Blogging is simply a hobby. Teaching and preaching the Word of God is my calling and my passion. Although some of the articles posted here will deal with areas of study in which I engaged in my M.Div. and D.Min. work at Southern Seminary, the majority will be from the sermon manuscripts worked out from my week-to-week study of God’s Word.
Here are a few of the most recent series, but more will be posted soon:
Libertarian Mindset in the Church (Jude 5-16)
- Introduction
- Part I: Move Toward the Right Master
- Part II: Pursue the Right Passion
- Part III: Be Readied for His Return
Your Burning Bush Speaks (Exodus 3-4)
- Your Burning Bush Speaks (Introduction)
- Your Burning Bush Speaks, Part I: Who Am I?
- Your Burning Bush Speaks, Part II: Who Are You?
- Your Burning Bush Speaks, Part III: What If They Don’t Listen?
- Your Burning Bush Speaks, Part IV: I Don’t Have What It Takes
Liveblogging my DMin Week at Southern (June 24-29, 2007)
- Introduction
- Liveblogging My DMin Week at Southern, Day 1 (5:30 p.m.)
- Liveblogging my DMin Week at Southern Seminary, Day One (11:00 p.m.)
- Liveblogging my DMin Week at Southern (Day Two — 9:35 p.m.)
- Liveblogging my DMin Week at Southern Seminary, Day Three (10:23 p.m.)
- Liveblogging my DMin Week at Southern (Day Four — 4:55 p.m.)
- What My DMin Week Taught Me — And Not Necessarily in the Classroom
You Belong to the City — Don’t You (Nehemiah 11:1-2)?
- Introduction
- Are You Running Away From the City?
- Are You Reluctant To Minister in the City?
- Are We Ready to See God’s Judgment on the City?
So Fewer are Enrolling as Music Majors at our Seminaries? I Know Why
You’re An Expository Preacher? Ohh!
Part I: Take the Text on Its Own Terms
II: You Deal With Topics You’d Otherwise Avoid
III: You Bypass “Felt Needs” and Address “Real Needs”
IV: You Take the Scriptures as a Whole Rather Than as Fodder for Prooftexts
V: You’re An Expository Preacher?!? Ohh! Part V: The Unity of the Testaments
Church History
- John Knox: Preacher of the Scottish Reformation (posted at Quodlibet.com)
- Athanasius and His Influence at the Council of Nicaea (posted at Quodlibet.com)
Theology
- Reformation Then, Reformation Now (Romans 3:21-26)
- The God-Side of Salvation (Ephesians 1:3-14)
- The Gospel of Judas: Is This Really the Lost Gospel?
- Category Five Hope in a Category Five Hurricane (Mark 10:17-31)
- The Argument for Infant Baptism Fails to Persuade
- The Doctrine of Sin: Why Bother?
- Billy! We Thought We Knew Ye? (A Reflection of Billy Graham’s Comments in Newsweek)
- I Wish We’d All Been Ready: Will We Be Ready When Christ Returns? (Matthew 24:32-51)
- Have You Considered Your Ways? (Haggai 1:1-15)
- Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? — When Will the End Come? (Mark 13:1-8)
- Have You Considered Your Ways? (Haggai 1:1-15)
- Why Revival Services are Still a Good Thing
Apologetics
- Is God Caught By Surprise? A Response to Open Theism
- Does God Personally Program Each Course?
- The Gospel of Judas: Is This Really the Lost Gospel?
- Have They Found the Jesus Family Tomb? The Fluff Behind the Stuff
Culture
- Sheryl Swoopes: The Latest Celeb To Come Out
- Has Mel Gibson Lost His Mind? Or … (8.5.2006)
- War! What Is It Good For? Plenty!
- Has Religion Lost Its Credibility?
- Ban Religion!
- Walmart: Gay Friendly and Proud of It
- No Matter Who You Are: Did the United Church of Christ Get It Right?
- Tolerant Intolerance (or is that Intolerant Tolerance?)
- Submissive Hearts, Submissive Homes – Part I: The Heart of a Godly Wife (Ephesians 5:22-24)
Editorials
- Mark Driscoll, Reformed Loose Cannon — I Am Officially Off the Bandwagon
- I’m All for Humor — But to a Point
- The University of Miami Continues To Show No Class (10.16.2006)
- Eleven Questions Arise in Wake of Cory Lidle’s Death (10.12.2006)
- Mark Foley, Albert Haynesworth, and the Consistency of Character (10.4.2006)
- Why I Wish I Could Recommend Mark Driscoll To My People … But Just Can’t (9.6.2006)
- Is George Barna’s Group Really That Helpful?
Leadership
- Speaking The Truth in Love (3.30.06)
- Preparation for Sunday (3.30.2006)
- Are We Pitching Our Tents … Or Looking for Greener Pastures? (3.6.2006)
- What a Little Paint Can Do (3.1.2006)
- I Can’t Wait for Sundays
Missions and Ministry
- Is Plagiarism Acceptable in Preaching?
- I Was Ordained into the Ministry Nine Years Ago — But as a Music Minister?
- Do You Know Him? (Philippians 3:1-11)
- Let’s Not Circle The Wagons, Folks (5.22.2006)
- Possible Missions Trip to Trinidad
- Being On-Mission Is a Non-Negotiable (5.3.2006)
Religious Organizations
- Are You Conditioned To Tradition? (Mark 7:1-23)
- The Freemasons: Some Concerns
- Mary, Jesus’ Mother: Too Honored … Yet Not Honored Enough (Luke 1:46-55)
Book Reviews
- Biblical Preaching by Haddon Robinson
- John Piper’s The Supremacy of God in Preaching
- Wayne McDill’s The 12 Essential Skills for Great Preaching
- ESV Journaling Bible: A Review
- C.J. Mahaney’s Sex, Romance, and the Glory of God
- Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink
- Chuck Lawless’ Membership Matters
- Warren Wiersbe’s Preaching and Teaching With Imagination
- Tremper Longman’s “Making Sense of the Old Testament: Three Crucial Questions”: A Book Review
- Walter Kaiser’s “Toward an Exegetical Theology”: A Book Review
- “Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture” by Graeme Goldsworthy (A Review)
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