5 days ago · Last time we began a consideration of the Apostle Paul’s statement in Romans 11:13: “I magnify my ministry.” We’re thinking of some practical implications and applications of these words of Paul, which fall in the midst of his extended treatment of God’s future plan for the people and nation of Israel.

Feb 23, 2023 · Aaron Blumer is a Michigan native and graduate of Bob Jones University and Central Baptist Theological Seminary (Plymouth, MN). He and his family live in small-town western Wisconsin, not far from where he pastored for thirteen years. In his full time job, he is content manager for a law-enforcement digital library service.

Monday, January 27, 2025 “By the time of the Reformation, many of the gains made in the fight against Pelagianism were lost. An entire ecclesio-sacerdotal system of salvation, which relied more on individual merit than the grace of God, had…

Jan 27, 2025 · 1 Rom 3:9-20, 23; 1 John 1:8, 10.. 2 Gen 6:5; Jer 17:9; Rom 7:23-24, 8:7; Eph 2:1-3; Titus 3:3.. 3 Augustus H. Strong is particularly good here: “We hold the essential principle of sin to be selfishness. By selfishness we mean not simply the exaggerated self-love which constitutes the antithesis of benevolence, but that choice of self as …

Jan 29, 2025 · “In his article, ‘Who’s Afraid of AI?,’ Erik Hanson helpfully reminds us to deal biblically with our fears and think objectively and soberly about this technology. We also must be alert to the way technology affects the way we minister.” - P&D ...

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Jan 10, 2025 · “My general strategy has been to collect commentaries and reference works in Logos format and other resources in Kindle…. if I am preparing a sermon, I am probably using Logos and if I am reading a book for pleasure or review, I am probably using my Kindle.”Challies

Nov 22, 2024 · A sermon preached at Calvary Baptist Church in Simpsonville, SC in 2016. Isaiah 22, Revelation 3:7-13. Imagine with me that on Christmas morning, one of the gifts you receive is a small box.

Jan 8, 2025 · “It was forty years ago that I began serving a small rural church in southern Indiana. I was so incredibly green then; I’m glad I didn’t always realize it. I loved those people in that church, and for some reason, they loved me, too.” - Thom Rainer ...

Dec 13, 2024 · Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.