Preaching:what it is and what it is not May 18, 2009
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I found this article that I would like to share with the readers of the blog:
PREACHING IS EXPOSITORY
Expository means that preaching aims to exposit, or explain and apply, the meaning of the Bible. The reason for this is that the Bible is God’s word, inspired, infallible, profitable—all 66 books of it. The preacher’s job is to minimize his own opinions and deliver the truth of God. Every sermon should explain the Bible and then apply it to people’s lives.
The preacher should do that in a way that enables you to see that the points he is making actually come from the Bible. If you can’t see that they come from the Bible, your faith will end up resting on a man and not on God’s word.
The aim of this exposition is to help you eat and digest biblical truth that will
* make your spiritual bones more like steel,
* double the capacity of your spiritual lungs,
* make the eyes of your heart dazzled with the brightness of the glory of God,
* and awaken the capacity of your soul for kinds of spiritual enjoyment you didn’t even know existed.
PREACHING IS EXULTATION
Preaching is also exultation. This means that the preacher does not just explain what’s in the Bible, and the people do not simply try understand what he explains. Rather, the preacher and the people exult over what is in the Bible as it is being explained and applied.
Preaching does not come after worship in the order of the service. Preaching is worship. The preacher worships—exults—over the word, trying his best to draw you into a worshipful response by the power of the Holy Spirit.
My job is not simply to see truth and show it to you. (The devil could do that for his own devious reasons.) My job is to see the glory of the truth and to savor it and exult over it as I explain it to you and apply it for you. That’s one of the differences between a sermon and a lecture.
PREACHING ISN’T CHURCH, BUT IT SERVES THE CHURCH
Preaching is not the totality of the church. And if all you have is preaching, you don’t have the church. A church is a body of people who minister to each other.
One of the purposes of preaching is to equip us for that and inspire us to love each other better.
But God has created the church so that she flourishes through preaching. That’s why Paul gave young pastor Timothy one of the most serious, exalted charges in all the Bible in 2 Timothy 4:1-2, I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word.
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM MY PREACHING AND WHY
If you’re used to a twenty-minute, immediately practical, relaxed talk, you won’t find that from what I’ve just described.
* I preach twice that long;
* I do not aim to be immediately practical but eternally helpful;
* and I am not relaxed.
I standing vigilantly on the precipice of eternity speaking to people who this week could go over the edge whether they are ready to or not. I will be called to account for what I said there.
That’s what I mean by preaching.
Innovation and the church April 13, 2009
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How innovative is your church? That was the question asked in an article in the newest REV magazine. This question is perfect for those churches that are looking to make a difference where God has placed them in the world. Church innovation shows up in a lot of different ways. Too often innovation is confused with the latest technology. According to this article written by Warren Bird, churches that “welcome innovation tend to embrace creativity, ingenuity, and divergent ways of thinking inside the box.” In other words they have a willingness to change their practice in order to improve performance.
Leadership Network did a study to find out how many churches that describe themselves as innovative differ from other churches. Here is what they found:
Highly innovative churches:
- Grow faster
- Have a faster rate of new believers
- Put more emphasis on personal bible study and stewardship
- Experience less conflict
Drilling down, they also seem to experience great worship. Of seven choices offered, these are “the three highest scored descriptions of a highly innovative church worship (in order): filled with a sense of God’s presence, welcoming to newcomers, and joyful.”
Here are 10 things that many churches have done and called themselves innovative:
- All church, community-wide day of service
- internet campus
- recovery groups as a Sunday school class
- capital campaigns that includes an external focus
- spiritual formation through individualized life coaching plans
- church specific social networking site
- pastoral blog as a means of church wide communication
- church lobby kiosk for financial giving
- glocal (both local and overseas) approach to missions
- church partnerships with municipal government to do good to a local community
These may be things your church is currently doing and if not maybe it would be time to start thinking a little outside the “traditional realms”.
Calvinism March 30, 2009
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Total Inability or Total Depravity
Because of the fall, man is unable of himself to savingly believe the gospel. The sinner is dead, blind, and deaf to the things of God; his heart is deceitful and desperately corrupt. His will is not free, it is in bondage to his evil nature, therefore, he will not – indeed he cannot – choose good over evil in the spiritual realm. Consequently, it takes much more than the Spirit’s assistance to bring a sinner to Christ – it takes regeneration by which the Spirit makes the sinner alive and gives him a new nature. Faith is not something man contributes to salvation but is itself a part of God’s gift of salvation – it is God’s gift to the sinner, not the sinner’s gift to God.
