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Speak the Word
Friday evening, I shared the story of the great bishop of American Methodism, Francis Asbury. Asbury was one of the most successful evangelists the Western world has ever known. Coming from England in 1771, during the early days of the American colonies, he spent his life on horseback, taking the gospel to a rural population spread throughout a region the size of continental Europe.…
Recently, a great preacher I admire, Voddie Baucham died at the age of 56. He was a Reformed Baptist, a founder of Classical Christian schools, and understood freedoms and the importance of standing strong on cultural issues, including as a black man, against the the BLM movement.…
This last week in our first catechism class we considered, under the category of God’s infinitude (limitlessness), the fact that God is ultimately incomprehensible. In other words, no creature can completely understand God. As Romans 11:34 states, “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?”…
Two weeks ago, I argued that worship is about formation as we praise our God in the congregation of the saints. My focus with this principle, according to the sermon series, was on how this builds the church. However, this idea of “formation” is crucial to understand at the level of our families and our children.…
This last week I excised a planned portion of my sermon, knowing that if I included it, the sermon would be too long (and it was long enough as it was). By way of introduction I wanted to ask and answer a question that could possibly have occurred to some listeners and it concerns how I am using symbolism in the “Blueprint” series.…
“I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.””…
…But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
There is no shortage of people who have their perspective of Jesus. For even in his day, we find the Lord asking his disciples, “Who do the people say that I am?” Now, let’s be clear, the Lord Jesus was not looking to take a quick poll to determine his popularity or looking to see if his platform was growing.…
In Genesis 3:24, we read of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the temple-garden where they, in their righteousness, met with God and enjoyed him. In the fall, however, they rejected God and his blessings and incurred wrath on themselves and on the human race after them.…
The first time I heard of it was Christmas, 2022. December 25th fell on a Sunday that year, and I heard of several churches that chose to not meet for their regular service. Recently, again (online), I heard tell of churches closing on the Lord’s Day to give their volunteers and staff a break.…