Archive for July, 2008
What Preachers Do All Week
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Sometimes my children ask in good faith, “Dad, what exactly do you do all week?” Howard Hendricks answers:
It is not too difficult to be biblical if you don’t care about being relevant; it is not too difficult to be relevant if you don’t care about being biblical. But if you want to be [...]
Zipper Jihad (Not!)
Monday, July 14th, 2008Phil Johnson has some good thoughts on the West’s inability to accurately define the War on Terror. A snippet:
As a matter of fact, the conflict that dominates world news today has everything to do with religion. The aggressors have all been fanatical adherents to one religion in particular.
Here’s a clue: It’s not the Amish.
The One Who Arms with Armor
Monday, July 14th, 2008In our gathered worship on the Lord’s Day, we typically read an Old Testament lesson if I’m preaching from the New Testament and vice-versa. Yesterday, since I was preaching from Ephesians 6:13-18 on the full armor of God, I chose Psalm 56 as the morning lesson. David expresses his confidence that God hears him and [...]
The Senator and Me
Monday, July 7th, 2008At Hayes Barton Baptist Church in Raleigh tomorrow morning, mourners will gather to worship God and celebrate the life of former U.S. Senator Jesse Helms. 25 years ago this week, my parents dropped me off at a boarding house in Washington, D.C. so that I could work in his office there for the rest of [...]