You should like baseball
The argument may not be biblical or theological, but Kevin DeYoung is right: This week marks the beginning of baseball, …
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Sermon: The Gifts of the Spirit, Pt. 2
The Gifts of the Spirit, Pt. 2 Romans 12:3-8 March 30, 2014 There are many characteristics of Christianity that set …
Communion and the work of Christ’s blood
This morning we will remember the death of Christ through communion. There can be a ritualistic sameness to this ordinance …
The holy ointment of the Holy Comforter
Charles Spurgeon, Morning and Evening: The Holy Spirit consoles, but Christ is the consolation. If we may use the figure, …
How to Overcome Temptation
From Desiring God: Meet Ben Stuart. He leads Breakaway, a campus ministry at Texas A&M University. Over the past decade, …
Reading Joshua
This week we have been reading the book of Joshua in our Bible reading plan. The key person in the …
Why pray?
Bruce Ware, “Prayer and the Sovereignty of God,” in For the Fame of God’s Name: Clearly, God does not need …
They did not drive them out completely
Moses was gone and God had replaced him with Joshua. Egypt with its leeks and cucumbers and the wilderness were …
Be strong and courageous
“A dead fish can float downstream,” observed comedian W. C. Fields, “but it takes a live one to swim against …
Sermon: The Gifts of the Spirit
The Gifts of the Spirit, Pt. 1 Romans 12:3-8 March 23, 2014 Gifts are funny things — sometimes what we …
Sunday Leftovers: Distinguishing the works of the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is a member of the Trinity, fully God, co-equal with the Father and the Son in essence, …
Grab bag
Seen recently on the internet: Fred Phelps, leader of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church, died this week. There have been …
Sermon: The Fruit of the Spirit
The Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:16-26 March 16, 2014 It’s about the size of a bowling ball, covered with …
The fruit of the Spirit
Galatians 5:22-23 reveals to us the kinds of fruit that the Spirit produces in the life of the believer who …
All the “one another” commands in the NT
The New Testament Epistles often used the phrase “_____ one another” to indicate purposes and functions for the church. The …
