Today's post is adapted from a portion of my Shepherds' Conference seminar entitled, "What Has Athens to Do with Jerusalem?" (audio here) While it is true that we live and minister within a …
Carmageddon, eruvs, and working for salvation
Carmageddon came and went, with no serious delays or deaths attributed to the temporary pause on LA’s car-craved culture. But of special note, Carmageddon did not even disrupt LA’s elaborate eruv …
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“Grandma, What Big Teeth You Have”
I confess I have a habit that must prove annoying to most bookstore attendants. While browsing in secular bookstores, should I encounter corrosive doctrines on display under the rubric of …
An Argument for Adult Sunday School
Sunday School has fallen on hard times in America. Once universally assumed, it now obscurely exists in Baptist's basements and corner closets. As churches rushed to embrace “small groups” in the 90s, …
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Why Should We Care about the Definition of Marriage?
With the overturning of Proposition 8 in California last August and New York becoming the sixth state to legalize homosexual “marriage” at the end of last month, the need is made increasingly apparent …
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My thoughts on the CJ fiasco
Let me just come right out and say it: this CJ Mahaney thing is a train wreck, is exhibit #42 for why I believe in elder lead churches, and exhibit #476 in defense of cessationism. If you are not …