Here’s my review of this great book by Graeme Goldsworthy. I hope this gets read as much as Packer’s Knowing God!
Category Archives: Spiritual Discipline
September Prayer of the Month
This month I’ll be praying Colossians 1:9-12, which reads like this in the Holman Christian Standard Bible: (9) For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, (10) …
What Is Prophecy and Has It Ceased?
As Paul is describing the activity of prophets in 1 Corinthians 14:29–30, he writes, “Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said. If a revelation is made to another sitting there, let the first be silent.” From this statement, we know that (1) prophecy is revelatory because Paul refers …
Culture, Family Worship, and the Church’s Worship
In God in the Wasteland David Wells defines culture as “the set of shared values that are held to prescribe what is normal in society.” As I’ve indicated before, when I first started hearing the words “Family Worship,” I was a little intimidated. It seemed like a weird thing to do, and I wasn’t sure …
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Prayers of Supplication
Every Sunday at Redeemer we have a time for a “Prayer of Supplication.” I want to give some explanation of why this is included and provide some pointers as to what we should pray for during this time. This is neither a checklist nor a law. I don’t want anyone to fear that their past …
What Love Is This?
I have said before that I think Eric Schumacher is one of the best poets of our day, and he has penned another lovely hymn called What Love Is This? We sing Eric’s hymns from time to time at Redeemer, and I suspect we will praise God together with this one sometime soon. Congratulations to …
Prayer of the Month for August
August got going yesterday, but I couldn’t get to this until today. Apologies for being a day late. This month I’ll be praying this prayer: ESV Philippians 1:9–11 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, …
Confession of Sins in Worship
I was recently asked about why we always have a time for confession of sins in worship at Redeemer. Dr. Mohler gives a great exposition of the necessity of this in Part Three of his series on worship.
Praying Beyond Health Concerns
Great article by David Powlison in the most recent email newsletter from 9Marks.
Children’s Books that Clifton Baptist Church Recommends
We were blessed to be members at Clifton Baptist Church in Louisville when we were there, and my sweet wife found this list of childrens books they recommend. I thought maybe someone else might be as interested in this as I am. • Douglas Bond’s The Crown & Covenant Series (Rebel’s Keep, King’s Arrow,War) …
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Great Help for Family Worship
On the post before last, the hymn-writing Pastor Eric Schumacher gave us a link to a helpful family worship book for July through September of 2006. This looks like a great tool, and I’ve printed and intend to use at least parts of it. Enjoy!
What Is Regeneration?
I’ve posted before about how we’re catechizing our kids, mainly using The Baptist Catechism edited by John Piper. I’m not sure that we’ll learn all the questions, though. For instance, I’m not certain that the question, “May all men make use of Scripture,” with the answer that all men are not only permitted but required …
Prayer of the Month
The Lord blessed me with a good idea the other day, and perhaps it will bless you as well. I decided to pick a New Testament prayer and try to pray through it every day of the month. This will probably lead to the memorization of the text, which never hurts, and I hope that …
Theology in the Local Church
I was extremely encouraged to read this news story, which tells of a 4,300 member church that “has 480 people who participate in weekly theological reading groups that study through Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology.” Wow! May the Lord bless us all with so many people willing to engage in serious theological study!
Just for the fun of being encouraged
You should go read this letter by John Piper, inviting people to the DGM National Conference this fall.
Addressing Our Lack of Spiritual Wisdom
My friend Eric Schumacher, one of the most gifted poets and hymn writers I know, has posted a thoughtful reflection on the first thing for which those Irish Baptists invited the Baptists in London to join them in repentance: our lack of spiritual wisdom to reprove reprove sin plainly in all without respect of persons. …
Promises Made . . . Promises Kept
What if there was a strong church right in the middle of the nation’s capitol? What if it was pastored by a humble man of God of profound spiritual insight, impeccable academic credentials, and a dynamic personal presence? What if this pastor was absolutely convinced that his own abilities and giftings were not the point, …
What do you expect from the books you hope to write?
I’m reading George Marsden’s book, Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism, which I would highly recommend to anyone who does what I do (teach at an evangelical institution of higher learning). This is a fascinating story, and here I just want to note one thing that struck me last night. Marsden recounts how …
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A Practical Plan to Read
We can waste so much time bouncing from blog to blog. Let's heed C. J. Mahaney's sage advice on attacking the weeks so that we get things read. Above all else, read the Scriptures–in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek if possible.
Dever on the Apparent Piety of Numerical Goals
Please read Mark Dever's post on the Together for the Gospel blog. HT JT