiah 60:1-6 Shake off dull slumber, wake, arise! Epiphany Season”
On Monday afternoon I drove to “Happy Hour.”[1] A group of about twenty, gathered to share their experiences under the deadly addiction of alcoholism. I walked in quietly to a room filled with the stench of cigarette. The ceiling was blackened with mold and the carpet stained almost at every spot. My first thought was …
It has been three days since my surgery and recovery has been slow, but steady. I have started to eat little bits. The medication has been somewhat effective. I have bee reading through: Stumbling Towards Faith. It is a horrific account of abuse and terror in a home and throughout life. It reveals much more …