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The Forgotten Spurgeon: Speaks to Today’s Church

“Yet one does not have to look long at the prevailing Christianity of the 1850’s to observe some signs that are hardly akin to what we find in the New Testament- it was too fashionable, too respectable, too much at peace with the world. It was as though such texts as ‘the whole world lieth [...]

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 [...]

STRANGE FIRE in THE HOUSE of THE LORD by J. Lee Grady.

STRANGE FIRE in THE HOUSE of THE LORD
 -by J. Lee Grady.
 
We need to be careful. Current fads involving angels, ecstatic 
worship and necromancy could push us off the edge of spiritual sanity.
 
No one fully understands what Nadab and Abihu did to prompt 
God to strike them dead in the sanctuary of Israel. The Bible says 
they loaded their [...]

Removal of Frank Viola book reviews and endorsements.

I’ve recently removed a couple of book reviews which I had written on Frank Viola’s book Pagan Christianity?.

 Here are the reasons why.
1) Frank Viola and Barna raise some interesting issues and important questions but ultimately my reviews were not critical enough. My reviews were almost a 100% endorsement with no crtitical analysis. This is my [...]

Puritanism, nonconformity, ‘justification by faith’ and the present day church of Christ

I have experienced an ever deepening and an ever increasing richness in my faith over the last week or so. I have been reading through John MacArthur’s daily bible, Calvin’s Institutes and a book by Martyn Lloyd Jones called From Puritanism to Nonconformity.
 Martyn Lloyd Jones
Martyn Lloyd jones covers the historical background leading up to the events [...]


    "The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines."
    ~ Samuel Rutherford