For those thinking of leading a small group study of Mark Driscoll and Gary Breshears’ Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe I thought my wife’s notes might be helfpful. She’s currently working through the book with a group of ladies who meet once a week and has reported a very profitable study. The group covers two [...]

I was as shocked as anyone when Dan Gilbert posted his letter to the fans of Cleveland.  That level of access to a team owner is very rare in and of itself.  That Giblert was obviously blind with fury all filters turned off makes the whole scenario even more captivating.   I have long wondered [...]

1. Pay attention. We’ve never seen anything like this before in professional sports. Rarely in this media-saturated age do we get a chance to see any scenario in sports that hasn’t been played out multiple times in history. With Lebron/D-Wade/Bosh in Miami we are seeing something truly unique. Three top 15 players (and 2 of [...]

I thought this section in D.A. Carson’s A Call to Spiritual Reformation: Priorities from Paul and His Prayers was particularly helpful. I’m prone to bouts of despondency that greatly affects my motivation to pray so this speaks directly to me. —– Problem 2 – I Feel Too Dry Spiritually to Pray Carson: Problem – “Some [...]

In the previous post I reviewed Perspectives on Christian Worship, and in that post I said that I found the “blended worship” position to be the most convincing.  In this post, I want to post an example of an order of service that I put together last semester for a class.  I’m not saying this [...]

Guest Blogger: Chase Vaughn Pinson, J. Matthew, ed. Perspectives on Christian Worship: Five Views. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2009. 360 pp. $24.99. J. Matthew Pinson is the president of Free Will Baptist Bible College in Nashville, Tennessee.  He has degrees from Yale University and Vanderbilt, and he has been the pastor of several Baptist churches.  [...]

Guest Blogger: Chase Vaughn Wilken, Robert Louis. The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of God. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. 368 pp. $19.00. Robert Louis Wilken holds the chair of William R. Kenan Professor of Christianity at the University of Virginia.  He has written many important works in early Christian history, [...]

[Note: if you found this post wanting to know what the Christian gospel is please click here. If you are interested in the book review continue reading.] According to Amazon.com Greg Gilbert’s What Is the Gospel? measures a diminutive 7.1×5.1×0.6” and weighs in a 7.2 ounces. I’m not a fan of little books. I don’t [...]

Here we are. Southern Baptists have been on a very long trip from last year’s annual meeting to May 3rd, 2010 – the date of publication for the final report of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force. As a Convention we find ourselves a little over a month and 1/2 from our next annual meeting [...]

I might very well be the last person in the world to read R.C. Sproul‘s The Holiness of God but I am reading it nonetheless (thank you Together for the Gospel). In the event that there ares others in existence who haven’t delved into this text here’s a helpful section on how we are supposed [...]