Unconditional Election
God’s choice of certain individuals unto salvation before the foundation of the world rested solely in His own sovereign will. His choice of particular sinners was not based on any foreseen response of obedience on their part, such as faith, repentance, etc. On the contrary, God gives faith and repentance to each individual whom He selected. These acts are the result, not the cause of God’s choice. Election therefore was not determined by or conditioned upon any virtuous quality or act foreseen in man. Those whom God sovereignly elected He brings through the power of the Spirit to a willing acceptance of Christ. Thus God’s choice of the sinner, not the sinner’s choice of Christ, is the ultimate cause of salvation.
Particular Redemption or Limited Atonement
Christ’s redeeming work was intended to save the elect only and actually secured salvation for them. His death was substitutionary endurance of the penalty of sin in the place of certain specified sinners. In addition to putting away the sins of His people, Christ’s redemption secured everything necessary for their salvation, including faith which unites them to Him. The gift of faith is infallibly applied by the Spirit to all for whom Christ died, therefore guaranteeing their salvation.
The Efficacious Call of the Spirit or
Irresistible Grace
In addition to the outward general call to salvation which is made to everyone who hears the gospel, the Holy Spirit extends to the elect a special inward call that inevitably brings them to salvation. The internal call (which is made only to the elect) cannot be rejected; it always results in conversion. By means of this special call the Spirit irresistibly draws sinners to Christ. He is not limited in His work of applying salvation by man’s will, nor is He dependent upon man’s cooperation for success. The Spirit graciously causes the elect sinner to cooperate, to believe, to repent, to come freely and willingly to Christ. God’s grace, therefore, is invincible; it never fails to result in the salvation of those to whom it is extended.
Perseverance of the Saints
All who are chosen by God, redeemed by Christ, and given faith by the Spirit are eternally saved. They are kept in faith by the power of Almighty God and thus persevere to the end.
According to Calvinism:
Salvation is accomplished by the almighty power of the Triune God. The Father chose a people, the Son died for them, the Holy Spirit makes Christ’s death effective by bringing the elect to faith and repentance, thereby causing them to willingly obey the gospel. The entire process (election, redemption, regeneration) is the work of God and is by grace alone. Thus God, not man, determines who will be the recipients of the gift of salvation.
Calvinism March 30, 2009
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Total Inability or Total Depravity
Unconditional Election
Particular Redemption or Limited Atonement
The Efficacious Call of the Spirit or
Irresistible Grace
Perseverance of the Saints
According to Calvinism:
Salvation is accomplished by the almighty power of the Triune God. The Father chose a people, the Son died for them, the Holy Spirit makes Christ’s death effective by bringing the elect to faith and repentance, thereby causing them to willingly obey the gospel. The entire process (election, redemption, regeneration) is the work of God and is by grace alone. Thus God, not man, determines who will be the recipients of the gift of salvation.
