Horton on Wisdom
Here's a great essay from Mike Horton on how biblical wisdom helps us avoid both legalism and license.
Living in Light of Two Ages
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Here's a great essay from Mike Horton on how biblical wisdom helps us avoid both legalism and license.
Sunday Morning (5/13): We are continuing our series on select Psalms. I will be preaching on Psalm 50 this Lord's day.
Sunday Afternoon: I am conducting our afternoon catechism service and we will be taking up Lord's Day 37 and continuing out discussion of the third commandment. Our afternoon service begins @ 1:15 p.m.
Wednesday Night Bible Study (5/9): I am continuing my series on the sacraments. This week, we'll address Baptist arguments against Paedobapatism. Bible study begins at 7:00 p.m.
The Academy (5/11): No Academy this week. We will meet one more time (May 18) before taking our summer hiatus.
For more information and directions, check out the Christ Reformed website: Christ Reformed Church
Reforming Youth Ministry (Part 1)
Something is wrong youth ministry today. Visit a typical youth program at a typical evangelical church and you’re likely to witness a lot of fun and entertaining activity, yet most Christian teens remain biblically and theologically ignorant, and statistics show that the majority of them will abandon church after high school. On this program, Michael Horton discusses many of the issues and problems related to contemporary views of youth ministry with special guest Brian Cosby, author of Giving up Gimmicks: Reclaiming Youth Ministry from an Entertainment Culture.
Dr. Brian Lee, pastor of the "other" Christ Reformed Church in Washington DC., has a great essay on Joel Osteen in today's Daily Caller.
For a resolution to the riddle posed above, you will have to read Brian's essay. Click Here
I am amazed by Osteen's uncanny ability to preach the same sermon every time he preaches, yet make it sound so different from the last time he preached it!
Mike Horton addresses this topic here:
Sunday Morning (5/6): We are continuing our series on select Psalms. I will be preaching on Psalm 146 this Lord's day.
Sunday Afternoon: I am conducting our afternoon catechism service and we will be taking up Lord's Day 36 and the third commandment. Our afternoon service begins @ 1:15 p.m.
Wednesday Night Bible Study (5/2): I am continuing my series on the sacraments, and this week we'll continue our summation of the New Testament's teaching about baptism. Bible study begins at 7:00 p.m.
The Academy (5/4): The lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. We are resuming our series on Michael Horton's theology text, The Christian Faith. We'll be continuing to work through chapter three--"The Source of Theology: Revelation."
For more information and directions, check out the Christ Reformed website: Christ Reformed Church
Here's the audio from this morning's sermon on the 23rd Psalm
Scandalous Grace
Will God allow murderers to get off scot-free? If so, what does it say about God himself? How can he do this kind of thing and still remain holy? Scripture actually condemns those who justify the wicked (Proverbs 17:15, Isaiah 5:23), so how in the world can we be justified? Only by recognizing the radical lostness of the human condition does the scandal of grace come into full focus. Recorded before a live audience at the Liberate Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, the hosts, along with the help of special guest Tullian Tchividjian, interact with the logic of Romans chapters 1-4 and unpack the scandal of grace.
The first volume in a new series of New Testament expository commentaries (Lectio Continua) has been released: J. V. Fesko on Galatians.
You can read about this new series here: Click Here
You can order Fesko's volume here: Click Here
Or here: Click Here
I am hard at work on my initial contribution to this series, a commentary on 1 Corinthians. Look for it early next year.