Pardon me for a moment if I seem boastful, but I am proud of the ladies in our church who have launched a wonderful new initiative to reach the church’s children for Christ. I have long appreciated the potential of good Christian reading – there are few other means of discipleship, when carefully focused, that […]

On January 28, 2004, ten years ago today, Dr. S. Lewis Johnson passed away at age eighty-eight. He was a Biblical scholar and theologian of rare abilities, and he was a beloved friend. His influence on my own ministry would be difficult to measure. The hundreds of tapes of his preaching and teaching have gone […]

In the latter half of 1 Corinthians chapter 1 the apostle Paul famously expounds the theme of the wisdom of God in the gospel. Somewhat tongue in cheek he speaks of “the foolishness” of God; that is, the gospel — the message which the world considers so foolish. The gospel, of course, the message of […]

I’ve heard the song only a couple of times now, and so I can’t quote it exactly. But it’s message goes something like this: it’s not our interpretations that matter, it’s not our firmly held positions, it’s not the doctrinal points we argue over — “It’s still the cross!” The implication, of course, is that […]