I am increasingly thankful for the God honoring, cross exalting, Gospel centered preaching ministry of Dr. David Platt. He preached this morning at Southern Seminary. If you have any time, please watch this message and ask God to speak to you as you watch.
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In 1970 cartoonist Walt Kelly penned an infamous line and attributed it to the character “Pogo” when he claimed, “We have met the enemy, and it is us.” As I look across the landscape of modern Evangelical churches I worry that the statement is unfortunately all too descriptive of our movement. Sadly when I consider my own heart, I find
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This is a powerful quote from Lottie Moon that Tracy read in her quiet time this morning. I hope it challenges you like it challenged me.
"I wonder how many of us really believe that 'it is more blessed to give than to recieve'? A who accepts that statement of our Lord Jesus Christ as a fact, and
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I love missionaries! To most of you this is no secret. One of the reasons that I appreciate them so much is that I have rarely run into any group of people more involved in persistently thinking through biblical theology and its application in the local context. Guy Muse is a missionary in Guyaquil, Ecuador. He and his wife have
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Weekend Worship
This week's WW is a bit different. The video below is a video of U2 in concert. Anyone who has read this site for any length of time knows that I believe U2 to be the greatest rock band of all time (Beatles eat your heart out :-) ). This video, though, was put together before Bill Hybels interviewed U2
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What is worship? In our culture we seem to have compartmentalized our lives and in doing so relegated worship to a once weekly activity done within the confines of the church building. Of course, this isn't a reflection of the biblical pattern of worship. God instructs us that worship is to be reflected in everything that we do. Our lives,
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Proverbs 3:5, Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding
I am often tempted to simply rely on myself to make it. Let's be honest, in American culture we idolize those who can make it on their own. Whether it's John Wayne shooting up the town by himself, McGyver getting out of a jam
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George Barna and his team of researchers have dug up some fascinating new statistics about the world in which we live. The entire report can be found here. In particular, however, I wanted to note a couple of interesting statements from his survey which tracked social trends in 2207. They found four dominant themes that kept showing themselves over and
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