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Sermons from Jeremiah

Sermons from Jeremiah

Jeremiah was a man who, from a young age, was called by God to preach a message of peace to an ironically deaf audience. In a city on the verge of annihilation, filled with people starving and diseased and desperate, Jeremiah preached the gospel … and was hated. Over 40 years of ministry, God never allowed Jeremiah to alter his message so that it might sell better to a people in pain, and save him from the pain his hearers inflicted on him. Jeremiah preached for many years, the one message with the power to save. Continue reading »

Resources on sanctification

“[Philip ] Melancthon’s experience is common among many Christians I know today. Many of them, such as Melancthon did 400 years ago, are looking for assurance of their salvation in all the wrong places. They tend to think that their standing before God – now that they are Christians – is based on their own … Continue reading »

Audio from Sound Words Conference

The audio from the Sound Words Conference (read more) has been posted over at Church in the Wildwood. John’s talk was Gnosticism: Special Knowledge for the Initiated, outlined below: A. Historical survey of gnosticism. B. Biblical doctrines in conflict with gnosticism. C. Contemporary expressions of gnosticism.

More sermon resources

A few weeks ago I recommended some resources on 1 and 2 Timothy to accompany my own preaching series. There I encouraged some sermons from notable pastors (Sinclair Ferguson, Ian Hamilton, Lig Duncan, etc.), but I want to add to that list the sermons of Pastor Edward Donnelly. I have only just heard of Pastor … Continue reading »

Resources: 1 & 2 Timothy

As I make my way through 1 and 2 Timothy (Holding Faith), there are some online resources I find myself going to pretty regularly. I am not very adept at navigating online resources in my field; while I’m not ancient (not quite, anyway), I do have a lot to learn from younger theologians who know … Continue reading »

Baptist backgrounds

Many folks at Faith have backgrounds in churches that, if not “Baptist” by name, at least hold to or claim Baptist theology. I have hosted a lot of out-of-state visitors this summer and many of them comment on the number of Baptist churches in Anchorage. There are many! Michael Dewalt, at Gospel-centered Musings, has written … Continue reading »

Bible Reading plans (redux)

In a post about acquiring theological knowledge, I suggested using Bible reading plans as a way to keep on track with personal Bible reading. I still think that Justin Taylor does a good job of organizing the best reading lists in one place. Here are his 2012 suggestions. As for my personal recommendation, I would … Continue reading »

Watch “What is Reformed Theology?”

Ligonier has just made available, for free viewing, Sproul’s lectures on the basics of Reformed theology. In 1997, these talks were published in a book, What is Reformed Theology? I believe that this book, along with William Edgar’s, Truth in All Its Glory, are the two best introductions to Reformed theology in print. So, I am very … Continue reading »

“He descended into hell.”

This phrase, “he descended into hell,” is the subject of several questions I receive when we confess the Apostles’ Creed as a part of our Sunday morning worship at Faith (see the introduction to this post). Part of the confusion stems from the fact that the phrase is, well, shocking. The picture of Jesus walking … Continue reading »