Theology That Bites Back
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 …
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 ...
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 …
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 ...
Philippians (3): Sermon Video Introduction: The great Augustine once said that in the affairs of men, the dead are replaced by the dying. Isaac Watts memorably rendered Psalm 90 this way: “Time, ...
Introduction: I appreciated the fact that Scott Aniol decided to review Mere Christendom , and I would like to pursue the conversation further if I might. If we keep this up, we might actually ...
Philippians (2): Sermon Video Introduction: Scripture teaches us that envy is an insidious sin. It is a destructive and soul-rotting force, and has the ability to go anywhere. It is found with ...
We live in egalitarian times, which means that there is a culture-wide antipathy toward any kind of authority. We are more deferential than we ought to be when it comes to raw power, or to grotesque manipulation, but we chafe at the very idea of authority. We don’t mind being played, but we do mind …
Philippians (1): Sermon Video Introduction: Philippi was a Roman colony that had been planted in Macedonia, which is now northern Greece. It was settled as a place where Roman soldiers could ...
Introduction: One of the best things my father ever taught me—and there were many to choose from—was the idea that the Christian should resolve in his heart never to have any problem passages ...
