Got to thinking about eyes

Yesterday after I posted about Joel Osteen and his blurb about his forthcoming newest book, I got to thinking.
What I was thinking about is how the worldview he is promoting is completely foundationally skewed. It is exactly backwards.
Here is part of what he says:
Instead, your declarations should be: I am closer than I think. [...]

calvinism and holiness today

courtesy of Iain campbell here is a different take than one would expect on the state of calvinism and holiness these days.
here is how it starts:
When I was a youngster and newly saved, it seemed as if the chief goal of all zealous Christians, whether Calvinistic or Arminian, was consecration. Sermons, books and [...]

piper on driscoll

Here is a blog post containing six minutes of audio of John Piper discussing the controversy between John MacArthur and Mark Driscoll. Very interesting indeed.
If you want a more complete narrative of the fuss, Jonathan Christman has a nine part run down focusing on Phil Johnson and Mark Driscoll including Phil Johnson’s letter to [...]

why doctrine?

via challies, here is John MacArthur talking about the importance of a sound doctrinal foundation prior to learning specific applications of scripture.
Of course, practical application is vital. I don’t want to minimize its importance. But if there is a deficiency in preaching today, it is that there’s too much relational, pseudopsychological, and thinly life-related content, [...]

sovereignty

John MacArthur nails it with the opening sentence of this post (the second and third sentences are excellent as well) which is an excerpt from the book Ashamed of the Gospel.
No doctrine is more despised by the natural mind than the truth that God is absolutely sovereign. Human pride loathes the suggestion that God orders [...]

Right Thinking in a World Gone Wrong

Here are two blurbs from the new book Right Thinking in a World Gone Wrong
the first one deals with the emptiness of chasing the “American dream”:
Until sinners submit to the truth about God, they will never acquire what it is they truly seek. They become like the Samaritan woman at the well, confusing the true [...]

congratulations to John MacArthur

John MacArthur is celebrating 40 years at Grace Community Church this weekend. Congratulations to him and thanks to God who has enabled and empowered John to do what he has done so well for so long.
John MacArthur’s New Testament commentaries have been invaluable to me as I have taught the books of Romans, Hebrews, [...]

while we are on the topic of preaching

Here are John MacArthur’s ten reasons for preaching the word.
first the intro paragraph:
Faithfully preaching and teaching the Word must be the very heart of our ministry philosophy. Any other approach replaces the voice of God with human wisdom. Philosophy, politics, humor, psychology, homespun advice, and personal opinion can never accomplish what the Word of God [...]

moving day

january 28th was Pulpit Magazine’s moving day. they are now integrated with the shepherd’s fellowship website. Go check it out and update your blogroll/bookmarks.

Jars of Clay

John MacArthur asks if anyone sees the pattern. Do you?
Here is a start, but go see even more examples at the link above:
If God could not use poor instruments and feeble voices, He couldn’t make music. Abraham was guilty of duplicity, yet he became the man of faith and the friend of God. Moses [...]

pulpit magazine is back

Pulpit magazine took a hiatus back in November, but has returned with a bang. One of the highlights of the return has been a series on Calvinism by Phil Johnson.
so far there have been five parts, but none of them have been very long. take some time this weekend to peruse [...]

John MacArthur on TBN

here are two clips from TBN with Kirk Cameron interviewing John MacArthur. Like Vitamin Z says, did they not know what he would be talking about?
These two clips are about 20 minutes of biblical goodness on the gospel of Jesus from the words of Jesus. Just watch and listen. wow.
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we must get this

here again is a link to John MacArthur’s two part message on God and evil. if you only have 25 minutes, then listen to part two only. Unfortunately, the free listening of the message is no longer available. They cost money (2 dollars) to download, but are worth it.
originally posted [...]

the MacArthur vault is now open

as promised, Grace to You has now opened the sermon vault of John MacArthur. Free hours and hours of edification. How great is that?

John MacArthur

Grace to You is opening up John MacArthur’s sermon archive for free starting November 5.
Hat tip to Ramblin’ Pastor Man.

true wealth

continuing on the theme of true riches from earlier this week and the real eternal life to come, here is a Pulpit Magazine entry from John MacArthur on putting your hope in money.
As we have all seen in the last couple of weeks, money can melt away pretty quickly. That account that I was [...]

elder led church

Pulpit Magazine has posted a two part series on elder rule in churches.
Part 1 begins with this statement:
Biblically, the focal point of all church leadership is the elder. An elder is one of a plurality of biblically qualified men who jointly shepherd and oversee a local body of believers. The word translated “elder” is [...]

what is salvation?

just a small little no big deal question to get your week rolling. let’s ask along with the Philippian jailer, What must we do to be saved?
Here is a response in the negative from Jonathan Dodson (the rest of the post is good too, especially the resource jonathan links to in the [...]