It has been busy here, but it has been a good busy. We are involved in ministry at our local church (placeritachurch.com) and occasionally, I have the opportunity to teach. Today I was filling in for Dr Barrick in his adult Sunday School class, and I decided to start a study on 1 Thessalonians. There […]
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This post by Frank Turk from a few years ago is really good, and well worth digesting if you are considering leaving your church. Here is an extract Listen: I have advice for you who are in these [something about this church is not right] situations which you are not going to like, and you
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It is a scary thing preaching at Placerita Baptist Church. And I have so much to learn. Here is my first sermon at PBC, on 1 John 1:8-10. This is a great text to preach from, and there is so much in verse 5-10.
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If you haven’t already seen Ryan Ferguson’s recital of Hebrews 9-10, you should watch it. If you are interested in scripture memorization, this is quite inspiring. He’s also done a few others, including Psalm 22, this recitation of Psalm 25 and this one of Psalm 145. I previously posted some tips for memorizing scripture like
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A few weeks ago (quite a few weeks ago – its been busy) I had the opportunity to teach in our Bereans Sunday School class at Placerita Baptist Church. We are working through a series on Discipleship when our main teacher, Dr Barrick, is away. This is my contribution to that series. The text for
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I just came across this, which I thought was well put (as many of Ryle’s thoughts are). See the Lord Jesus Christ despised and rejected of men, scourged, mocked, and insulted–look at Him bleeding on the cross of Calvary–hear Him crying in agony, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Note how the
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Over the last couple of months, I’ve read seven C. S. Lewis books and posted extracts or posts about them here. So I thought I’d write an index of those posts for quick reference. From Surprised by Joy: C. S. Lewis’s conversion from atheism Quotes from Surprised by Joy From The Lion, the Witch and
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The Last Battle is the last book in the Chronicles of Narnia and tells of the end of Narnia and the afterlife of Narnians. Some have said that it tells us something about the Eschatology of C.S. Lewis. With this in mind, I have written an analysis of the book in an attempt to examine
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