By Landon Jones Romans 1:18-32 are some of the most profound verses in all of Scripture. In it the wrath of God as it relates to the unbelieving world is underscored. God’s justice in his dealings with incessant disobedience is part of the glory of God. The justice of God is a picture of the …
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Who rules Christ’s Church?
From Martin Bucer’s Concerning the True Care of Souls, “It is He Himself (Christ) who rules His church, He feeds it, He cares for it, He brings to it those wandering sheep which are still astray; and those which are already in His church He watches over, leads and provides for them, so that they …
10 Quotes from Deacons by Matt Smethurst
Matt Smethurst is managing editor of The Gospel Coalition. He has served as both a deacon and an elder at Third Avenue Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, and is now in the process of planting River City Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia. Check out the River City Baptist Church here. Go get a copy of …
David Platt – “Shepherd the Flock of God”
https://youtu.be/-4_544lfQ-8 1. Do you love your ministry more than you love Jesus? 2. Are you content to care for the congregation that God has entrusted to you? 3. Is pastoring a job for you to perform or a passion for you to fulfill? 4. Are you pridefully concerned about what others think about you or …
Book Briefs: Signs of the Messiah
Andreas Kostenberger is research professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology and Director of the Center for Biblical Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has written numerous books, including The Theology of John’s Gospel and Letters, Encountering John, and The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown: An Introduction to the New Testament. To purchase …