Not all the blood of beasts/ on Jewish altars slain/…

“Not all the blood of beasts
On Jewish altars slain
Could give the guilty conscience peace
Or wash away the stain.
But Christ, the heav’nly Lamb,
Takes all our sins away;
A sacrifice of nobler name,
And richer blood than they.” – Isaac Watts, 1709
We are gearing up our Church’s website, and the other night one of our deacon’s posted one of [...]

The Holiness of Changing Diapers…ala Martin Luther

“Now observe that when that clever harlot, our natural reason (which the pagans followed in trying to be most clever), takes a look at married life, she turns up her nose and says, “Alas, must I rock the baby, wash its diapers, make its bed, smell its stench, stay up nights with it, take care [...]

Albert Mohler Sermon Jam- “Living Dangerously”

From last year’s Southern Seminary convocation:

HT: Pursuing Holiness
That message inspired this post entitled, Living Dangerously…at Walgreens: What can our Purchases at a Pharmacy Tell us About our Theology?

Our Sins at Seminary (Part I)

(taken from two letters from John Angell James to his brother Thomas
James—on beginning his studies for the Christian ministry, circa 1811-1812)
“The subject of the present letter is to state the chief end and design with which you should enter on your preparatory studies, and the great importance of ever keeping that end in view.
It is [...]

“Farewell, lust of the flesh…”

Excerpted from “Whitefield Gold” complied by Ray Comfort from the sermons and writings of George Whitefield:
“Stop, stop, O sinner! Turn ye, turn ye, O ye unconverted men, for the end of that way you are now walking in, however right it may seem in your blinded eyes, will be death, even eternal destruction both of [...]

Evangelicalism’s (Self-)Terminal Generation: Preaching to Those Who First Spring From the Womb

“Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that [...]

Stand Against the Darkness: Christ, Joseph, and Defending Life

Dr. Russell Moore preached this sermon in chapel on Thursday at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary:
“Joseph of Nazareth Is a Single-Issue Evangelical: The Father of Jesus, the Cries of the Helpless, and Change You Can Believe In” (Matt. 2:13-23)
If you’ve ever wrestled with what abortion has to do with the Gospel, this is a great [...]

What Are You Seeking With Your “Stewardship” of Children?

A life of ease, leisure, and luxury
(J. R. Miller, “The Every Day of Life” 1892)

“Woe to you who are rich!” Luke 6:24
“Many of life’s worst dangers are unsuspected. Where we suppose there is good and blessing–there may be hidden peril. Most of us think of a life of ease, [...]

Bookstore Sales: The Crack of the Seminarian

As I stood in line at the Lifeway Bookstore today, the gentleman in front of me informed the cashier, “Bookstore sales are like crack for theology students.” Basically, we can’t pass them up…ever. lol.
And for better or for worse, he’s pretty right on. In the last week, I’ve encountered two bookstore sales and didn’t make [...]

Thabiti on Race

You should listen to this entire message on the  T4G website, but here’s a clip to give you an intro. This was one of the messages given at the Together for the Gospel conference this past week: