I have recently come into possession of the resource rich Logos Gold. As I prepare to travel this weekend, I’m installing the software on my laptop. My suspicion is that most everyone younger than me, along anyone more techno-savvy than me (which includes most people), will prefer digital books to the printed and bound kind. …
Category Archives: Ministry
Denton Bible Holding the Line
I am glad to see that Denton Bible Church is standing strong on the complementarian point of view by hosting an important series of messages on Women in Ministry. If you’re in the Dallas area, I would encourage you to attend the events described below in the letter from Tom Nelson of Denton Bible. May …
A Wedding Sermon
Yesterday I had the great joy of preaching at a wedding for one of the guys in our church, who is also a student at SWBTS Houston. At the encouragement of a couple friends who were present, I’m posting my remarks here. May the Lord be pleased to bless our marriages that we might be …
A New Ministry: SBTS in the Fall
In God’s great mercy I will be joining the faculty of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in the fall. Here’s the story in the Towers Online. Here’s what I said when I shared this news with our church family at Baptist Church of the Redeemer: Psalm 139:16, “Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your …
“Narrow” on Wednesday Night in Beaumont
Lord willing, this Wednesday night – May 7, 2008 – I’ll be speaking at “Narrow,” which meets at Westgate Memorial Baptist Church in Beaumont, TX (6220 Westgate Dr, Beaumont, TX, 77706). The event is a weekly Bible Study aimed at college students, and it begins at 9pm. If you’re in the area, it would be …
Twelve Challenges Churches Face, by Mark Dever
The Bible is clear, but that doesn’t mean that it is easy to rightly interpret it. Interpreting the Bible rightly is one of the hardest things in the world to do. And if interpretation is difficult, proclamation is even harder. We move beyond the meaning of the points made in the text to questions like: …
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D. A. Carson’s new book: Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor
Just out from Crossway and just arrived in my mail, I’m eager to read this new book by D. A. Carson, Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor: The Life and Reflections of Tom Carson. A few years ago Carson had a short piece on his father in the SBJT Forum that was a powerful reminder that …
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The Church: Not Another Interest Group
How can evangelicals best influence the United States of America? I submit that there is a better answer than the one that would be given by either Chris Matthews or Rush Limbaugh. The greatest influence evangelical Christians can have upon American society and politics will not come by lobbying Washington, getting out the vote, or …
Danny Akin Tells the Story of Bill Wallace
To hear the story of the missionary Doctor, Bill Wallace, who was martyred in China in 1951, go to the SEBTS chapel webpage and download the sermon “Jesus Is Everything to Me” on Philippians 1:21 preached by Dr. Danny Akin on October 30, 2007. Highly recommended. Don’t waste your life.
Danny Akin Tells the Story of Lottie Moon
If you haven’t heard it already, don’t wait any longer. Go download Danny Akin’s presentation of Lottie Moon’s life, which he preached in chapel at SEBTS on December 4, 2007. May the Lord send out workers into the harvest!
The Future of Justification: John Piper’s Response to N. T. Wright
N. T. Wright is perhaps the most influential clergyman in the United Kingdom, and John Piper is perhaps even more influential here in the United States. And the two have crossed swords. This might be the most significant pastoral interchange of our time. In the Acknowledgments Piper relates that he sent the first draft of …
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November-December 9Marks eJournal
Fascinating discussion on the church’s role in the world here. Subscribe here. My recommendation of the new Commentary on the New Testament use of the Old Testament here.
Article on Family Integrated Churches in the Texan
I recently posted a series of responses to questions posed to me on Family Integrated Churches. The article by Bonnie Pritchett has appeared in the Southern Baptist Texan and is available online here.
Tyndale House Newsletter, Autumn 2007
Friends of Tyndale House will be glad to see the PDF of the latest newsletter. If you’re not familiar with Tyndale House, you should check out this vital ministry across the pond. I was recently asked in an email about Tyndale House, and this is what I said: Tyndale House is truly remarkable for the …
Spurgeon on the Minister’s Need of God
From Lectures to My Students, “The Minister’s Self Watch” (p. 12 in the Pilgrim ed.): “As is the workman, such will the work be. To face the enemies of truth, to defend the bulwarks of the faith, to rule well in the house of God, to comfort all that mourn, to edify the saints, to …