Tag Archives: the gospel

Santa Claus v. Grace

the best Christmas news you could ever receive. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aKEkzh0Inw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] hat tip to Vitamin Z

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preaching test

Ligonier has posted a quote from Al Mohler on the mystery of preaching: R. Albert Mohler: “There is something deeply mysterious about Christian preaching, both in terms of its communication and in terms of its content. After all, what we … Continue reading

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John MacArthur on TBN

here are two clips from TBN with Kirk Cameron interviewing John MacArthur. Like Vitamin Z says, did they not know what he would be talking about? These two clips are about 20 minutes of biblical goodness on the gospel of … Continue reading

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the love of God

Yesterday we went to the early service at Great Hills Baptist Church. Natalie had to attend a choir program and write about it for her choir grade. the program was decent, but sort of overproduced and too jazzy in a … Continue reading

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what is christmas?

love this video. That’s Christmas! from andy pearce on Vimeo. hat tip to Adrian Warnock

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a bit of Tim Keller

Darryl Dash interviews Tim Keller here and here. they are short and interesting so go take a look. here is a tease from part 1: The evangelical Church is bitterly divided into groups that say, either we should change the … Continue reading

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mark dever on the Gospel

here is Mark Dever on the good news of the Gospel. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC7GqBX0feo&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] hat tip to Ramblin’ Pastor Man

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note to self

here is the Ikonograph describing how he preaches the Gospel to himself. this sounds eminently edifying. Preaching the gospel to myself has served to encourage me in my putting to death the deeds of the flesh, as well as cementing … Continue reading

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Gospel presentation

I have been speaking about the necessity of proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. Here is an excellent example of a no punches pulled presentation. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPZlzDTdSsE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&fs=1] hat tip to Timmy Brister.

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the result of knowing Christ

here is the result of KNOWING the Jesus described below. when you KNOW the sovereign supreme Jesus intimately well, then you can calmly reject pardons that would keep you from burning at the stake if you would only reject that … Continue reading

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we must KNOW this Christ

this is the Christ we must know: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moW_x1M-VaU&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1] parting question. does the supremacy of Christ recited here give you comfort? or does it provoke some other emotion? Just asking. hat tip to Vitamin Z

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shoot the wolves

Many of you may remember Mark Driscoll’s talk at the Desiring God National Conference this year. Item number three in that message is that we have a responsibility to shoot the wolves. As I mentioned here, shooting the wolves means … Continue reading

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Death by love

Death by Love is out now. here is what Adrian Warnock says about it: Without in any way softening his commitment to the centrality of Jesus taking the punishment of sin in our understanding of the cross, Driscoll is far … Continue reading

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New link in the sidebar

I put a new link over to the right to this excellent page on Resurgence. It is an excellent refutation of doctrinal errors that some leaders are making in an attempt to be culturally relevant. I post here again Driscoll’s … Continue reading

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