“The right kind of self-accusation is evangelical repentance.”
Infighting and Those Reservoirs of Guilt
Introduction: There are two ways to approach this kind of thing. One is to lay out your premises, and slowly work up to your conclusion, showing your work as you go. People can then struggle ...
An Adventure at Sea
Acts of the Apostles (54): Sermon Video Introduction: As we have gone through the book of Acts, we have had numerous occasions to notice just how tough the apostle Paul was. The shipwreck recorded ...
Demented Moralistic Crusades
“This is why guilt goes on demented moralistic crusades. This is why we want to save polar bears that didn’t need saving, this is why we want to make the world safe for democracy, this is why we build bloody empires, this is why we call the practice of dismembering babies ‘women’s reproductive health’ and why sanctified sodomy is rapidly assuming the status of a civic sacrament. Guilt must be declared righteous; guilt must attain to glory. But apart from repentance and faith in Jesus, the only way to get there is by means of a moralistic and very public frenzy. In order to keep that frenzy from being identified for what it is, thus wrecking the glory party, it is also necessary to club any dissenters.”
So Make the Most of It
Anemic Sin
“Sin is not seeking after glory, but rather falling short of it.”
Content Cluster [01-29-26]
Learning About Life Fast: Shall We Continue?: For Idaho Folks . . .: Passing this on . . . Action Steps for Pastors and Churches: Watch the documentary today: “Idaho v. Christians: The Reason to Repeal the BlaineAmendment” on YouTube (approximately 6 minutes). Share it with your friends and discuss the threat to religious liberty. …
Deep Difference
“Now God’s intention for the company of believers is not to have this spirit of accusation imported into the church, only with the addition of theological and orthodox adjectives to liven up the accusations. We are called to do something completely different, not to do the same thing decorated differently.”
My First Sermon, and Welcome to It
My sentiments concerning my first sermon are comparable to the sentiments that the late Patrick McManus had toward his first deer . . . so please allow me to relate to you how it all happened. I ...
From or To
“But there are only two possible bases of justification—one is the blood of Christ which frees us from accusation, and the other is relative superiority to somebody else, which only and always binds us to accusation.”