In the UK today our typical “stiff upper lip” is showing definite signs of cracking. Amidst chaotic scenes at Heathrow caused by new stringent security measures, passengers are starting to express openly their frustration. There is a feeling that there is simply not enough staff on duty to cope with the new measures. Meanwhile, some who have been able to check their luggage are still failing to get to the gates on time; this has led to cracks opening in... Read more
PHIL JOHNSON CONCLUDES ATONEMENT SERIES MATHEW SIMS ON THE BEAUTY OF SUBMISSION MARK DEVER ON TRUE CHURCH MEMBERSHIP MUHAMMED ALI AND MAHANEY ON HUMILITY Phil Johnson Completes His Series on the Atonement from 2 Corinthians 5:21 This series should be compulsory reading, especially for all those neoliberals! Tags: atonemement “Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord” (Eph 5:22). However you interpret the word submission, Paul is teaching that the way you “submit” to the... Read more
BOB KAUFLIN’S BREAK-OUT SESSION AT WG06 CHALLIES – SESSION 3 “I attended an afternoon break-out session led by Bob Kauflin on “Healthy Tensions in Corporate Worship.” In this session, Bob broke down fifteen seemingly opposing ideals that have to be held in tension with one another.” IsaiahSix shares what he heard at an afternoon WG06 break-out session. Tags: SGM Challies has notes from Session 3: “How many times have we gathered with the church to worship God and been unaware... Read more
John Piper is back, and with a vengeance. Following a long sabbatical, he has preached his first sermon. It is a clear message on justification entitled This Man Went Down to His House Justified. So it seemed appropriate to devote Piper Friday to a quote from this sermon. As far as we know, this Pharisee was a total lover of the sovereignty of God. As far as we know he would have said, “Not I, but the grace of God... Read more
Tim continues his live-blogging through the WG06 conference. I guess what I am doing is “remote blogging”! There is a striking quote from the second session which is based on Hebrews 10: “By faith we can draw near. We are invited and welcomed into God’s presence. Heaven is not simply an offer for later, but is a place God intends that we visit today, and repeatedly for the rest of our lives. Here is how this may look in real... Read more
PIPER ON GOSSIP ABUSE AND MISUSE OF PURITANS A GIFT FROM THE PYROMANIAC Talking to People Rather Than About Them What John Piper left out of the sermon he preached last Sunday upon his return to Bethlehem Baptist Church following his sabbatical. Tags: piper “Edmund Wilson once described Carl Sandburg’s six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln as ‘the worst thing to happen to Lincoln since his assassination.’ That acerbic comment came to mind as I read this article published in The... Read more
CHALLIES – INTRODUCTION DOXOLOGUE COMMENTS CHALLIES – SESSION 1 FIDE-O ON OPENING NIGHT “I hope when people think of Sovereign Grace Ministries they do not think primarily of one small component of the ministry’s beliefs. Sovereign Grace is, if not unique at least notable, for being both Reformed and Charismatic, but there is so much more to this organization than its view of the continuing gifts of the Spirit. This is an organization, a group of godly men and women,... Read more
EGALITARIANISM WORSHIP GOD 06 ALCOHOL AND THE CHRISTIAN T4G – Affirmation and Denials – Egalitarianism Mathew Sims begins his critique and commentary on Article 16 of the T4G Affirmations and Denials. “This topic,” he says,” will probably take up quite a few posts to accurately and Biblically discuss the issue and article.” Egalitarianism: Agreement, Confusion, and Clarification Mathew Sims continues his critique of Article 16 by explaining and clarifying some issues raised in part 1 of his commentary. Tags: complementarianism... Read more
WorshipGod06 – The Official Blog Check out the WG06 website and blog. Tags: SGM WorshipGod06 Well here it is . . the typical conference blogsearch feed. Just make sure you use the words “WorshipGod06,” “Sovereign Grace Ministries,” or simply “WG06” in your posts and Blogsearch is coming to get you! Tags: blogsearch cool sgm Challies is on His Way to Worship God 06 In two days, the latest Challies liveblogging adventure begins. Let me know if YOU are also planning... Read more
LIG DUNCAN ON BEING FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT VIDEO PREACHERS PARTYING WITH PIPER BILLY GRAHAM REGRETS PROSPERITY/POVERTY THEOLOGY TOM SCHREINER ON PREACHING Lig Duncan on Ephesians Lig’s current expositional series – updated each week. Complete with mp3s and full sermon transcripts. Lig also shares outlines from time to time on his blog – e.g. Lig Duncan on the Consequences of Being Filled with the Spirit from Ephesians 5 where he answers the question “What happens when you are filled with... Read more
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