Archive for the 'Ecclesiology' Category
From John MacArthur in his message on 2 Corinthians 10:7ff…
“Something else is true about false teachers. They don’t want anybody putting limits on their influence. David McKenna wrote an interesting paragraph in one of his books years ago. This is what he said, ‘Self-styled messiahs are always megalomaniacs. Their sense of [...]
Rattlesnake (PCA pastor Ron Gleason) has posted part X of his series on this issue. He has several very important things to say.
From a historical perspective, it has become evident to us in this series of investigations that in the early Church deaconesses were widows around the age of 60. In the Eastern Church, the [...]
By Faith, the magazine of the PCA, has in the latest issue a point/counterpoint exchange between Lig Duncan of First Preebyterian Church of Jackson, MS and Tim Keller of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City. Not surprisingly Keller tries to make the case for “commissioning” deaconesses while Duncan does make the case for NOT [...]
I had the wonderful occasion to spend a few days with our son Geoff at the Expositors’ Conference in Mobile, AL once again. This was the second Conference, and it’s become our annual father-son outing in the Word of God together…feasting on some of the best preaching on the planet and Southern hospitality that is [...]
The latest edition of Themelios is available online. Themelios is an online journal primarily for theological students and pastors. It is unique in its format in that it is available online in PDF, HTML or iPaper versions. The journal is part of The Gospel Coalition.
The latest edition is here. The May 2008 edition (HTML) is [...]
This morning, I had the distinct pleasure of listening to Dr. Robert Godfrey’s special convocation message to the seminarians at Westminister Escondido…entitled God’s Pure Word. You can access the message here.
Dr. Godfrey delivered a wonderful message based on Psalm 12…in part focusing on verses 6 and 7.
6 The words of the Lord are pure words,
like [...]
Julie Neidlinger recently wrote a post on her blog/journal (www.Loneprairie.net ) called “Why I walked out of church”. Julie writes with amazing transparency, and in a very penetrating way, about her disenchantment with what she has seen in modern evangelicalism, including the wannabe trendy genre of “doing church”. Her post obviously has resonated with many [...]
In the memorable words of that great theologian Yogi Berra, when it comes to debacles in the church, for the most part it’s “deja vu all over again.” Not much new…pandering to the flesh, commercializing the message, dumbing it down, adding lots of fog to keep the parishioners from figuring things out (this technique was [...]
I continue to be impressed at the riches of Paul’s second epistle to the Corinthians, in particular as the beloved Apostle exposes and dismantles the insidious attacks levied against his apostolic ministry and the integrity of the church.
You may recall the following passage cited recently in one of my posts…”But we have renounced [...]
What is the God-ordained, Word-defined, Spirit-enabled role (and obligation) of the minister of the Gospel? What shall a servant (lit. doulos…slave) of God do to please the Master?
What is essential for the servant of God, particularly for those men who have been called to Gospel ministry?
We’ve seen examples of men called to Gospel ministry fulfilling [...]
