The latest sermon in the Malachi series is up: “Marriage and the Glory of the Gospel” (Malachi 2:10-16).
Why does God get so upset about the Israelites’ corruption of marriage?
Addendum:
I want to write about something that I did not mention this morning because of the pressures of time and the flow of the sermon. In the [...]
From his commentary on Galatians in the Reformed Expository Commentary series:
We cannot simply assume that we have the gospel. Unless we keep the gospel at the center of the church, we are always in danger of shoving it off to one side and letting something else take its place.
Martin Luther rightly warned that “there is [...]
Russell Moore, dean of the School of Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, has a series he is writing on his blog on how the gospel ministers to transgender people. It springs from his class on Christian Ethics at Southern, in which he presents the class with a problem with which they, as future [...]
John 17:20-21: “20 I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you [...]
The latest issue of Time carries an interesting article called “Everything but the Ring” by Lisa Selin Davis. It is about the changing landscape of marriage in our country. Basically, it boils down to this: less people are getting married and more people are cohabiting. According to Davis, more than 5 million unmarried couples cohabit [...]
Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, provides a list of contrasts between man’s religion and the gospel of Jesus Christ. Read this carefully, slowly, meditatively, searching your soul to see which one you truly believe.
RELIGION: I obey-therefore I’m accepted.
THE GOSPEL: I’m accepted-therefore I obey.
RELIGION: Motivation is based on fear and insecurity.
THE GOSPEL: Motivation [...]
I like watching college football (especially the Texas Longhorns – Hook ‘Em Horns!). Even if you do not follow the sport at all, you have no doubt seen one of those plays where the guy is running down the field with the ball, seemingly in the clear for an easy touchdown, when all of a [...]
I recently commented on Newsweek’s cover story, “The End of Christian America,” by Jon Meacham. I appreciated the article, even if I did have some (hopefully respectful) critiques. I was not the only one to respond. Boston University professor Stephen Prothero has also responded to the article, calling into question its foundational assumption about Christianity in America. Writing [...]
At the center of all religions is the idea of Karma. You know, what you put out comes back to you: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, or in physics – in physical laws – every action is met by an equal or an opposite one. And yet, along comes this [...]
USA Today has a regular feature entitled “On Religion,” which is useful for both raising blood pressure and, at times, lowering it. The article published in today’s edition has the rare distinction of doing both, at least for me.
Written by Jonathan Merritt, the spokesperson for the Southern Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative (just rolls off [...]
