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Entries for April, 2009

Popular Myth#8: A person is saved by ‘asking Jesus into their heart’

I’ve never been comfortable with the common evangelistic use of ’sinners prayers’. Even before I affirmed, in a conscious way, ‘the doctrines of grace’, I had my concerns about this method of Christian Initiation.  
It seemed to me that many where zealous to get unsaved people to simply ‘ask Jesus into their life’ and if [...]

John MacArthur Exposes the Inadequate Gospel of Rick Warren


Currently Reading…

The Gospel-driven Church: Retrieving Classical Ministries for Contemporary Revivalism Ian Stackhouse.
The Sovereignty of God A.W Pink
Young, Restless, Reformed: A Journalist’s Journey with the New Calvinists Collin Hansen

The Centrality of the Cross: Sermon Notes

On Sunday I preached at Renfrew Baptist Church. Here are the Sermon notes (because I just know your all desperate to read them! lol).
The The Centrality of the Cross
  
Philippians 3:18-19
 
 18For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19Their [...]

Popular Christian Myth#7: Doctrine is not as important as how you live your life

“Christianity is not about what you believe, its about how you live your life” This type of thinking is very popular among Christians today. Yet as popular as it is, it is fundamentally wrong. It is serious error for at least two reasons.
1) It is a false dichotomy
To argue works over doctrine or action over [...]


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