April, 2006
It may be so
Dear friends, what a wonderful time the Lord gave us this past week at Together for the Gospel. As I prepare for our assembly here this Lord’s Day morning (thank God, Ray Ortlund, Jr. is here to preach for us!) I am humbled by how many of you came, how kind and responsive and excited [...]
Thanks for coming
To all of you whom came to Together for the Gospel, from as far away as India and Australia, from a dazzling variety of churches and backgrounds, almost 3000 of you, young and old (though half or more were in your 20s and 30s) – thank you. What a privilege it was to serve you, [...]
Welcome to Louisville
Greetings all, and welcome to Louisville. For those of you who are here, welcome in person. For those unable to attend "Together for the Gospel," we hope you will be with us in prayer. We are so encouraged to see so many pastors arriving here. Here’s a personal request from the Louisvillian among the T4TG [...]
Classical Music, and Killing People
I’m in Louisville now and people are arriving from all over. How kind is God to give any of His servants encouragement from meeting those we’re co-laboring with in the gospel! 2 short notes: In preparing an IPOD to bring with me on this trip (IPOD gift of CJ) I loaded my favorite classical music: [...]
Fruit that will last
My pastor friend, how much of what we’ve done will continue to impact our town 50 years after our ministry is completed? How much of what we’ve done will continue to impact our CHURCH 50 years after our ministry is completed? How much of what we’ve done continues to impact individuals in our church 50 [...]
"A little of what they saw"
“I have come down many times from the sick chamber of those members of this church who are now in the upper house, and I have done so with faith confirmed and joy increased. Those beloved ones have given me more strength and assurance than I ever derived from the study of the ablest works [...]
Baxter as Beethoven
When Brahms was asked why it took him so long to publish his first symphony (he had been working on it for years), I believe he said something about hearing the footsteps of Beethoven behind him. Beethoven was such a titanic figure, founder of the "modern" symphony, revered by Brahms, that he could hardly be [...]
F.F. Bruce on the Gospel
I still haven’t answered CJ’s questions, but I’m working my way towards a post. Menawhile, I thought these seminal summarizing thoughts from F.F. Bruce, on the Gospel, were worthwhile as a starting point of reflection (though certainly not beyond improvement) regarding the shape of the NT teaching on the Gospel. Bruce says: The NT use [...]
Packer on Reading and Study
"I think that the priority for every pastoral leader must be his own personal time with God over the Scriptures, and anything he does by way of preparation must flow out of that. The first requirement for authoritative, perceptive communication of the word of God is that you yourself should be experiencing the power of [...]
A Plan for Reading and Study
A while back I promised a post on how to develop a plan for reading and study. We’ve been covering a variety of topics on this blog, but I didn’t forget my promise. I hope this brief post proves helpful. If you haven’t already read all the great posts on this topic–provided by Lig (his [...]
