This past week my dad told me about a newsletter that the pastor of his church sent out to the congregation concerning how Christians should view retirement. My first thought was, “That’s a great idea,” and my second thought was, “Why haven’t I thought of that?!” So, I want to take a few minutes and […]
Recently a friend and I finished going through the book How to Build a Healthy Church by Mark Dever and Paul Alexander. At the end of one of the chapters, they provide a great general, biblical list of prayers that we can pray for our church (Dever and Alexander 230-231). Maybe sometimes you wish you knew […]
I want to begin with a question and ask you to agree or disagree with this statement: Jesus is the first and greatest being created by God. If you agreed with that statement, you have just agreed to a heresy called Arianism. This is the teaching from a man named Arius, who taught that Jesus […]
“If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.” — a reminder of who we were without Christ and our constant need for sanctification, this humbling quote from Charles Spurgeon is one of many great references included in J. Garrett Kell’s small but […]