Arminianism: what do they actually believe? March 24, 2009
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Although human nature was seriously affected by the fall, man has not been left in a state of total spiritual helplessness. God graciously enables every sinner to repent and believe, but He does not interfere with man’s freedom. Each sinner posses a free will, and his eternal destiny depends on how he uses it. Man’s freedom consists of his ability to choose good over evil in spiritual matters; his will is not enslaved to his sinful nature. The sinner has the power to either cooperate with God’s Spirit and be regenerated or resist God’s grace and perish. The lost sinner needs the Spirit’s assistance, but he does not have to be regenerated by the Spirit before he can believe, for faith is man’s act and precedes the new birth. Faith is the sinner’s gift to God; it is man’s contribution to salvation. |
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God’s choice of certain individuals unto salvation before the foundation of the world was based upon His foreseeing that they would respond to His call. He selected only those whom He knew would of themselves freely believe the gospel. Election therefore was determined by or conditioned upon what man would do. The faith which God foresaw and upon which He based His choice was not given to the sinner by God (it was not created by the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit) but resulted solely from man’s will. It was left entirely up to man as to who would believe and therefore as to who would be elected unto salvation. God chose those whom He knew would, of their own free will, choose Christ. Thus the sinner’s choice of Christ, not God’s choice of the sinner, is the ultimate cause of salvation. |
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Christ’s redeeming work made it possible for everyone to be saved but did not actually secure the salvation of anyone. Although Christ died for all men and for every man, only those who believe on Him are saved. His death enabled God to pardon sinners on the condition that they believe, but it did not actually put away anyone’s sins. Christ’s redemption becomes effective only if man chooses to accept it. |
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Those who believe and are truly saved can lose their salvation by failing to keep up their faith, etc. All Arminians have not been agreed on this point; some have held that believers are eternally secure in Christ – that once a sinner is regenerated, he can never be lost. |
According to Arminianism:
Salvation is accomplished through the combined efforts of God (who takes the initiative) and man (who must respond) – man’s response being the determining factor. God has provided salvation for everyone, but His provision becomes effective only for those who, of their own free will, “choose” to cooperate with Him and accept His offer of grace. At the crucial point, man’s will plays a decisive role; thus man, not God, determines who will be recipients of the gift of salvation.
What to think about the shooting of the pastor… March 9, 2009
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In case you haven’t heard, Sunday March 8th during the 8:15 service at First Baptist Church Maryville Illinois, a man entered the church building, ran forward in the sanctuary while the service was going on and said something to the pastor, and then shot four times and killing the pastor. What should we think of this as Christians? Do we chalk this up to end times and let it go at that? That certainly would be the easiest thing to do.
No, I don’t think that all we need do is give this terrible ordeal over to the end times without examining the strength of the witness of the pastor and the congregation. I am still convinced, now more than ever, that God still gets the glory out of all the tragedy.
Several times within the Gospel’s Jesus declared that we are to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us (Luke 6:29-30; 35-36; Matthew 5:44-45). I believe it would help us make since of this incident if we knew what Jesus meant we he was saying these things. We know where the power comes from to love our enemies and those who wish to do us harm, right? Think of how astonishing this is when it appears in the real world. It is amazing thing when a person loves like this.
I want to remind us as Christians that when we love our enemies we will be sons (daughters) of God: “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven” (Matt. 5:44-45). Someone may take this to mean that you must first love your enemies before you can be a child of God. But it may also mean love your enemies and in so doing you may prove you are a child of God. That is, show that you are a child of God by acting the way the Father acts. God loves his enemies—the evil and the unjust—in sending rain and sunshine on them instead of immediate judgment (Matt. 5:45).
In Luke’s Gospel the great physician writes, “Be merciful, even as your heavenly Father is merciful” (Luke 6:36). The implication here is not only that God is already our Father, and that his inheritance is our joy-sustaining reward in suffering, but also that the mercy of God has already been shown to us through his Son Jesus Christ. This means that the mercy we are called to show is not just modeled on God’s mercy but is rooted in the saving experience of God’s mercy. Jesus put it like this, “You received without paying; give without pay” (Matt 10:8).
In other words God has forgiven our sins freely because of Jesus. “Your sins are forgiven…your faith has saved you; go in peace” (Luke 7:48, 50). This forgiveness has been purchased by his own blood. We did not deserve it or earn it. We received it by faith.
Now that we have received all this without pay—without buying it or earning it or deserving it—now we are called: Freely you received love when you were enemies of God; now freely give love to your enemies—even those who may gun you down. May God add the blessings to that congregation in Illinois.
Lent and the gospel February 25, 2009
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In order for you to make the most of your Lenten experience, I wanted to suggest a few ways to begin preparing for this season. Here are three ways that I find helpful:
- BEGIN ASKING YOURSELF A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS EVERYDAY.
Lent is a season to look at how you’ve been living and to commit to being a healthier, more loving person.
Maybe these questions are a good place to start:
Ø What unhealthy patterns do I see in my life during the past year?
Ø What relationships need reconciliation or my new or renewed investment?
Ø How can I improve my relationship with God?
Ø In what ways can I join God in healing and restoring the world?
If it is helpful, try processing these questions by journaling or having conversations with someone close to you.
