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Cultural Issues
John MacArthur on the Ben Shapiro Sunday Special
On Sunday, December 2, John gave this excellent interview on Ben Shapiro’s Sunday Special. Well, expect for the Dispensational Theology he included. Anyway, enjoy!
Christianity
3 Things I’ve Learned in my Pastoral Rookie Year.
About one year ago I was ordained by Grace Bible Church of Conway as one of the pastors. I have been a member here since 2011 and grew in service…
Expository Preaching
Steve Lawson Will Teach Expository Preaching at Grace Bible Institute of Pastoral Studies
Danny Thursby recently announced that Grace Bible Institute of Pastoral Studies will be hosing the Institute for Expository Preaching with Dr. Steve Lawson in August of 2018. Dr. Lawson will…
Expository Preaching
Al Mohler on the Urgency of Preaching
On Monday Al Mohler publsihed an article entitled The Urgency of Preaching, in which he seeks to remind us of the importance of expository preaching in an age when so…
Age Segregated Education
Apparently Scott Brown Will Never Respond to the Case He Said Could Not Be Made
The blog’s regular readers may recall that some time ago I wrote a post entitled Answering Scott Brown’s Challenge Concerning Age Segregated Education (back in august of 2014). This post…
Pastoral Ministry
Why I Am a Reformed Baptist by James White
The above message reflects many of my own convictions, and I thought the blog’s readers would also appreciate it.
Ecclesiology
"Five Lessons Learned from Practicing Church Discipline" by Tom Hicks
Today Tom Hicks posted an excellent article on the Founders Ministries blog entitled Five Lessons Learned from Practicing Church Discipline. In it he offers some lessons he has learned from…
Books
Grace and Truth Books Has Great Deals on Richard Belcher Titles
Last month I recommended Grace and Truth Books as the place to purchase Dr. Belcher’s writings (here), especially if you are a reader of his well known Journey series of…
Pastoral Ministry
The Problem With Preaching Other Men’s Sermons
Most of us know that pulpit plagiarism is becoming an increasingly rampant problem these days. I think this is probably due to a number of factors, including such things as…
Bible Study
Shepherds Must Protect Their Flocks
There seems to be an ever increasing disdain among Evangelicals for any teaching that is confrontational, for any teaching that exposes errors or false doctrines and warns the people of…
Biblical Languages
On the Delights and Dangers of Learning the Biblical Languages
In a podcast entitled Biblical Languages – Who Need ‘Em?! two experienced pastors discuss whether or not pastors need to learn the Biblical languages, as well as the positive and…
Expository Preaching
Is Andy Stanley Ashamed of the Bible?
Back in May I posted a link on my Facebook page to an article on the Pulpit & Pen blog entitled Andy Stanley Trashes Expository Preaching; Calls it “Easy” and…