“Name it, claim it”; the “health-and-wealth” or “prosperity gospel” : these are nicknames for a heresy that in many respects is only an extreme version of perhaps the most typical focus of American Christianity today more generally. Basically, God is there for you and your happiness. He has some rules and [...]
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Evangelism
“Evangelism and theology for the most part go separate ways, and the result is great loss for both. When theology is not held on course by the demands of evangelistic communication, it grows abstract and speculative, wayward in method, theoretical in interest and irresponsible in stance. When evangelism is not fertilized, fed and controlled by [...]
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Michael Horton has influenced my life for the good in so many ways that if I could meet him in the flesh I would most probably just want to shake the man’s hand off of him or embrace him with a brotherly hug (for all you wise-guys out there you can save the gay jokes [...]
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Posted in A.W.Pink, Apostasy, David Wells, Emergent, Encouragement, Evangelism, J.I. Packer, Michael Horton, Paul Washer, Say What? on November 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Holiness of God is something the 21st Century world just doesn’t get. In fact, I think using the phrase ‘the 21st Century’ is too broad a generalisation. I would change that to 21st Century contemporary western Christianity. Many Christians in China or Africa for instance totally get it. Their zeal for the Lord [...]
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Posted in A.W.Pink, A.W.Tozer, Alistair Begg, C.H.Spurgeon, C.J. Mahaney, Calvinism, Christian Living, D.A. Carson, Encouragement, J.C.Ryle, John Macarthur, John Piper, Kim Riddelbarger, Ligon Duncan, Mark Driscoll, Martin-Llyod Jones, Michael Horton, Paul Washer, Preaching, R.C. Sproul, Sola Scriptura, Vern Poythress, Voddie Baucham, White Horse Inn on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Preach to Glorify God
The ultimate goal of Christian preaching—as with all other things—is the glory of the Triune God. When the minister proclaims God’s true and beautiful Word, he honors the Persons, attributes, and works of God. But the glory really radiates when the Spirit uses his Word to change lives. If someone is convicted, [...]
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Posted in A.W.Pink, A.W.Tozer, Alistair Begg, Apostasy, C.H.Spurgeon, C.J. Mahaney, Calvinism, Christian Living, Creeds, D.L.Moody, Emergent, Encouragement, Evangelism, J.C.Ryle, Jerry Bridges, John Calvin, John Macarthur, John Piper, Kim Riddelbarger, Ligon Duncan, Mark Driscoll, Martin-Llyod Jones, Michael Horton, News, Paul Washer, Preaching, R.C. Sproul, Say What?, Sola Scriptura, Vern Poythress, Voddie Baucham, White Horse Inn on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Who Needs A Creed?
Article by Mark Johnston April 2008
When I was at Primary School in the British state school system many moons ago, it was still the norm not only to teach pupils the Apostles’ Creed, but also to have them recite it in class. Looking back on that experience brings many thoughts to mind.
On the [...]
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Putting Amazing Back Into Grace is the first book I have read by Michael Horton. It will certainly not be my last. On the cover of the book J.I. Packer declares the book “a breaktaking workout” and his praise is justified. This book points us back to the Reformation and ultimately to the Bible itself [...]
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Posted in A.W.Pink, A.W.Tozer, Apostasy, C.H.Spurgeon, Calvinism, Creation v Evolution, Emergent, Encouragement, Evangelism, J.C.Ryle, Jerry Bridges, John Calvin, John Macarthur, John Piper, Kim Riddelbarger, Mark Driscoll, Michael Horton, Paul Washer, R.C. Sproul, Say What?, Sola Scriptura, Voddie Baucham, White Horse Inn on October 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
“At the heart of Reformed Theology, at the heart of Luther and Calvin’s struggle, and in Knox and Jonathan Edwards, were men who were awakened to the greatness, to the majesty, to the holiness, and the sovereignty of God. By contemplating the holiness and sovereignty of God, they were driven to develop their doctrines of [...]
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Posted in A.W.Pink, Apostasy, C.H.Spurgeon, Emergent, Encouragement, Evangelism, John Macarthur, John Piper, Michael Horton, Paul Washer, R.C. Sproul, Say What?, Sola Scriptura on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“The Doctrines of original sin, election, effectual calling, final perserverance, and all those great truths which are called Calvinism- though Calvin was niot the author of them, but simply an able writer and preacher upon the subject- are, I believe, the essential doctrines of the Gospel that is in Jesus Christ. Now, I do not [...]
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Posted in Apostasy, C.H.Spurgeon, Emergent, Encouragement, Evangelism, John Macarthur, John Piper, Kim Riddelbarger, Mark Driscoll, Michael Horton, R.C. Sproul, Say What?, Sola Scriptura, White Horse Inn on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am convinced the great problem in America today is that people are not thinking. It’s a cultural phenomenon that has spilled over into the church.
It’s not just that there’s a lack of a Christian way of thinking — a “Christian mind” — but there is hardly a mind at all.
Some years ago I read [...]
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Posted in A.W.Pink, A.W.Tozer, Apostasy, C.H.Spurgeon, Calvinism, Emergent, Encouragement, Evangelism, J.C.Ryle, Jerry Bridges, John Calvin, John Macarthur, John Piper, Kim Riddelbarger, Mark Driscoll, Michael Horton, Paul Washer, Prosperity Gospel, Puritan Corner, R.C. Sproul, Say What?, Sola Scriptura, Voddie Baucham, White Horse Inn on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Reformation Diaries
A Phobia of Fearing God
June 10 , 2008
by Bo White
The teacher in Ecclesiastes, after a tour of our material existence, writes, “Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man” (Eccles. 12:13, ESV). Frankly, this doesn’t seem to be a common theme from pulpits around our country and it [...]
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Posted in Apostasy, Emergent, Encouragement, Evangelism, Humour, John Macarthur, John Piper, Kim Riddelbarger, Mark Driscoll, Michael Horton, Music, News, Paul Washer, Podcasts, R.C. Sproul, Recommended Books, Say What?, Sola Scriptura, White Horse Inn on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Getting Stupid
On this edition of the White Horse Inn, the hosts evaluate a new trend in popular culture, namely the pursuit of stupidity. But are contemporary churches challenging this trend, or capitulating to it?
This episode is a must-listen-to for every Christian who is serious about Jesus and His Church. Christians must guard against becoming like [...]
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Posted in A.W.Pink, A.W.Tozer, Apostasy, C.H.Spurgeon, Calvinism, D.L.Moody, Emergent, Encouragement, Evangelism, J.C.Ryle, Jerry Bridges, John Calvin, John Macarthur, John Piper, Kim Riddelbarger, Mark Driscoll, Michael Horton, Paul Washer, Persecuted Church, R.C. Sproul, Say What?, Sola Scriptura, Voddie Baucham, White Horse Inn on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Solus Christus – Christ Alone
As evangelical faith becomes secularized, its interests have been blurred with those of the culture. The result is a loss of absolute values, permissive individualism, and a substitution of wholeness for holiness, recovery for repentance, intuition for truth, feeling for belief, chance for providence, and immediate gratification for enduring hope. Christ [...]
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