Sermon: We Give Thanks to God
We Give Thanks to God Colossians 1:3-8 August 11, 2019 A tremendous amount of effort has gone into acknowledging GBC’s …
Category Archives: church history
Sermon: Semper Reformanda
“Semper Reformanda: Always Needing Reformation” Romans 12:2 December 10, 2017 On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted 95 theses for …
Sermon: Sola Gratia
“Sola Gratia: a Pillar of the Reformation” Ephesians 2:8-10 November 19, 2017 In late November of 1988, a 19-year-old woman …
Sermon: Solus Christus
“Solus Christus: the Center of the Reformation” Colossians 1:15-20 November 12, 2017 Rowland Taylor was a Reformer living in England …
Sermon: Sola Scriptura
“Sola Scriptura: the Foundation of the Reformation” 2 Timothy 3:16-17 November 5, 2017 The passage before us this morning is …
The spiritual value of reading history
When I was in school, one of my least favorite subjects each year was history. Each history lesson just seemed …
Sermon: Luther, the Reformation, and You
“Luther, the Reformation, and You” Selected Scriptures October 29, 2017 You might say that the Reformation began because a church …
The Execution of Lady Jane Grey
From Justin Taylor, yesterday: Lady Jane Grey (1536/7-1554) is a daughter of the Reformation whose story of faithfulness and grace …
A favorite Santa Claus story
What’s your favorite Santa Clause story? Nathan Busenitz tells his favorite story of the real Santa Claus, the fourth-century pastor …
3 lessons from Brainerd’s death
From Jesse Johnson: David Brainerd died 265 years ago. Yesterday [Tuesday] was the anniversary of his home going. Brainerd’s life …
Why reading Christian biography is good for the soul
I had a really effective (and fun) history teacher in seventh grade. Her students did so well that observers from …
Grab bag
Some helpful articles from the last week: Clint Archer writes about “Celebrating Singleness” over at Cripplegate. His posts coincide nicely …
456 years ago today
The British reformer, Thomas Cranmer, died 456 years ago today. But he didn’t just die — he was burned as …
Grab bag
Some helpful articles seen recently: John Newton, writing his troubled friend William Cowper, notes the hardness of the Christian life …
The Old Guys
Many years ago, another pastor challenged me to find a mentor: “You need someone ten or fifteen years older — …
