The Local Church: Training You for Ministry
(Author: Jeff Lacine) And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ. (Ephesians...
View ArticleIslam, Fear, and the Gospel’s Demand
(Author: Ted Esler) I have a friend who works in a country where Islamic law governs life. The small house church he had established was in the hands of national leadership, and he was not present when...
View ArticleDave Harvey Live Media Now Available
(Author: Jeff Lacine)Last Wednesday night we hosted a 2 hour live stream interview with Dave Harvey. We have good news to those of you who weren't able to tune in during the event. The whole 2 hour...
View ArticleThe Local Church: Helping You Grow Up
(Author: Jeff Lacine) . . . so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes....
View ArticleAre You Content with Weaknesses?
(Author: Jon Bloom)In 2 Corinthians 11-12, Paul describes one of the most difficult things for us to grasp and believe about the life of faith: God purposefully blesses us with weaknesses for the sake...
View ArticleIf Billy Graham Had Been a Pastor
(Author: David Mathis)Billy Graham once was asked, "If you were a pastor of a large church in a principal city, what would be your plan of action?" In the modern-day classic The Master Plan of...
View ArticleThe Local Church: People to Suffer With
(Author: Jeff Lacine) But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one...
View ArticleLuis Arocha
(Author: Tyler Kenney) Luis Arocha will be the Spanish interpreter at this year's national conference. Luis is a pastor at Iglesia Bautista de la Gracia in Santiago, Dominican Republic where he and his...
View ArticlePraying the 6 "D's"
(Author: Jon Bloom)A few years back I wrote about the 5 "D's" I pray for daily. Recently, I added a sixth: desperation. I need to feel continually my desperate need for God. Whatever it takes, Lord,...
View ArticleThe Local Church: People to Rejoice With
(Author: Jeff Lacine) But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one...
View ArticleThe Local Church: A Safe Place to Be Judged
(Author: Jeff Lacine) But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or...
View ArticleChristians and the 10 Commandments
(Author: Jeff Lacine)How are Christians supposed to relate to the 10 commandments? John Piper gives his answer in today's Ask Pastor John. The following is an edited transcript of the audio. Are...
View ArticleThe Local Church: Indispensable
(Author: Jeff Lacine) The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are...
View ArticleOne of the Greatest Blockheads in the World
(Author: Tyler Kenney) Seeing the devil is so cunning and subtile, it may seem a paradox, why he will endeavor to frustrate the designs of an omniscient being, or to pretend to counterwork him that is...
View ArticleLearn from Darwin
(Author: Jon Bloom)Adapted from the July 2007 newsletter. Charles Darwin loved his scientific studies. They were his "chief enjoyment and sole employment throughout life." As a young man he made a...
View ArticleGot Depravity?
(Author: Tyler Kenney)In his Washington Post article last Friday, Stephen Anderson presents his "field notes from a one year armchair assessment of the human condition." He says the assessment was...
View ArticleWhat Do I Have to Believe to Be Saved?
(Author: Tyler Kenney)That's the question for today's Ask Pastor John. Scroll down for an edited transcript. The following is an edited transcript of the audio. What are the most basic things a person...
View ArticleAn Admonition to Workaholics
(Author: Mark Priestap)Allow me to speak personally for a moment about a sin that long festered in my life: forsaking the means of grace in my home, sacrificing them on the altar of vocational work. In...
View ArticleNew Piper Audio: Living, Preaching & Praying in the Spirit
(Author: Jeff Lacine)John Piper agreed to keep a few international speaking commitments during his eight month leave. One of those was for the Evangelical Ministry Assembly in London this last June....
View ArticleGrace: Right Here, Right Now
(Author: Paul Tripp) Do you understand the majesty and practicality of the grace you have been given? If you don't, in subtle and not so subtle ways, you are looking to other things to get you through....
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