Do you have some of the Nooma videos at your church?

If you do, maybe you should reconsider their value with regards to biblical truth !
(HT: Symphony of Scripture)

Posted in Emergent, Emergent Church, False Doctrine, False Teacher, Humanism, Media, Nooma, Rob Bell, YouTube 6 Comments »

Here is a link to the audio from the recent Building Bridges Conference: Southern Baptists and Calvinism
I do not consider myself to be a Calvinist, but I do share Pastor Jeff Noblit’s passion for the inherency and sufficiency of scripture for all faith and practice. I share a high view of God and His sovereignty. [...]

Posted in Doctrine, Evangelicalism, Evangelism, False Doctrine, HeartCry Missionary Society, Jeff Noblit, Missions, Paul Washer 3 Comments »

?If ever there should come a wretched day when all our pulpits shall be full of modern thought, and the old doctrine of substitutionary sacrifice shall be exploded, then will there remain no word of comfort for the guilty or hope for the despairing. Hushed will be forever those silver notes which now console [...]

Posted in Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Doctrine, Justification No Comments »

Online Source: Lighthouse Trails Research
LTRP Note: The Christian Post article below is regarding a response by a significant number of evangelical leaders who have said that Christians and Muslims need to come together because they worship a common God. The response is to a document by Muslim leaders titled “A Common Word Between Us and [...]

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I have been recently directed to the SLJ Institute for a great collection of (free) resources from the ministry Dr. S. Lewis Johnson. Johnson is considered by many to be one of the best expositors of the 20th Century. His impact continues today in the preaching ministries of many, including John MacArthur and Steve Lawson [...]

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Our friends at 1031 Sermon Jams offer us a new cut — John Piper on America’s export of the ‘prosperity gospel’:

download mp3 (6.3 MB)
Related: The quotes were taken from this sermon.
(HT: TSS)

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Lately I have been doing a considerable amount of study on Christ’s atonement and related doctrines like justification by faith. I have been reading through several wonderful books that I would like to make you aware of.
One such book is The Great Exchange by Jerry Bridges and Bob Bevington. The Great Exchange is an [...]

Posted in Doctrine, Justification No Comments »

The audio and manuscript (and now video) are posted of John Piper’s lecture last night at the Evangelical Theological Society in San Diego.
Opening the session, John Piper says:
. . . the truth of justification has become increasingly embattled, so that the truth as I see in the New Testament is increasingly confused [...]

Posted in Desiring God, Doctrine, Gospel, John Piper, Justification 1 Comment »

Quoting AW Pink . . .
This is a very solemn question, and we must restrict ourselves to what the Scriptures say by way of reply.
“You shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your [...]

Posted in A. W. Pink, False Prophet, Quotes No Comments »

A. W. Tozer describes exactly how things can be for the Christian who devotes himself to the Lord. Its a good life, but not without costs.
The loneliness of the Christian results from his walk with God in an ungodly world, a walk that must often take him away from the fellowship of good Christians as [...]

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The goal of reformation in a local church should not be to make all the members Calvinists. Obviously (or at least it ought to be obvious to anyone who knows me!), I would not think that a bad thing if it happened, but I would never recommend that as the goal of restoring health to [...]

Posted in Church, Church Life, MP3, Reformation, Tom Ascol No Comments »

Vision Forum was invited by two churches (Heritage Baptist and Legacy Baptist) who teamed up to sponsor a Uniting Church and Family Conference in Phoenix. The speaking team included Scott Brown, Don Hart, Kevin Swanson and Jason Young. The purpose of the event was to declare scripture alone to be the guiding force [...]

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This is a powerful plea to see the biblical precedent to raise godly homes in our day. Voddie Baucham preaches to a group of more than 1,000 pastors and church leaders gathered for the Southern Baptists of Texas State Evangelism Conference in the Dallas Metroplex. No one was ready for what happened next.
Download the MP3 [...]

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Paul Washer shows how much humanism has created a false Jesus as opposed to the real Jesus who is in Heaven now and is revealed in Scripture. He brings to light how much man has deemed himself higher and more important than God and how man must be humbled.

