Lessons from a Worship War for a People in Exile
Here is a sermon I preached yesterday at our church that’s relevant to matters we discuss often here. Read 1 Kings 18:1-40 The Rise and… Read More »Lessons from a Worship War for a People in Exile
Articles
Browse articles on various topics below.
On Accusation and Rebuke
A bishop has to meet stringent personal qualifications, the broadest of which is that he must be “blameless” (1 Tim. 3:2). Of course, blameless does… Read More »On Accusation and Rebuke
Blurring doctrinal distinctives with Church Growth
Last week I discussed how the Praise and Worship movement has blurred important doctrinal distinctives between churches and denominations by making musical style the predominant… Read More »Blurring doctrinal distinctives with Church Growth
Weep With Those Who Weep
Jeff Straub Ecclesiastes 3:4 reminds us that there is a “time to weep.” If ever there was a time for weeping in our independent Baptist… Read More »Weep With Those Who Weep
Tozer’s Third Concern – Worship and Entertainment
Perhaps Tozer used more ink on the topic of worship than on any other. As Tozer watched the heritage of Christianity being exchanged for a… Read More »Tozer’s Third Concern – Worship and Entertainment
Blurring doctrinal distinctives with Praise and Worship
Over the past several weeks I have been showing that, while differences over worship theology and practice have been one of the most significant doctrinal dividers,… Read More »Blurring doctrinal distinctives with Praise and Worship
Carnal Christians: A Pastoral Perspective
Michael Riley I have read with interest the recent exchange in this newsletter on the validity of two-category Christianity. Dr. Hauser argues that Paul’s letter… Read More »Carnal Christians: A Pastoral Perspective
Tozer’s Second Concern – Pragmatism
A.W. Tozer had the uncommon ability to step aside from his own culture, and see as alien what had become natural. Tozer saw that the… Read More »Tozer’s Second Concern – Pragmatism
Liturgy as an appropriate unifier
God wants his people to be unified, but some doctrinal and practical matters are important enough that secondary division is necessary. Such is the case… Read More »Liturgy as an appropriate unifier
Carnal Christians? Part Two
Jon Pratt Believers struggle with sin. But disagreement arises over how this ongoing conflict ought to be engaged. Some have suggested that classifying Christians into… Read More »Carnal Christians? Part Two
Psalmody and Hymnody as appropriate unifiers
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been showing how particular issues related to worship theology and practice–namely, baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and the… Read More »Psalmody and Hymnody as appropriate unifiers
A Homeschool Mom Reads: January-April (2016)
So, I feel like I’ve been in a huge reading (and blogging) slump. I’m blaming it on the pregnancy. When I would normally be reading… Read More »A Homeschool Mom Reads: January-April (2016)
The People at the Cross
Each Gospel mentions a handful of people at the cross. Luke is the most general in mentioning “all His [i.e., Jesus’] acquaintances and the women… Read More »The People at the Cross
Two Goodbyes
Sunday morning found me in Mason City, Iowa, preparing to preach to Faith Baptist Church. Before leaving our hotel I decided to check my email.… Read More »Two Goodbyes
Tozer’s First Concern – Illumination
It would be easy – or more precisely, lazy – to dismiss Tozer’s concern with the doctrine of illumination 1 as a form of flakey… Read More »Tozer’s First Concern – Illumination
The regulative principle as an important doctrinal distinctive
Over the past few weeks I have been showing how various aspects of worship theology and practice have necessarily divided orthodox Christians into separate denominations.… Read More »The regulative principle as an important doctrinal distinctive
Carnal Christians? Part One
Jon Pratt One of my former professors, Charles Hauser, has recently written in support of the “carnal Christian” view as a way of describing the… Read More »Carnal Christians? Part One
Tozer’s Three Concerns
Although A.W. Tozer’s writings ranged over all kinds of topics, three concerns dominated Tozer’s writings. You’ll find him returning to these often, and giving them… Read More »Tozer’s Three Concerns
Baptism as an important doctrinal distinctive
Last week I showed how views concerning the Lord’s Supper constitute an important doctrinal distinctive that lead to the creation of various denominations during and… Read More »Baptism as an important doctrinal distinctive
The Difference Between Grooming and Taxidermy
I ran into a situation recently where I was searching high and low for the original wording to Watts’ “Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed” set… Read More »The Difference Between Grooming and Taxidermy