- CONSIDER SOME KIND OF FAST DURING LENT.
It’s been helpful for many throughout history to remove a practice or food from their life during Lent. This has been one way of identifying with Jesus on a deeper level and hopefully helping a person focus on God more intently. The fast doesn’t necessarily need to be from food, though that can be helpful for many.
Instead, you might want to identify something that takes a lot of time or money and fast from that. Maybe it’s television, the computer or video games. Maybe it’s purchasing books, music or clothes. Or maybe it’s eating out or ordering in. Whatever would be most helpful for you, a main reason for fasting is to help raise our awareness of God. Whenever you feel an impulse for the thing you’re fasting from, take some time to acknowledge God and ask for His strength and grace.
- COMMIT TO READING THE BIBLE EVERYDAY.
A daily reading schedule is common during Lent. This schedule can help you develop the habit of stopping everyday to read the Scriptures. The schedule recommends small passages from the Old Testament, Psalms, New Testament and Epistles. Read as much as you would like.
It’s my prayer that your personal experience of Lent is meaningful and transformative. May God meet you in deeply authentic and undeniable ways as you draw near to Him.
A Tribute to Everett Walters February 16, 2009
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And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet and implored him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live.” And he went with him. While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler’s house some who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?” But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.” And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John the brother of James. They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and Jesus saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. And when he had entered, he said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at him. But he put them all outside and took the child’s father and mother and those who were with him and went in where the child was. Taking her by the hand he said to her, “Talitha cumi,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.” And immediately the girl got up and began walking (for she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement. And he strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat. Mark 5:21-24; 35-43
A couple of years ago I had the opportunity to go to Mammoth Cave and see for myself this awesome creation of God. A lady led a bunch of people down through this cave. It was scary, wet, narrow at times, and very dark. She led us to the grand finale of sorts. We all went into a very large room, where she had us all sit down as she disseminated information about the cave to us and then she told us that she was going to turn the lantern out and it was going to be very, very dark. Was it ever dark. We could not see our hand in front of our faces. Looking back on that moment, with the darkness I saw, show me that sometimes the death of spiritual giants brings darkness to our faith. We can be the most faithful person and yet tragedy happens in our life and out goes the light. Yesterday (Sunday 2/15) Everett Walters passed from this world to the next. He was a hero in the faith. One of the hardest tests of our faith in a time like this is to believe that death is not the end.
It is hard to have faith when you’re surrounded by black limousines and funeral flowers and caskets. But we can. We can have the assurance that God is faithful to us when crisis hits our life. I want to show you how we can have eyes of faith today.
I love what Jesus did–he ignored what they (people) said. The people around Jarius were consumed entirely by the dark circumstances of the little girl’s death. They were focused only on the hurt. But Christ wanted Jarius to focus on the healer. Christ told Jarius “Just Believe!” Christ wanted Jarius to have eyes of faith. He wanted Jarius to believe that there is more to life and death than meets the eye.
From Christ’s perspective the girl was not dead, just asleep. Sleep is not a permanent condition and to God neither is death. It is just a necessary step from passing from this world to the next. It’s not an end but a beginning.
When we see death we see disaster. When Christ sees death he sees deliverance. His raising the little girl gives me hope that Christ will raise us someday. I believe that God raised the little girl not for her sake but for ours. God knows that you and I must often walk in darkness and that faith doesn’t come easily or naturally. In the face of death, God knows that we need the assurance that death is not the last act.
Like Jarius, put your trust in the Lord Jesus Christ.
We lost a giant in faith Sunday. Not Billy Graham or John Calvin. But a man who if he were here would have said as Jesus did “Just Believe!”
What do I do when I am Overwhelmed? February 5, 2009
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Is it ever okay to be overwhelmed by life and be a Christian? We hear preachers discuss the issues of life and some believe that it is never okay to be overwhelmed and be a Christian for Christ did not bring that sin with him. A well known pastor of a mega church declares,
“The first place we mist win the victory is in our own minds. If you don’t think you be successful, then you never will be. If you don’t think your body can be healed, it never will be. If you don’t think God can turn your situation around, then He probably won’t. Remember, ‘As a person thinks in his heart, so he will become.’ When you think thoughts of failure, you are destined to fail. When you think thoughts of mediocrity, you are destined to live an average, just get by life…. When you think positive, excellent thoughts, you will be propelled toward greatness, inevitably bound for increase, promotion and God supernatural blessings” (Osteen, 104)
This pastor quotes (or rather misquotes) Proverbs 23:7 which is speaking about a man who is ill-mannered and eating with him will be irritating and disgusting. Therefore he is of no help. What happens when I think all the right things and still feel overwhelmed? Am I some sort of major sinner that I can think my way out of feeling overwhelmed or unloved or rejected?
