Archive for January, 2007
Anonymously Bitter and Bored
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007Someone, anonymously, used the ‘Visitor Registration Form’ on the TPCC website to send the following message…”what would you do for members or employees if you did not have crestwood to get them from?” [unedited]. They stated their name as ‘crestwood baptist’ (though they misspelled it) and gave the Crestwood phone number.
I chuckled a bit at [...]
False Teachers and the Apostle Paul
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007The teaching of the Apostle Paul is so clear and concise. It is certainly not easily misconstrued, unless there is an intentional desertion from Biblical Christianity.
Paul’s letter to the Galatians comes to mind. John Stott begins a verse by verse study of this letter by stating, “The devil disturbs the church as much by error [...]
A Year Later…
Monday, January 22nd, 2007The Point Community celebrated our first year together yesterday. I was concerned that the weather might hinder some from coming, but we had a tremendous crowd. I am sure that some stayed home because of the ice/rain mix, but I don’t know where we would have put them if they did come. It was a [...]
Highly Recommended
Saturday, January 13th, 2007John Piper has a particularly relevant article called “Watch Out For Those That Lead You Away From The Truth.”
Here is an excerpt… “I want you to see from the Bible—and feel in your bones—the importance of being a purity boy for the sake of being a unity boy. I want you to see and feel [...]
Reasonable Truth
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007David Wells in his book No Place for Truth, states that a faith that is conceived in the heart of man is different that the historic Christian faith. He says, “It is a smaller thing, shrunken in its ability to understand the world and to stand up to it. The self is a canvas too [...]
Sermon notes
Sunday, January 7th, 2007For several weeks I have been planning on teaching on the subject of the reliability of Scripture, as I did today in my sermon at The Point Community Church. I even shared much of my sermon preparation notes last Wednesday with those in attendance. Scripture as being inspired and absolute Truth is the foundation of [...]
Green Eggs And Ham?
Saturday, January 6th, 2007It seems that Chuck Queen just views the Bible as a good story with some good ideas that might help ‘thinking people’ enjoy life and be a better person. His latest (I say ‘ad’ he says ‘article’) in the State Journal has him going even further off the chart of theological truth. Here’s a particularly [...]
It’s About The Cross
Thursday, January 4th, 2007C.J. Mahaney has written another standout book, this one is titled “Living the Cross Centered Life: Keeping the Gospel the Main Thing”. This book combines much of two other books by him. Though I am just about half way through it myself, I can go ahead and highly recommend this work.
Mahaney begins by reminding his [...]