In his most recent book, The Disappearance of God: Dangerous Beliefs in the New Spiritual Openess, Albert Mohler, devotes two chapters about defending the doctrine of hell in today’s culture. He closes chapter five, “Hell Under Fire, Part 1,” with this: “Our responsibility is to present the truth of the Christian faith with boldness, clarity, …
It is interesting to me how many people claim to be evangelical Christians, and yet deny the biblical teaching concerning hell. As ministers of the gospel, we must follow our Master, in warning our listeners about the eternal reality for all who do not bow the knee to King Jesus during this life. Ask yourself …
C.J. Mahaney recently wrote some interesting thoughts concerning summer sermon series. Mahaney asks the question, “Should the pastor continue his expositional series throughout the summer months or not?” Even though I am not exactly sold on his conclusions, these are good suggestions and thoughts from a seasoned pastor. Read the entire article here.
Below you will find my sermon on fasting from Sunday, June 28. I have been preaching through the Sermon on the Mount for several months now and the text for this message was Matthew 6:16-18. June 28, 2009 Kingdom Conduct: Fasting from Malvern Hill Baptist Church on Vimeo.
“If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the Devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier …
Congratulations to Phillip Howle, pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Edgefield, SC for winning Freshman 15 by Travis Agnew. I’m certain that Phillip will find this book to be an asset to his personal life and to his ministry. Stay tuned, we have a very large book giveaway coming soon. Thanks also to Travis for …
I’ve just finished reading Mark Dever’s The Gospel and Personal Evangelism. What a great book. He has a chapter in that book that deals with closing the sale in evangelism. Basically, he comes to the conclusion that it is not our responsibility to create converts, but rather to be obedient in evangelism and to call …
Robin Routlege’s Old Testament Theology took me a while to finish and in that time i have weighed how it is that I should/would review this book. First, I am not an OT Scholar, so I may not be qualified to give an ample review of Routledge’s book, but I will give it my …
“Martin Luther once said that the Bible is like a lion. If people criticize it, you don’t defend it–you let it out of its cage. Even in these skeptical times, when the Bible is tossed into a pile of irrelevant books written by dead white males, the lion still roars and the cage still must …
But the Christian gospel is not a matter of mere self-help or even of a great example or a relationship to be cultivated. There is a real past to be dealt with. Real sins have been committed. Real guilt has been incurred. -Mark Dever, The Gospel and Personal Evangelism