The Perfect One and Perfectionism
Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take
Andrew Fuller Friday: On Christian Virtue vs. Non-Christian Living
How is it that, in countries where Christianity has made progress, men have almost universally agreed in reckoning a true Christian, and an amiable, open, modest, chaste, conscientious, and benevolent character, as the same thing?
Around the Horn (October 15)
The Call—and Cost—of Beautiful Church Community In this post, Irwyn Ince notes, "Experiencing community means experiencing a sense of belonging, of welcome and embrace, a sense of being at home. It’s the exact opposite of
Andrew Fuller Friday: On the Motivation for a Virtuous Life
So long as our adversaries profess a regard to virtue, and, with Lord Bolingbroke,‡ acknowledge that “the gospel is in all cases one continued lesson of the strictest morality, of justice, of benevolence, and of
Around the Horn (October 8)
Why Study Church History? In this post, Pastor Andy Davis writes, "Now, I am well aware that not everyone shares my excitement for church history. Some of my brothers and sisters are into other things
Andrew Fuller Friday: On the Heart Aim of Scripture
It is a distinguishing property of the Bible, that all its precepts aim directly at the heart. It never goes about to form the mere exterior of man. To merely external duties it is a
Andrew Fuller Friday: On the Inconsistency of Deism
If there is a God he ought to be worshipped. This is a principle which no man will be able to eradicate from his bosom, or even to suppress, but at great labour and expense.
Around the Horn (September 24)
Red Rope Christianity This post warns of the dangers of the distinctions we create, "The tribal mentality of the pagan culture has leached into the people of God. We are Corinthian pagan in our desires,