Wednesday, July 27, 2011

conflict resolution in the local church

Yesterday in the church planting class I'm taking Alexander Strauch taught on conflict resolution in the local church. It was superb. The outline of his latest book If you bite and devour one another served as the outline for our discussion yesterday.Here are some helpful points he mentioned:Knowing...

Sunday, July 24, 2011

are you committed to Jesus Christ?

A great example from David Brainerd:I cared not where or how I lived, or what hardships I went through, so that I could but gain souls for Christ. While I was asleep I dreamed of these things, and when I awoke the first thing I thought of was this great work. All my desire was for the conversion of the heathen, and all my hope was in God.I want that to be my passion today—and every d...

Saturday, July 23, 2011

some lessons from street preaching.

After preaching two 50-minute sermons last night at the Santa Monica 3rd St. promenade — Luke 19 on Zaccheus and Titus 3 on the gospel — I have (re)learned some valuable lessons:1. We must not look for physical results to gauge our effectiveness.If so, I would have quit long ago. But I go with the promises of Scripture that God goes with the faithful proclamation of His word to accomplish His sovereign...

Friday, July 22, 2011

the story of zaccheus

Tonight I'm preaching Luke 19:1-10 on the conversion of Zaccheus and have been consumed with the free and saving grace of Christ as revealed in the saving of such a sinner like Zaccheus—and me.Whitefield also preached on this text and he said this:Here then, as through a glass, we may see the doctrine of free grace evidently exemplified before us. Here was not fitness in Zaccheus. He was a Publican,...

Thursday, July 21, 2011

find rest o my soul in God alone.

A favorite song of mine from Aaron Keyes. Taken from the words of Psalm 62.Find Rest O My Soul in God AloneMy soul finds rest in God alone, My Rock and my salvation,A fortress strong against my foes, And I will not be shaken.Though lips may bless and hearts may curse, And lies like arrows pierce me,I’ll fix my heart on righteousness, I’ll look to Him who hears me.O praise Him, hallelujah, My Delight...

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

the difference between hell and sin.

The difference between hell and sin.God made hell. God did not make sin. Sin is the devil’s creature. Remember just how vile and wicked sin is. Every sin is shameful and reproaches the name of God. From the lest of the sins, to the most hidden of all sins, to the most inconsequential of sins, to the most common of all sins, and to the most culturally acceptable of all sins, let us remember that sin...

Monday, July 18, 2011

a word to future leaders.

Regarding holiness of life..."It is beyond all question that this eminent piety is before everything else in preparation for the duties of the sacred office. It is before talents, or learning, or study, or favorable circumstances, or skill in working, or power in sermonizing. It is needed to give character...

Thursday, July 14, 2011

don't fall prey to 'decisionism'

I posted this a while ago, but I found it again on my computer and felt it was worthy of a "re-post":We have fallen prey to Decisionism: “Evangelical Bultmannism”A key evangelical belief is that people must be called to make a decision concerning the claims of Christ. Thus when people decide that Jesus Christ has indeed lived and died for them, they are often said to have made a decision for Christ....

humility.

The proper starting point for humility begins outside ourselves. Humility is forged in the fires of an unmistakably clear vision of God, a biblically rich and abiding perspective of the cross, and a robust sense of man's desperate sin-condition.—Jerry Wr...

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

give it all up to GOD.

From David Livingstone's journal as he traveled (on foot!) across Africa:"I place no value on anything I have or may possess, except in relation to the kingdom of Christ. If anything will advance the interests of the kingdom, it shall be given away or kept, only as by giving or keeping it I shall most promote the glory of him to whom I owe all my hopes in time and eternit...

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Monday, July 11, 2011

sermons from the men's retreat.

Just got back from preaching four times at the Santa Clarita Men’s Retreat up in N. California. We had a wonderful time of fellowship, white-water rafting down the American river, fellowship, camping, and teaching around God’s Word. They called me to preach four sermons. Here they are with the audio links below:1. Be a man who knows who your God is — Psalm 992. Be a man who really knows how to repent...

Friday, July 8, 2011

preaching.

Pray for me as I preach God's Word four times at the SCBC men's conference. My four sermon topics include:1. Be a man who knows God — Psalm 992. Be a man who knows how to repent — Psalm 513. Be a man who knows how to lead in the home — Psalm 784. Be a man who knows how to live with integrity — Psalm 101I covet your praye...

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

whitefield knew how to plead with the unsaved to believe upon Christ!

From George Whitefield as he proclaimed the gospel of Christ to the unsaved.If you laugh at me, I know Jesus smiles. I cannot force a cry when I will; the Lord Jesus Christ be praised, "I am free from the blood of you all": if you are damned for want of conversion, remember you are not damned for want of warning. Thousands that have not the gospel preached to them, may say, Lord, we never heard what...

lay your deadly doing down.

From an old hymn:Lay your deadly 'doing' down,Down at Jesus' feet.Stand in Him, in Him alone,Gloriously complete!Have you laid your 'deadly doing' do...

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

the glory of God in missions.

Here is a link to a sermon titled: the glory of God in missions by Paul Washer. It marvelously weaves the utter sovereignty of God in "making His Name great among the nations" and the responsibility that we have to go and proclaim the glories of Christ among the nations so that God receives all glory.Download Paul Washer's sermon he...
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