Outline Introduction: On Authority In the present-day postmodern West, authority is perceived as a “medieval” concept. Love itself has been redefined in alienation to authority: a “liberated love” that democratizes authority in crowning every man the ruler of his own life. Ironically, in seeking to dismantle authority, our culture has deified authority. We don’t hate…
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5-Minute Systematics: The Word of God
Outline Introduction: Where Does Theology Come From? If systematic theology is a method of studying God in order to know, love, obey, and glorify him, what or who do we go to as source(s) for theology? Where should we draw theology from? Moreover, what or who should we look to as the authority in…
Why Every Christian Should (Worshipfully) Study Systematic Theology
Just as a wife seeks to know the intricate details of her husband so that she might love him more with greater intimacy and depth, so we as the people of God, Christ’s bride (Ephesians 5:32ff; cf. Revelation 19:6-9), spend the rest of our days desirously growing in the knowledge of God through his Word so that we might love and cherish him more and more until our faith is made sight.
Seeing the Glory of the Gospel in Jesus’ Feeding the Five Thousand
Setting the Stage Recorded in Mark 6:30-56 are the trifold miracles of Jesus feeding five thousand men with five loaves and two fish, Jesus walking on water, and Jesus healing the sick. Oftentimes, these texts — as well as their parallel accounts in Matthew, Luke, and John — are preached with the conclusion that Jesus…
What is Personal Holiness?
Preface This article is a condensed and edited excerpt of my position paper On Personal Godliness from the chapter “What is Personal Holiness?” For the excerpt on “What Motivates Our Pursuit of Holiness?” go here. For “How Do I Grow In Christ-likeness?” go here. Introduction Before speaking in a more systematic fashion on personal holiness,…
Why Pursue Holiness?
Preface This article is a condensed and edited excerpt of my position paper On Personal Godliness from the chapter “What is the Motivation of Personal Holiness?” For the excerpt on “What is Personal Holiness?” go here. For “How Do I Grow In Christ-likeness?” go here. Introduction The gospel is the good news that man can…
How Do I Grow in Christ-likeness?
Preface This article is a condensed and edited excerpt from my position paper On Personal Godliness from the chapter “How Do You Grow in Personal Godliness?” For the excerpt on “What is Personal Holiness?” go here. For “What is the Motivation of Personal Godliness?” go here. How Do You Grow in Personal Godliness? To grow…
Don’t Forget the Toothpaste: How Spiritual Disciplines Help Us Apply the Gospel To Our Lives.
Toothbrushes and Dragon Tales Allow me to be embarrassingly honest: In middle school I didn’t know that you were supposed to brush your tongue when you brushed your teeth. Every morning before school I would get up, brush my teeth, put my hand in front of my mouth, blow, and smell my Colgate-freshened chompers. Yet,…
On MacArthur, Complementarianism, and the Church’s Display of the Gospel
On MacArthur As many of you know, John MacArthur was recently asked at a conference by a moderator to indulge in a word game of sorts in which he would give a, quote, “pithy” response to a given word or phrase. To this, the moderator offered the name “Beth Moore” to which Pastor John accordingly…
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