HeartCry Missionary Society

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From the Baptist Press:
WASHINGTON (BP)–The National Right to Life Committee’s Nov. 13 endorsement of Fred Thompson for president came just days after other pro-life advocates scattered their support among Republican candidates.
Read the complete post here.

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Christ and Him Crucified: The Passion of the Christ Edition
C.J. Mahaney
The messages in this edition were preached in February/March 2004 in response to the movie “The Passion of the Christ” to clarify why Christ had to die and what was accomplished, once and for all, by His death.
This collection of gripping, passionate messages explores three [...]

Posted in C. J. Mahaney, Gospel No Comments »

At Weblog Awards we read:
The Weblog Awards are the world’s largest blog competition, with over 525,000 votes cast in the 2006 edition for finalists in 45 categories. Nominations for 49 categories ended October 17, 2007 and voting began November 1, 2007. Final results will be announced November 8, 2007 at the BlogWorld & New Media [...]

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We would like to echo, from the introduction to John Piper’s book, The Future of Justification these words:
The Final Judgment feels too close for me to care much about scoring points in debate. Into my seventh decade, the clouds of time are clearing, and the prospect of wasting my remaining life on gamesmanship or one-upmanship [...]

Posted in John Piper, Justification 2 Comments »

When the apostle Paul wanted to remind the Corinthian church of the gospel, he wrote,
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures (1 Cor. 15:3).
Christ died for our sins. The gospel is the solution to our sin problem.
In 2008 [...]

Posted in Apologetics, Discipleship, Evangelism, Gospel, Preaching No Comments »

The Expositors Conference was recently held at Christ Fellowship Baptist Church with Steve Lawson and John MacArthur. If you couldn’t be there (!), the free audio is the next best thing:
The following link will take you to the MP3 download page.
Visit Westminster Books for great deals on Christian books.

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Videos from Resolved 2007:
THE CROSS | John MacArthur
John MacArthur talks about how the cross should affect the life of a Christian.
PRINCETON | Rick Holland
Rick Holland travels to Princeton University to tell the story of Jonathan Edwards and a legacy forgotten.

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A very good article at Christianitytoday.com talks about “not learning the wrong lessons from the South Korean kidnappings.”
This summer, associate pastor Bae Hyung-kyu led his mostly female medical team from South Korea into Afghanistan. The plan was to alleviate physical and spiritual suffering. But Taliban terrorists had another agenda. On July 19, radical Islamic insurgents [...]

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Has the Reformation ended? That’s the topic Dr. Mark Noll takes up in his most recent book, co-authored with Carolyn Nystrom, titled Is The Reformation Over? An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism (Baker Academic, 2005).
Our position is that the Reformation is not over. What do you think? Share your thoughts with us.
Here are [...]

Posted in Catholicism, Mark Noll, Reformation 2 Comments »

From Baptist Press:
Posted on Nov 5, 2007 | by Michael Foust
PLANO, Texas (BP)–Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee told a large audience at Prestonwood Baptist Church Nov. 4 he wasn’t there to deliver a political speech, but the congregation nevertheless responded with a reception that would make any politician envious.
Receiving two standing ovations, Huckabee avoided political [...]

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Adrian Warnock on John Piper’s new book, The Future of Justification.
Today I will take you further into Piper’s argument where he explains the long-held position, which Wright denies, that God cannot simply ‘forgive’ the guilty, but instead an exchange between guilt and righteousness must take place:
An omniscient and just judge never “finds in favor” [...]

Posted in Book, Book Review, Crossway, John Piper, Justification, N. T. Wright, Roman Catholic 1 Comment »

Mike Huckabee on Charlie Rose Special Edition: The Candidates

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This month’s free audio download at ChristianAudio.com is Jonathan Edwards’s classic, Religious Affections.
A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections stands as Edwards’s most penetrating interpretation of the awakenings of his time, not to mention one of the most penetrating of any time. As in Some Thoughts, he argued against the extremes of emotionalism on the one [...]

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A visitor to our blog has asked that we converse on some very specific issues reguarding the Protestant and Catholic faiths.
Most, if not all these issues, have been dealt with at great length and to our satisfaction by others. Therefore, in discussing these topics, we will make considerable use of these references.
The following are some [...]

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