Preaching is Indispensable

Preaching is not optional to the life and health of the church. A church that does not emphasize and value preaching is not simply a different style church, it is an unfaithful church. J.I. Packer

Around the Horn (March 22)

How the Biblical Story Speaks to Racial Diversity The arc of the biblical narrative is an arc that is racially diverse. In this podcast, Tony Merida and Walter Strickland discuss how from the creation account

Cruciform Warriors Needed

The Christian life doesn’t merely involve spiritual warfare. The Christian life is spiritual warfare. All of the followers of Jesus are soldiers and not civilians (2 Tim 2:3). We must be in constant preparation for

Andrew Fuller Friday: Fuller on the Importance of Truth

Truth, we may be certain, is the same thing as what in the Scriptures is denominated “the gospel”—“the common salvation”—“the common faith”—“the faith once delivered to the saints”—“the truth as it is in Jesus,” .

Around the Horn (March 15)

What is Evangelicalism?  In recent days evangelical has been used in a number of ways in a multitude of contexts, which makes an attempt to understand the movement difficult. Returning to its historical roots and

Men, God’s Control, and Self-Control

 25-years of counseling has led me to realize that many people spend 95 percent of their energy focusing on things they cannot control and 5 percent of their energy focused on the things they can

Andrew Fuller Friday: Fuller on Standing for Truth

The multifarious and discordant sentiments which divide mankind afford a great temptation to scepticism, and many are carried away by it. The open enemies of the gospel take occasion from hence to justify their rejection

Around the Horn (March 8)

Judging Verses Judgmentalism  In this article, Danny Akin confronts the misapplication of Matthew 7:1. People have manipulated the verse to ward off any possible critique. However, that was never its purpose. In fact, Jesus himself