The following is an excerpt of John Piper's excellent message at the Third Lausanne Congress for World Evangelization . Here's the f...

"Jesus didn't say if you love Me you'll feel close to Me. He said if you love Me, you'll keep my commandments." ~ Kevi...

"Churchless Christianity makes about as much sense as a Christless church." ~ Kevin DeYoung, Why We Love the Church Technorati Tag...

"Theologically, we have been discovering anew that the Church is not an appendage to the Gospel: it is itself a part of the Gospel. The...

“Because Christ lived perfectly, died sufficiently, and rose victoriously, you and I can come out of hiding. We are free to own up to, witho...

It is not the task of the church to deal directly with these problems. The tragedy today is that while the church is talking about these par...

"Faith untried may be true faith, but it is sure to be little faith, and it is likely to remain dwarfish so long as it is without trial...

In The Cost of Discipleship , Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes: The Body of Christ takes up space on earth. The Body of Christ can only be a visib...

In The Living Church , John Stott writes: First, I am assuming that we are all committed to the church. We are not only Christian people; we...

From Kevin DeYoung's Why We Love the Church ... When asked where he goes to church, Chuck Colson replied: "I've always resente...

"For another thing, let me warn all careless members of Churches to beware lest they trifle their souls into hell. You live on year aft...

“I ask you what you think of the faithful minister of Christ, who honestly exposes sin and pricks your conscience. Mind how you answer that ...

From Wy We Love the Church , Kevin DeYoung's summary of the attitudes of the postmodern (emerg*) toward the Church. Consistency is not a...

Another creative youtube video ... this one for gardening and music lovers ... Technorati Tags: music

I think Kevin DeYoung, in his short critique of The Shack in his own book, Why We Love the Church , hits the nail on the head in regard to ...

Below is Jonathan Moorhead's excellent post on judging (copied in its entirety). As I've noted before, "don't judge" ...

I read three things today that were linked (at least in my mind) by the word fear . First I read a blog by a blind-guide I occasionally visi...

Michael Patton provides these simply parables of the boat to explain the differences between Pelagianism, Semi-Pelagianism, Eastern Orthodo...

“God’s children are pleasing and lovable to Him, since He sees in them the marks and features of His own countenance.” - John Calvin, Instit...

I love tilt-shift and time-lapse photography ... here's a cool combination.