I am reminded of Romans 8:35 here and think that it maybe helpful to understand. Paul suggests this, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?” (ESV)
Let’s let Lisa Beamer bear witness to this sovereign love. Her husband Todd was on flight 93 that went down in Pennsylvania. He was the one who said, ‘Let’s Roll.’ He left behind Lisa and three small children. I have found at least ten lessons from Lisa mostly in her own words.
1. Embracing the sovereignty of God brings strength and hope.
Lisa: “God knew the terrible choices the terrorists would make and that Todd Beamer would die as a result. He knew my children would be left without a father and me without a husband . . . Yet in his sovereignty and in his perspective on the big picture, he knew it was better to allow the events to unfold as they did rather than redirect Todd’s plans to avoid death. . . . I can’t see all the reasons he might have allowed this when I know he could have stopped it . . . I don’t like how his plan looks from my perspective right now., but knowing that he loves me and can see the world from start to finish helps me say, ‘It’s OK.’” (Modern Reformation, 24-25)
“If we believe wholeheartedly, each moment, that our destiny rests in the hands of Jesus Christ – the one with ultimate love and ultimate power – what do we have to be concerned about? Of course, our humanity clouds this truth many times but hanging on to glimpses of it keeps everything in perspective.” (Modern Reformation, 31)
2. Don’t presume to know better than God how to run the world. It is pride.
Lisa: “My faith wasn’t rooted in governments, religion, tall buildings, or frail people. Instead, my faith and my security were in God. A thought struck me. Who are you to question God and say that you have a better plan than He does? You don’t have the same wisdom and knowledge that He has, or the understanding of the big picture.” (World, 25)
“We also aren’t privy to the perspective he has and shouldn’t claim to know better than he does what should happen and what shouldn’t. . . . Faith means that, regardless of circumstances, we take him at his word that he loves us and will bring us to a good result if we just trust and obey him. Obviously, the ramifications of this understanding have been tremendous for me since 9/11.” (Modern Reformation, 25)
3. God has a good purpose in all the hard things that happen to his people.
“God’s sovereignty has been made clear to me. When I am tempted to become angry and ask ‘What if?’ and , ‘Why us?’ God says, ‘I knew on September 10, and I could have stopped it, but I have a plan for greater good than you can ever imagine.’ I don’t know God’s plan, and honestly, right now I don’t like it very much. But I trust that He is true to His promise in Romans 8:28: ‘We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him.’ My only responsibility is to love God. He’ll work out the rest.” (Decision, 8). Beneath her signature Lisa writes Genesis 50:20, “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.” (Modern Reformation, 30)
4. Death and suffering press in on us the perspective of eternity.
Lisa: “September 11 has shown me the reality of eternity in a dynamic way these past few months. When I’m overwhelmed with sadness at what I’ve lost in this life, He is quick to give me His eternal perspective. ‘Lisa, this life is just a blip on the radar screen compared to your future with Me in heaven,’ He says. ‘The best thing that you can imagine on earth is garbage compared to what awaits you.’” (Decision, 8)
5. God’s distribution of suffering is not equal, and one hard thing may prepare for another.
When Lisa was 15 her father suffered an aneurysm at work and died the next morning in the hospital. Lisa: “When my father died, faith wasn’t so easy anymore. . . . I spent five years asking why, expressing my anger saying it’s not fair, before God helped me realize that he is who he is all the time – in good circumstances and bad. He is all-powerful and all-loving, but that doesn’t mean that as a citizen of this fallen world he protects us from every ‘bad’ event.” (Modern Reformation, 25)
What a witness to God’s goodness and sovereignty the world would be missing today if God had not prepared Lisa Beamer for this loss by the death of her dad!
