Dana Jacobson & Forgiveness & Christians Protesting

Friends, I have been hearing this story about the ESPN personality who evidently forgot her lines. I read this at Christian Post: Christian groups protested ESPN last week when they felt it was slow to take disciplinary action against Jacobson for her anti-Christian tirade on Jan. 11 at a roast in Atlantic City, N.J. There,…

90 Days with Jesus, Day 87: John 20:11-23: Jesus’ Message

John 20:11-23 (90 Days with Jesus, Day 87) But Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. They asked her, “Woman, why are you…

Elton Trueblood on Sin, Moralism, and Jesus

Friends, The following paragraphs are from Elton Trueblood’s The Predicament of Modern Man, chapter 3: The Impotence of Ethics. You can access the entire work here. Isn’t it amazing how there is nothing new under the sun? Especially note the paragraph in blue, it is simply beautiful.  *  *  *  *  * “We understand much of the distinction between…

David Wells on the Nature of Theology

Friends, David Wells has written some of the most important books I have personally read. (I referenced four of them on my ‘Books’ page.) Here’s an excerpt from an essay I found online: The nature of evangelical theology is determined for it by the nature of that Word of which it is the exposition and…

A Cache of Carson

Friends, One of my favorite preachers is D A Carson. Tonight I happened across this mighty collection of Carson’s sermons. It’s an older post, so I do not know how many of the links are still functioning, but if you are interested… jerry

Worship as Proclamation: 1 Corinthians 10-11

Friends, here is the last part of the series on worship. The sermon is based on 1 Corinthians 10-11. It develops the idea that worship is, at its core, saying something about God. In fact, it may say more about God than it says about us; although, to be sure, it says something about what…

The Departed: A Review

Friends, Last night I watched The Departed. I thought you might be interested in a short review of the film. So here goes my first movie review blog post: It was a stupid waste of time. jerry PS–Seriously: Vulgar, violent without adding much to the story, nearly plot-less, and Leonard DiCaprio. I feel dummer for having…

Atheists and Muslims and Christians

Friends, I have had this sneaking suspicion for a while that Atheists really don’t have a problem with ‘God’ as much as they do with Christians or Christianity. I don’t know too much about Ray Comfort except that I think he is a big fan of Kirk ‘Buck’ Cameron, but he issued an interesting challenge…

Romans 12:1-2: Worship as Sacrifice: Displaying the Cross

Friends, I’m preaching a short, four-week series on the Spiritual Discipline of Worship. This sermon on Romans 12:1-2 is part three in the series. Thanks for stopping by.–jerry Let’s begin this sermon with a brief review of Romans up to the twelfth chapter: Paul begins by asserting that all of us are sinners in need…

New Page: For the Discerning & Disciplined Reader

Friends, I am putting together a new page titled “Books.” On this page, I will be compiling a list of the more significant books that are available for reading. I am a big fan of reading as a  spiritual discipline among Christians. Sadly, the works that many Christians read are simply bad books. This is…

Nothing New Under the Sun: Forsyth on the Kingdom

Friends, PT Forsyth died in 1921. Ever since I was introduced to his writings a little over 2 years ago, I have been constantly amazed at how prophetic his words were. He spoke to a generation of Christians that, evidently, were not much different from the current generation even though we are separated by a…

What Evolution has to Offer: Tommy Ray

Friends, I haven’t done an evolution post for a while, but some of my older posts are still generating responses. For example, here’s a recent reply made by one person who is clearly a product of the non-thinking version evolution. Note the overall genius of this person’s response, the eloquence, the mastery of the language: It is…

Forsyth on the Unity of the Church

Friends, I had a nice conversation with some friends over the past week concerning the Unity of the Body of Christ. It was good fun. I have the following quote posted on my sidebar, but in light of the conversation, I thought I would give it a proper place on the front page. “The whole…

90 Days with Jesus, Day 86: John 20:1-10: The Resurrection of Jesus

John 20:1-10 (90 Days with Jesus, Day 86) Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said,…

Update on Preaching During Elections

Friends, Jason over at Per Crucem ad Lucem has some well thought out insights into the manner in which Christians should conduct themselves during the voting season (I say ‘voting season’ not implying at all that political candidates are like wild game we hunt.) Check out his Thirteen Propositions on Voting. I think you will…