CCC Let There Be Light from JP on Vimeo.The sign ups are about to close. If you would like to join us, contact me ASAP. The cost is $220. We're meeting at CCC at 2:30pm this Frid...
Monday, January 31, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
preaching marathon this weekend
Pray for me as I preach:Saturday AM — 2 Chron 26: Humility and Purity from King Uzziah (Men's breakfast)Saturday PM — Revelation 2:18-29: The Deceived Church of Thyatira: God Knows and Sees Everything You Do and He Judges All the Sexually Immoral—Especially Within His Church (Rehabilitation Outreach)Sunday...
Friday, January 28, 2011
the gospel in 10 verses
This morning I'm preaching on Ephesians 2:1-10 at a chapel of an elementary school in the area.My goal is simple: give them the gospel. What is that gospel?I. You Are Dead! (1-3)Ephesians 2:1-3 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the...
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
God has a plan and will save the Jewish people in the eschaton (the end times)
As worded so well by Larry Helyer:"The theological question uppermost in Paul's mind in Romans 9-11 is, Can God be trusted? That is, having shown that God's saving activity revealed in Christ is available and unassailable (Rom 1-8), Paul must answer the question: Then why have not most JEws, the chosen...
RESOLVED 2011 — get excited
Here's a little snippet of what RESOLVED 2010 was li...
everything short of hell is mercy.
Everything short of Hell is mercy!(James Smith, "Good and Evil Alike from God" 1861)"What? shall we receive good at the hands of God--and shall we not receive evil?" Job 2:10Jehovah's Prerogative: He sends GOOD--all good. He sends EVIL--not moral evil, for God cannot be the author of sin, nor in any way give His sanction to it.But He does send afflictions, bereavements, losses, crosses, pains and...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
prayer request — Joe
Please pray for a man that I met on my bus this morning named Joe. I was reading a book on NT backgrounds and he struck up conversation with me. He is looking for a local church to attend. I gave him my card, was able to share with him the gospel and what we teach at Church.Pray that God stirs his heart to attend church and hear God's Word proclaimed this week. I am preaching this Sunday on Deut...
do you have a BIG God?
I was talking with a fellow minister of the gospel yesterday over lunch and he said this which really affected me:"We want to see done what only God can do."Do you have a desire like th...
Sunday, January 23, 2011
let there be light — ccc winter retreat, feb 4-6, 2011
CCC Let There Be Light from JP on Vimeo.If you'd like to join us for this retreat, click here for the fly...
Saturday, January 22, 2011
marriage, divorce, and remarriage
This week I'm teaching on the topic: what does the Bible have to say about marriage and divorce? I came across a very helpful quote that may help some people:"If the unbeliever begins divorce proceedings, the Christian spouse is not to contest them. 'The brother or the sister is not under bondage in...
Thursday, January 20, 2011
LiveStream the Truth & Life Conference @ The Master's College
You can livestream the Truth and Life Conference by clicking on the link here.Here's the schedule:SessionSpeakerTimeSession I - Paul: An Example of Biblical LeadershipDr. John MacArthurWednesday January 19 - 7pmSession II - Leading with LoveDr. Alexander StrauchThursday January 20 - 9amSession III -...
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Moses, the man of God, penned the magnificent words of Psalm 90 probably during the wilderness wanderings. This psalm—the oldest in the Psalter—unmistakably sets up a contrast between the everlasting nature of God and the temporal nature of man. Moses shows how sinners reap what they sow and how every single sin (iniquity and secret sins) are laid bare before the eyes of God.Last night when I preached...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
how to find satisfaction.
"Only a life lived for God will be a truly satisfied life."—Steven J. LawsonPsalm 90:14 — 14 O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness, That we may sing for joy and be glad all our da...
Thursday, January 13, 2011
i cherish my GOD.
I love the reality that God is sovereign."Does everything that happens find itself in the will of God? Yes. . . . Augustine said that God ordains 'in some sense' everything that happens. Nothing that takes place is beyond the scope of his sovereign will. The movement of every molecule, the actions of every plant, the falling of every star, the choices of every volitional creature, all of these are...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
completion of Ephesians — now cling to Christ & don't leave the faith!
