This Saturday, November 10, from 9am to Noon, Baptist Church of the Redeemer will be hosting a Redeemer Institute Seminar on The Local Church: God’s Program for Evangelism and Discipleship. Hope to see you there!
Category Archives: Evangelism and Apologetics
Pierced for Our Transgressions
It finally made it across the Atlantic. Some time back there was, in Jonathan Leeman’s phrase, “quite a hullabaloo over the gospel.” That hullabaloo was largely occasioned by N. T. Wright’s response to Pierced for Our Transgressions, which has finally made it across the water and is now available from Crossway Books. N. T. Wright …
Free Christian Audio Book: The Life of David Brainard
From ChristianAudio.com: Free Audiobook of the Month America’s greatest Theologian, Jonathan Edwards, had a heart for missions. And Edwards deeply respected David Brainerd, who gave his life for missions to Native Americans. The Life of David Brainerd is an inspiring tale of one of the most notable missionaries in American history. Use the coupon code …
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The Great Exchange, by Jerry Bridges and Bob Bevington
Is a clear understanding of the atonement an academic preserve to which only theologians and scholars have access? Jerry Bridges and Bob Bevington don’t think so. Thus, they have written The Great Exchange: My Sin for His Righteousness, which seeks to explain the way that the Old Testament prepares the way for Jesus’ death, then …
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Conference This Weekend at Cleveland Chinese Christian Church
If you’re in or near Cleveland, you might be interested in a conference this weekend, September 28-30, 2007 at Cleveland Chinese Christian Church. I’ll be preaching on Friday night, at a men’s prayer breakfast on Saturday morning, again Saturday night, and on Sunday morning. Please pray that God will prosper his word. For more details …
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Great Sermons on 1 and 2 Timothy
My fellow elder Travis Cardwell has been preaching a great series of sermons on 1 and 2 Timothy. The brother broke his arm on Saturday, but that didn’t stop him from bringing the word in the power of the Spirit on Sunday. As we heard this past Sunday, even though Paul was in prison, the …
Interview with Ishwaran Mudliar
My colleague at SWBTS in Fort Worth, Ishwaran Mudliar, hails from India. He did an MDiv at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and then an MA and PhD at Johns Hopkins University in Hebrew Bible and Northwest Semitic Philology. He was gracious enough to take the time to answer a number of questions that I posed …
The Local Church: God’s Program for Evangelism and Discipleship
Dear Brother or Sister in Christ, Is there a relationship between your local church and discipleship? I’m not asking about the discipleship program at your local church, I’m asking if God might mean for the church to be the discipleship program. Is there a relationship between your local church and evangelism? Again, I’m not asking …
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The Gospel and Personal Evangelism, by Mark Dever
Mark Dever’s latest book, The Gospel and Personal Evangelism, arrived on my doorstep a couple days ago, and what I’ve read so far has me convinced that this is a book for every Christian. I think I’ll get a copy for every member of our church. Dever starts with a grabbing story in the Introduction, …
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Denny Burk to Preach at Redeemer this Sunday!
The illustrious Denny Burk will, Lord willing, preach on “The Gospel as the Power of God for Perseverance” from 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 this Sunday at Baptist Church of the Redeemer. If you’re in the Houston area, we would love to have you join us for worship. Due to some complications with our normal meeting location, …
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Should We Expect to Cast Out Demons Like Jesus Did?
Justin Taylor posts his notes on what looks to be a very informative book on this topic by David Powlison. I highly recommend a careful reading of Taylor’s notes on Powlison’s book, which address the question posed in the title of this post. Here’s a teaser in the hopes that you’ll read the whole thing: …
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The Cross Centered Life
If you’re near Oak Ridge Baptist Church here in the Houston area, you might be interested in coming out this Friday night for some dessert and coffee. After the refreshments, I’ll be preaching on “The Cross Centered Life” from 1 Corinthians 1:17-31. If you plan to go, please give them a call at (281) 367-9721 …
Financing an Adoption
Justin Taylor has very helpful info here. May the Lord bless those who do as he has done.
New Dean’s Class Website
The web site for Dr. Russ Moore’s Sunday School class has received a major overhaul, and it is now up and running. They’ve included quite a few features that, if you have a moment, you might want to check out, from recommended resources to a video of Dr. Moore explaining the gospel to all the …
The Baptists, vol. 1 of 3, by Tom Nettles
Tom Nettles, The Baptists: Key People Involved in Forming A Baptist Identity (Beginnings in Britain), Ross-shire, Scotland: Christian Focus, 2005. 390pp. Hardcover, $29.99. Tom Nettles teaches at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the flagship seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Understanding history demands patience, humility, and love. If historical personalities are not treated by …
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Review of Jesus and the Origins of the Gentile Mission, by Michael F. Bird
Michael F. Bird, Jesus and the origins of the Gentile Mission, Library of Historical Jesus Studies. New York: T&T Clark, 2007. 212 pp. $140.00, Hardcover. This published version of Michael Bird’s dissertation, done at the University of Queensland down under, asks the question: to what extent did the views of the historical Jesus provide the …
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Review of A Piety above the Common Standard, by Tony Chute
Anthony L. Chute, A Piety above the Common Standard: Jesse Mercer and Evangelistic Calvinism. Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 2004, first paperback ed., 2005. 238pp. $25.00, paper. The concerns of the day could be summarized as follows: disputes over Calvinism, with anti-Calvinists pursuing a divisively vocal course; earnest desire for “a revival that will last …
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Matt Schmucker’s Story
If you appreciate Mark Dever, Capitol Hill Baptist Church, and 9Marks ministries, you owe a debt of gratitude to Matt Schmucker. He tells a little bit of his story here. May his tribe increase, and may more and more churches see the turnaround that has taken place at CHBC.
Atheistic Inconsistency
Tim Challies (DR for Discerning Reader) interviews Douglas Wilson (DW), and here’s a profound question and answer: DR: In Letter from a Christian Citizen you continually show where Harris is inconsistent with his own ideology. Is there any such thing as a completely consistent atheist? DW: That’s the fun thing. No, there is no such …
Why Care about the CBF?
Anyone wondering what the CBF (Cooperative Baptist Fellowship) is and why we should bother to know anything about it should check out this good word from David Roach.