Faith and Its Source (Part 1)
I have heard Christians use the term faith in all sorts of contexts. I have listened to them speak of it when facing objections to Christianity. They reply, "Oh, you need to have faith." I have heard them use it…
How Should You Feel about the Resurrection of Christ?
How do you feel—how should you feel—about the resurrection of Christ? I hope you appreciate what a strange question that is to ask. First, it feels a little too contemporary. I say that because most everybody in our postmodern age…
Christianity’s God Does Have Answers: An Alternative to N.T. Wright
At the beginning of social distancing, I spoke with a mentor of mine, a man with over four decades in pastoral ministry. Our purpose for talking wasn't the present situation, but it wasn't possible to ignore it. I asked him…
Lessons in Godliness from Benjamin Keach
Introduction In this post, I want to explore some of the insights I drew from reading Benjamin Keach’s The Travels of True Godliness. Benjamin Keach was a seventeenth-century Particular Baptist and one of the signatories of the London Baptist Confession…
Blessings from Disaster: Spurgeon’s Prayer on November 2, 1856
Introduction In 1856, Charles Spurgeon moved his congregation to the biggest indoor venue in London, namely, the Surrey Garden’s Music Hall. The music hall was immense, seating nearly 10,000 people. He led his congregation to this building because he had…
Go or Hold The Rope: Four Applications from the Life and Ministry of Andrew Fuller
So far in this Andrew Fuller series, you have been given an overview of his life and a closer look at his contributions to the "modern missions movement." This final post of the series will seek to draw some applications…
Lessons in Piety from Samuel Pearce
Introduction “Real religion consists in a supreme love to God,” declared the eighteenth-century pastor Samuel Pearce, “and disinterested love to man” (140). The sentiment of this quotation isn’t original to Pearce. Jesus, summarizing the ten commandments, answered a scribe’s inquiry,…