Lord, Save My Great-Great-Grandchildren

Lord, Save My Great-Great-Grandchildren – “Like Spurgeon, we can pray not only for those alive today but for those who will run the race in the decades and centuries after us. We pray for those yet unborn to one day be born again. O Lord, save our children and our children’s children!

The Gospel Frees Us to Own, Grieve, and Repent

The Gospel Frees Us to Own, Grieve, and Repent – “Of all people, we should be the most humble, thankful, and kind. When we were dead in our sins and trespasses, you raised us to new life in Christ.”

How Adoption Mirrors God’s Love for the Fatherless

How Adoption Mirrors God’s Love for the Fatherless – “Just as marriage is an earthly picture of Christ’s love for the church, adoption is an earthly picture of the gospel. It’s because God so loved the world that we’ve been adopted.”

The Body of Jesus Was Eaten by Dogs?

The Body of Jesus Was Eaten by Dogs? – “Without doing any real research or honest assessment, they reach conclusions about Christianity based on conjecture. Christianity must be wrong because it simply can’t be right. We call this prejudicial conjecture and it’s all too common. We have to call unbelievers on it.”

5 Ways We Get Evangelism Wrong and What We Can Do About It

5 Ways We Get Evangelism Wrong and What We Can Do About It – You and I may disagree with the author on some of these but it can be helpful to go through the process.

 

From “Woe as Me” to “I Belong Here”

From “Woe as Me” to “I Belong Here” – The Gospel moves us from one to the other.

Such Were Some of You

Such Were Some of You – “The gospel is for dirty, no-good, rebellious scoundrels… just like we were before God intervened in our lives by his grace.”

The Backstory to Spurgeon’s “If Sinners Be Damned…”

The Backstory to Spurgeon’s “If Sinners Be Damned…” – “You’ve likely heard this popular quote from Spurgeon: ‘Oh, my brothers and sisters in Christ, if sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies; and if they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees, imploring them to stay, and not madly to destroy themselves.'”

Believers in an Unbelieving World: How the Early Church Engaged Society

Believers in an Unbelieving World: How the Early Church Engaged Society – “In four short phrases, Peter compresses a vision for engaging society that reverberates through the writings of the early church as they navigated a pagan world.”

The Gospel Explained

The Gospel Explained – “No matter who you are or what you’ve done, hear the magnificent news: there is more mercy in Jesus than sin in you.”

The Power Is in the Message

The Power Is in the Message – “Most people are open to talking about God and their spiritual beliefs when approached in genuine kindness, authenticity, and humility.” 

The Whole Gospel of Mark in a Single Verse

The Whole Gospel of Mark in a Single Verse – Charles Haddon Spurgeon ascended the steps of the Metropolitan Tabernacle pulpit in London, England, to preach a sermon that would come to be titled, “The Whole Gospel in a Single Verse.” Spurgeon’s text was 1 Timothy 1:15.

 

The Fall of Adam

The Fall of Adam – “Sin and death is the consequence of Adam’s fall. If we don’t grasp this harsh reality, we cannot possibly appreciate the good news of the gospel, and the grace and mercy bestowed upon us by the second Adam, the Lord Jesus.”

Opposition is Bad, but Hell is Worse

Opposition is Bad, but Hell is Worse – “When we proclaim the Word of God, we will often face resistance from every side. We can begin to see the scope of the opposition to the Word of God when we consider two themes Scripture proclaims clearly—sin and the gospel.”

Flee the Gospel of Me

Flee the Gospel of Me – “The smartphone, of course, did not invent this pervasiveness of self-centeredness. It’s only given our personal Babel-building newer tools (and fed it plenty of apps). Sin has always taught us to put ourselves at the center of everything — even the gospel.”

The Great Commission Requires so Much More Than Simply Inviting a Friend to Church

The Great Commission Requires so Much More Than Simply Inviting a Friend to Church – “Caring for the faith of others was never meant to be reduced to an assembly line. As efficient as this is to mass produce cars it’s a terrible way to interact with people wrestling with their faith.”

The Gospel Never Does Nothing

The Gospel Never Does Nothing – “Under the preaching of the gospel, no one remains the same. We are either moving closer to God or further from him. No one remains neutral. No one remains unchanged. We soften, or we harden.”

Want to Grow as a Christian? Go Back to the Start.

Want to Grow as a Christian? Go Back to the Start. – “The Christian life isn’t about moving onward and upward from the cross. Instead, we should go back to the start.”

 

Locusts and Wild Honey

Locusts and Wild Honey – “The intake of locusts and wild honey was not a throwaway detail. The food going into John’s mouth represented the message coming out of John’s mouth.”

A Prayer That God Would Save Our Children

A Prayer That God Would Save Our Children – “George Swinnock’s prayed this lovely prayer many centuries ago. May it give you words to pray to the Lord as you consider God’s mercy toward the children the Lord has given you.”