Around the Horn (November 1)
If You Hate Jews, You Hate Jesus This past weekend on the Jewish Sabbath America witnessed the bloodiest, most violent day against Jewish people in American history. At the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburg, a
C.H. Spurgeon’s Encouragement for Pastors, Young and Old
Below are excerpts from C.H. Spurgeon’s “A Sermon Upon One Nothing by Another Nothing,” in The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, vol. 25 (London: Passmore and Alabaster), 85-96. The entire sermon is great gospel encouragement for
The Indispensable Value of Christ-Centered Courage
Something that my wife and I constantly tell our children is that giftedness and intelligence are vastly overrated. We also tell them that hard work, discipline, and convictional courage is vastly underrated. We tend to
9 Lessons I Learned about Church Planting
1. Extending family is the best form of church planting. Among the church planters I know, many are planting out of discontentment and even discouragement. For one reason or another, not always wrong or bad,
Andrew Fuller Friday: On How Jesus Could Grow in Wisdom
“How could Jesus grow in wisdom and knowledge, if he were the true God, and consequently infinite in both?” If there be any difficulty in reconciling these ideas, it must be on the supposition that
Around the Horn (October 25)
How Do I Find My Own Voice in Preaching? All preachers, God willing, go through certain stages of growth as preachers. The goal being that preachers are continually improving their craft. One stage that preachers
Andrew Fuller Friday: On the Intersection of Legalism and Antinomianism
It has been said that every unregenerate sinner has the heart of a Pharisee. This is true; and it is equally true that every unregenerate sinner has the heart of an Antinomian. It is the
Around the Horn (October 18)
Biblical Theology in Discipleship According to Nancy Guthrie, often the way we disciple others in the Scriptures is disjoined and lacking the Christological unifying principle. She makes the case that discipleship that teaches Christ from
Legalism Does Not Work
Legalism does not work, never has, and never will. Legalism is the pursuit of good works, obedience to God’s law and the ethical commands of the Bible (and beyond), abstracted from faith in Christ, in
Andrew Fuller Friday: On Ministerial Character
Spiritual light and holy love are necessary in your whole demeanour through life. May you, my brother, shine in holy wisdom, and burn with ardent love. You will need them, wherever you go—in whatever you