Relevance is irrelevant (Part 7)
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 Paul relentlessly insisted in 1 Corinthians 1 on the simple proclamation of the gospel of Christ in… Read More »Relevance is irrelevant (Part 7)
Ryan Martin
Ryan Martin is pastor of the First Baptist Church of Granite Falls, Minnesota. Prior to that, he served as the associate pastor of Bethany Bible Church in Hendersonville, North Carolina. He is on the board of directors of Religious Affections Ministries. Ryan received his undergraduate degree at Northland Baptist Bible College, and has received further training from Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis, Minn. (M.Div., 2004; Ph.D., 2013). He was ordained in 2009 at Bible Baptist Church of Elk River, Minn. (now Otsego, Minn.). He has a wife and children too. Ryan is the associate editor of Hymns to the Living God (Religious Affections Ministries, 2017). He contributed to the Jonathan Edwards Encyclopedia (Eerdmans, 2017) and is the author of Understanding Affections in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards: "The High Exercises of Divine Love" (T&T Clark, 2018).
Relevance is Irrelevant (Part 6)
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 This series has been looking at the connection of Paul’s message in 1 Corinthians 1-3 and the contemporary… Read More »Relevance is Irrelevant (Part 6)
Relevance is Irrelevant (Part 5)
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 This series is applying the words of Paul in the early chapters of 1 Corinthians to ministry in the… Read More »Relevance is Irrelevant (Part 5)
Relevance is irrelevant (Part 4)
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 I believe that the first three chapters of 1 Corinthians ought to guide our thinking concerning the relationship of our… Read More »Relevance is irrelevant (Part 4)
Relevance is irrelevant (Part 3)
Part 1 | Part 2 In part 1, we looked at Paul’s ministry model in 1 Corinthains 1:10-17. Paul took deliberate steps to preach the gospel… Read More »Relevance is irrelevant (Part 3)
Relevance is irrelevant (Part 2)
Part 1 In emphasizing the unity of the church in 1 Corinthians 1:10-17, Paul asks the church pointedly: “is Christ divided?” (v 13). With their… Read More »Relevance is irrelevant (Part 2)
Relevance is irrelevant (Part 1)
Paul opens up his letter to the Corinthians thanking God for the good work of grace begun in them, but quickly moves to admonish them… Read More »Relevance is irrelevant (Part 1)
Is corporate worship better than private worship? (Part 5)
| | | We have looking at different reasons why the regular meeting for worship with one’s church is better than private meetings of worship, including times… Read More »Is corporate worship better than private worship? (Part 5)
More on the Hymnal vs. Screen thing
I think we all agree that the hill marked “The Battle of the Hymnal vs. the Projector” ought to have no man’s grave on it.… Read More »More on the Hymnal vs. Screen thing
Is corporate worship better than private worship? (Part 4)
| | Private and public worship are not the same. There is a difference between the regular, ordinary times of worship for a gathered group… Read More »Is corporate worship better than private worship? (Part 4)
Is corporate worship better than private worship? (Part 3)
| We have been offering reasons why public worship is better than private. Public worship is the gathered, corporate worship of a local church. Private… Read More »Is corporate worship better than private worship? (Part 3)
Is corporate worship better than private worship? (Part 2)
we began a short series looking at why public worship is better than private worship. Public worship is the gathered, corporate worship of the church.… Read More »Is corporate worship better than private worship? (Part 2)
Is corporate worship better than private worship? (Part 1)
Christians in past epochs defined public worship as the corporate gathering of Christians for the worship of God. Private worship then is our informal times… Read More »Is corporate worship better than private worship? (Part 1)
A postscript on Biblical discernment
Last October I wrapped up my eight-part series on Biblical discernment (parts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 and 8), and I thought I would now, in retrospect, add a brief postscript… Read More »A postscript on Biblical discernment
“Glory Be to God on High” by Charles Wesley
A while back I stumbled across Charles Wesley’s Christmas hymn, “Glory Be to God on High.” This is a superb text on the incarnation of… Read More »“Glory Be to God on High” by Charles Wesley
Recordings: Instrumental Hymns
This is a brief series recommending good, conservative sacred music recordings. I began the series with several introductory remarks and a list of good albums of… Read More »Recordings: Instrumental Hymns
Recordings: Choral Psalms
I’m writing a brief series recommending different recordings of excellent sacred music in English. Last time I introduced several thoughts and recommended more than a… Read More »Recordings: Choral Psalms
Recordings: Choral Hymns and Anthems
I am frequently asked, “What do you listen to?” when folks find out how conservative I am.1 I do believe that we ought to be… Read More »Recordings: Choral Hymns and Anthems
Some concluding thoughts on discernment (Part 8)
I was pushed to write a series on discernment when I heard a famous evangelical pastor define discernment as the ability to see, allegedly by… Read More »Some concluding thoughts on discernment (Part 8)
Discernment and God’s Judgment (Part 7)
I have been arguing for the importance of discernment in the life of a Christian. I define discernment as a biblically informed judgment whether certain… Read More »Discernment and God’s Judgment (Part 7)