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The Good Accusation
“There is no better test as to whether a man is really preaching the New Testament gospel of salvation than this, that some people might misunderstand it and misinterpret...
Sweat Equity Salvation is of the Devil
A few months ago on my own blog I wrote about something I write often about: how the good news is that Christ’s finished work actually means the work...
Dude, Where’s My Gospel?
Gospel deficiency is the major crisis of the evangelical church. The good news has been replaced by many things, most often a therapeutic, self-help approach to biblical application. The...
Yancey’s Christianity Today Swan Song: “O, Evangelicos!”
The editorial I referenced in a recent post is now available online. It is Philip Yancey’s last CT column (for the foreseeable future anyway), after 26 years of writing...
The Cheapening of Baptism
. . . is somewhat inevitable in the customer-driven church. Isn’t it? This was in a recent email newsletter sent by a church from my past: “While you only...
Product Placement in the Pulpit
There’s a curious and discouraging article in the November 20th Entertainment Weekly magazine about producers’ efforts to “sell” the upcoming film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road to Christians...
“Maybe We’re Not Christians”
A real Christian life is one infused with the qualities of Christ himself. But we have replaced submission, service, and sacrifice with salesmanship, self-help, and success.Here is an excerpt...
Getting Back On it
I really wish someone would post online Philip Yancey’s most recent Christianity Today column, his last for a long while apparently. It is titled “O Evangelicos” and would serve...
Do Not Go Quietly
“Do Not Go Quietly” is the name of the message I’m preaching this Sunday, from Titus 2:11-15: For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,...
Ray Ortlund, Jr.’s Gospel Manifesto
Shortly after I first met my friend and mentor Ray Ortlund, he gave me a copy of his book A Passion for God: Prayers and Meditations on the Book...
Jesus is the Older Brother Who Does His Job
Colossians 1:15:He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. Paul articulately asserts the truth of the Incarnation in Colossians 1, but his use of...
Six Flags Over Jesus
I am from Texas. I love Texas. I get Texas. I lived half my life in Texas, grew up in Texas churches, ministered in 3 of them, accepted the...
Everything? Really?
Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.” (Matthew 4:17) Looking at his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is...
The Gospel is the Antidote for Everything
Once there were two brothers. You know their story, more than likely. One was wasteful, exploitative, wanton, licentious. One was rigid, moralistic, uptight, legalistic. Two brothers with two personalities...
In Praise of Low-Minded Christians
Proving there is nothing new under the sun that entrepreneurial Christians won’t want to slap a “Jesus fish” on, today marks the emergence of www.ChristianChirp.com, a social media site...
