It has come to my attention that my recent sermons from 1 Corinthians have raised some questions about whether or not a Christian can lose his or her salvation. This is a fantastic question, and [...]
Now we come to the final post in my series on the Lord’s Supper. Having learned about the theological background and spiritual meaning of the Lord’s Supper, we must ask the practical question of [...]
What actually happens at the Lord’s Supper? What practical benefits does it have for us? John 6:51-58 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will [...]
The meaning of the Lord’s Supper is abundantly clear with the bread and wine representing the body and blood of Christ, but there is more than meets the eye in the rich tapestry of biblical [...]
Inspired by the Holy Week celebrations last week, I am beginning a four-part series on the Lord’s Supper, because the more I learn about it, the more I realize how deficient my understanding of [...]
Enjoying Food When is the last time you really enjoyed food? When is the last time you really paused to savor every crunch of that toasted bread and whiff of creamy butter, the juicy sweetness of [...]
Christians often cower from evangelism because they believe that it may offend non-Christians, but they should also consider the fact that they may offend non-Christians by not evangelizing. (Of [...]
Recently, two articles were posted on the Gospel Coalition blog with the title “Why I Changed My Mind About Baptism.” The first one, written by Gavin Ortlund, recounts his doctrinal shift from [...]
Luke 10:1-12 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. And he said to them, “The [...]
In the process of identifying the best Bible for teaching the children at my church, I looked through 20 different children’s Bibles (CB). I first determined the appropriate age group of the [...]