The Power of a Gospel-Centered Marriage
Dear Sovereign Redeemer and other friends, Of the talks that I was asked to give at a recent NCFIC conference in New York City, “The Power of a Gospel-Centered Marriage” was my favorite, but just by a...
View ArticleThe Secret of Happiness in the Home
Dear Sovereign Redeemer and other friends, It is hard to find a Scripture text that is the equal of Psalm 128 in terms of describing a happy home and what it takes to have one. It was an honor to have...
View ArticleBringing the Bible to Bear on Mental Illness
Dear Sovereign Redeemer and other friends, There are certain sacred cows that you touch at your own peril. One of these is how to approach mental illness, a term never used in Scripture, though...
View ArticleNuggets from Puritan Preaching
Dear Sovereign Redeemer and other friends, One of the outstanding messages from the NCFIC “Worship of God” conference included some observations by Joel Beeke about Puritan preaching. I found two to be...
View ArticleDid Santa Really Slap a Jehovah’s Witness at Nicea?
Dear Sovereign Redeemer and other friends, I obviously decided to end the year on a light-hearted note. Unless you’re Santa. Or a Jehovah’s Witness. The technical answer is “no” – Santa Claus did not...
View ArticleMore on Birthdays
Dear Sovereign Redeemer and other friends, A couple of years ago I posted some wisdom from John Calvin regarding birthdays. Now some more from J.C. Ryle’s “Holiness” (the chapter on “Assurance”): I...
View ArticleTwenty-Three Years of Wedded Bliss
Dear Sovereign Redeemer and other friends, Outside of the day I was born again by the grace of God, the most important and wonderful day of my life was Saturday, June 29, 1991, the day Janet Mizelle...
View ArticleReprise: That Will Never Be Marriage
Dear Sovereign Redeemer and other friends, I originally posted “That Will Never Be Marriage” a year ago. It is as needful a blast of the trumpet as it was a year ago, and maybe more so. In the post, I...
View ArticleReprise: “Give Us Youngsville, or We Die!”
Dear Sovereign Redeemer and other friends, This was originally posted on April 28, 2011, one month into Sovereign Redeemer’s existence. It is truer now than then. Read on! The great Scottish reformer,...
View ArticlePreface to What May Become a Book
Dear Sovereign Redeemer and other friends, I currently have the privilege of preaching through the Ten Commandments, and I want to squeeze the last drop of good from our time in this towering section...
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