Last night I concluded our mid-week study through the book of Ephesians. We traversed through this book verse by verse (and even word by word at times!) to unpack the glorious riches contained in this letter. Last night I focused on Eph 6:24 — “Grace to all who love the Lord Jesus Christ with an...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
if you live for Christ — persecution awaits you.
This is not some fanciful statement, this is a promise from Jesus Christ for all of His followers:2 Timothy 3:12 12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.John 15:20 20 "Remember the word that I said to you, 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted...
God is the incomparable One
Muse on this magnificent word today:"The world dwarfs us all, but God dwarfs the world. The world is his footstool, above which he sits secure. He is greater than the world and all that is in it, so that all the feverish activity of its bustling millions does no more to affect him than the chirping and jumping of grasshoppers in the summer sun does to affect us. Behold your God!" (JI Packer, Knowing...
Sunday, January 9, 2011
heartfelt confession of sin.
In the prayer that I read this morning from The Valley of Vision I was captured by the heartfelt sorrow and sincere lamentation of this man over his sin in his life. I encourage you to read his prayer of repentance.Save me from myself,from the artifices and deceits of sin,from the treachery of my perverse nature,from denying thy charge against my offences,from a life of continual rebellion against...
Friday, January 7, 2011
this should disturb you and drive you to fervent prayer for God's mercy and justice.
From Justin Taylor:Wesley J. Smith: Pro-choicers say they want abortion to be safe, legal, and rare. But we will see whether major pro choice organizations react to the awful statistic that 39 percent of pregnancies in NYC result in induced abortion. From the story: In 2009, there were 225,667 pregnancies in the City with 126,774 resulting in live births and 87,273 resulting in abortions....
what is the gospel? what must we preach? what must we believe to be saved?
This is copied and pasted from my sermon notes on a sermon from Ephesians 6:24 (ἡ χάρις μετὰ πάντων τῶν ἀγαπώντων τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ) on never abandoning the faith. I thought some may find it helpful. The GOSPELi. God—God is a powerful God, eternally perfect, untainted by...
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Remember hell -- we deserve it and Christ redeems from it.
Dear reader, if you are not a believer in Jesus Christ this post is for YOU. If you are a believer in Christ, this post also is for you as you are reminded that you and I deserve to be in hell. May it also spur us on to fervent and urgent evangelism.In a few days--I may be in Hell!"Are not my days few?" Job 10:20You may be living as if you thought that your days would be many--living in sin and in...
Monday, January 3, 2011
a good letter that every pastor should be given and humbly read & apply.
Dear Senior Pastor, I've been very encouraged by the example of the senior pastor I work for, plus many other senior pastors. So I want to ask you some questions to make you consider if you are modeling humility for your staff, church members, family, etc.... Are you willing and open to learning...
the virgin birth & Christ's relating to us.
One of the orthodox doctrines we cherish is that of the virgin birth of Jesus. Certainly this doctrine protects the deity of Christ in that He was not born of natural/human descent so as to inherit the sinful human nature from Adam (cf. Rom 5:12). But, one aspect of the virgin birth that I also appreciate is the reality that, by virtue of his birth into this world, Jesus can relate to us as humans....
Sunday, January 2, 2011
o how i love the doctrine of JUSTIFICATION.
Said so beautifully by Bruce Demarest:"The doctrine of justification by faith proves to be the focal point of other salvific doctrines. The backdrop against which justification is set is humanity in its fallen condition—guilty, condemned, and alienated from God. The ground of justification is the death...
Saturday, January 1, 2011
good reminder on PRAYER.
Excellent words by John Calvin on prayer compiled by RC Sproul: For John Calvin, prayer was like a priceless treasure that God has offered to His people. Calvin’s first rule of prayer was to enter into it with a full awareness of the One to whom we are speaking. The key to prayer is a ...
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