6. God’s love takes care of us right now in our suffering, not just later.
Lisa: “He knows that I am a hurting and in need right now. Every day He provides encouragement and resources just for me. Little things show me that He is with me: a Scripture with just the words I need to hear, a call from a friend when I feel lonely, help with a task that I can’t do alone, or a hug and ‘I love you’ from one of my children. God’s love is truly sufficient to meet any need that I have.” (Decision, 8-9)
7. Calamity calls for quick practical love like meals and baby sitting.
Lisa: “The picture of the church as the hands and feet of Christ, with each person having a special gift, has been well portrayed to me these last months. In the beginning, it was immediate and practical help I needed – meals, child care, managing phone calls, and mail. Now that we’re out of the crisis mode it is rebuilding help I need – counseling , encouragement, prayer.” (Modern Reformation, 28)
8. Quiet, confidence in God’s power and goodness through suffering create occasions for witness.
Marilee Melvin said of Lisa, “Her disarming quiet confidence in God’s purposes must be the reason Larry King has had her on his show eleven times.” (Modern Reformation, 30)
9. Trusting in God’s sovereign care in all circumstances frees you from greed and releases love for others.
Money started to flow in to Lisa Beamer. Some letters were simply addressed, Lisa Beamer, New Jersey, and got to her. Lisa: “I didn’t feel comfortable keeping this for ourselves when there were many unknown families who should share.” So she started the Todd M. Beamer Foundation to assist children who lost a parent in the 9/11 calamity. (Modern Reformation, 30)
Her freedom for others comes out in another way: “My family and I mourned the loss of Todd deeply that day . . . and we still do. But because we have a hope in the Lord, we know beyond a doubt that one day we will see Todd again. I hurt for the people who don’t have that same hope, and I pray that they will see something in our family that will encourage them to trust in the Lord.” (World, 26)
Lisa’s way of encouraging people to trust in the Lord is sometimes so straightforward that Newsweek magazine called it “stern and even a little grim.” She wrote in her memoir, “You think you deserve a happy life and get angry when it doesn’t always happen like that. In fact you are a sinner and deserve only death. The fact that God has offered you hope of eternal life is amazing! You should be overwhelmed with joy and gratitude.” (Newsweek, 42)
10. Without God the world is hopeless.
With hundreds of others she attended the memorial service in Shanksville, PA at the crash site where her husband died. The Christ-exalting memorial service for Todd had been on Sunday, the day before, and had strengthened her. “On Monday,” she said, “as I listened to the well-intentioned speakers, who were doing their best to comfort but with little if any direct reference to the power of God to sustain us. I felt I was sliding helplessly down a high mountain into a deep crevasse. As much as I appreciated the kindness of the wonderful people who tried to encourage us, that afternoon was actually one of the lowest points in my grieving. It wasn’t the people, or event, or the place. Instead, it struck me how hopeless the world is when God is factored out of the equation.” (World, 26)
So, together with Lisa Beamer and the apostle Paul and Jesus Christ himself, I plead with you, Don’t factor God out of your life, or Jesus Christ who died and rose and reigns and intercedes for all who trust him, that we might have eternal joy with him in the presence of God.
The quotes are from:
Let’s Roll [excerpts from her book], World, Vol. 17, No. 31, August 17, 2002, pp. 20-28.
Lisa Beamer, “The Hope I Know,” Decision, Vol. 43, No. 9, September, 2002, pp. 6-9.
Ann Henderson Hart, “Finding Hope Beyond the Ruins: An Interview with Lisa Beamer,” Modern Reformation, Vol. 11, No. 5, September/October, 2002, pp. 24-31.
Evan Thomas, “Their Faith and Their Fears,” Newsweek, September 11, 2002, pp. 36-48.
Is abortion a biblical issue? January 26, 2009
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January 18th was the Sanctity of Life day in most churches. We live in time in which that all have freedoms of choice except the babies in the mother’s womb. In light of this issue I am going to direct you to a message that was done by Dr. Russell Moore. The following sermon was done by Dr. Moore at Highview Baptist church in Louisville, Kentucky concerning abortion. Listen well it is a bombshell.
http://www.henryinstitute.org/
Drop a comment to let me know what you think…
