Philippians (8): Sermon Video Introduction: We have been focusing on like-mindedness and joy. But the particular like-mindedness and joy that Paul is urging upon the Philippians is not simply ...
No Murmuring at All
The Nature of the Prophetic Voice
In the older scovenant, there were two principal aspects of the prophetic word. The first one, and the one that everyone associates with prophecy, is the declaration of what was going to to come ...
The Challenge of Puritan Yeast
Introduction: I am currently enjoying Conservatism: A Rediscovery by Yoram Hazony. One of the ways I evaluate a really good book is by looking at all of the thoughts it churns up in my head, ...
The Mind of Christ
Philippians (7): Sermon Video Introduction: We have been emphasizing like-mindedness and its relationship to joy. But like-mindedness cannot be cobbled together from side-to-side. If you tied ...
“My Kingdom is Not of This World,” Which Is Why We Were Instructed to Pray for it to Come
I owe John Piper more than I can possibly express, and so it is most necessary for me to preface any disagreement with him in terms of highest respect. And that is what I do here, right at the top, lest anyone miss it. § This is an odd kind of disagreement, because I actually …
A More Excellent Way
Philippians (6): Sermon Video Introduction: As we consider the state of our Christian lives, some of the things we have to deal with are the knotted topics of desire, envy, competition, and ...
Inchoate Damnation and the Revolt of the Women
Introduction: The hard nugget of the choosing ego is the source of no end of trouble. In one sense, this is the “capital city” of every form of such pro-choice thinking, but in another stricter sense this kind of pandemonium can’t be the central city of anything—because a world of disintegration has no principle of …
The Stepping Stones of Like-Mindedness
Philippians (5): Sermon Video Introduction: We have already had occasion to look at Paul’s concern for like-mindedness as expressed in this letter, and we should remember that later on he ...
Larry Cernik, RIP
My friend Larry Cernik was a no-frills, no-nonsense, basic-gospel kind of man. He was a man who wanted to live by the Word of God, straight up the middle, and with no funny business. This being the case, what I wanted to do here today is to declare this gospel in the same way that …
A Two-Fold Grace
Philippians (4): Sermon Video Introduction: The apostle urged the Philippians to walk in a manner that was worthy of the gospel of Christ. But he does not just offer a generic “be a little ...