When My Soul Feels Bleh
“Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God. My soul is ca...
Tag: John Piper
Does God Want Some People to Perish? And Why?
There are a couple of verses commonly quoted to me by people who find it hard to believe that God intends many people be destined to an eternity in Hell: (2 Pet...
The Preacher and His Pickaxe
Perspicuity. Sufficiency. Infallibility. Inerrancy. These, says Tim Keller, are core beliefs every preacher must hold about the Bible. But once a preacher holds...
The progress of the Gospel in the world today
I found some uplifiting statistics from theologian-turned-pastor, Dr. John Piper in my RSS feed this morning. Over at the Gospel Coalition blog, Collin Hansen a...
Famous Friends Friday?
Two of my friends had a very good day yesterday: they both received some well-deserved attention from famous people. This by itself is not what makes for a good...
Being Biblical About Men and Women
If two giants among Evangelical thinkers wrote a book about gender roles and dedicated it to their wives that would be enough to pique my interest. Add to this ...
Discipling Your Kids Ten Minutes per Day
When I was pastoring a church in Saskatchewan, I had encouraged dads to pick up a copy of A Baptist Catechism for use in discipling their children. This Baptist...
For the Fame of God's Name
John Piper was honoured this past weekend at the Desiring God National Conference with a volume of essays, published by Crossway, in his honour. This sort of th...
PRIDE and Prejudice
Since my recent post in which I referred to the article in the National Post by Kelvin Browne, a homosexual, I have received some interesting feedback from vari...
If We Believe in Hell…
“…It’s very hard to give up on the Gospel if we believe in Hell…” ~ John Piper Over the past month or two, I’ve had reason to think through why I believe Gospel...