https://open.spotify.com/episode/7w8CpnJLrGqjmM3Cw8ap4M?si=BLVQGjz7RkOFMAq7StH3hw Too often doctrine and teaching (but I repeat myself) are pitted against missions and disciple-making; however, whenever we consider Christ’s Great Commission for His church, we note that we are called to make disciples by baptizing in them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Baptism in the name …
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Happy Resurrection Day one and all! If you'd like to further meditate upon Jesus being risen, here are four sermons for you. The first is a sermon on Mark's account of the resurrection. From The Apostles' Creed, this sermon over the Resurrection of Christ describes why it is our trustworthy, living, and eternal hope. From …
Author The author of Hebrews is anonymous, and unlike the Gospels (which are also anonymously written), there is no longstanding tradition that supports any particular figure. This has left theologians throughout church history to make their guesses. The most popular suggestion is Paul, which is why Hebrews is placed alongside Paul’s epistles, and despite what …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4heVeKt8MBBNcEwM3sB5L8?si=Ru7EF7RkQY2c0Xvw15_PsA When Rings of Power, Amazon's Lord of the Rings series, was first released, I fully intended to write down some of my thoughts, especially to see if my predictions were correct. But after pushing myself through all eight episodes, I simply couldn't bring myself to spend any further brain cells on something so, to …
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A few months ago, my eldest daughter finished listening to part two of Little Pilgrim's Big Journey for the 500th time (probably only a slight exaggeration!) and proceeded to tell my wife that she wanted a Pilgrim's Progress birthday party. Tiff and I both thought that was an excellent idea and immediately began to imagine …
Author Since Genesis is the first book of the Pentateuch, or Torah, Jews and Christians throughout history have upheld Moses as the author. In recent years, many scholars have questioned the idea of one single author composing all of the first five books of the Bible; thus, the documentary hypothesis was born. Documentary hypothesists believe …
In Ephesians 6:4, parents are commanded to raise their children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Thankfully, one great blessing of living in the Information Age is the availability of so many great resources for teaching children the stories and doctrines of God's Word. Below are some of our family's favorite kids books …
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/0jASJMEzjyeqHHuEX1Ebil?si=6Z-Hlz4vRkKvSbkrWEQdtg In 1968, Paul Ehrlich published his bestselling book, The Population Bomb, which predicted the apocalyptic death of millions in the 70s and 80s as the result of over-population. Surely you have heard the nutshell of his argument before: the earth and its resources simply cannot sustain humanity's ever-growing population. Sixty years later, the fact …
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/70FTMuYp58fhAG3RsiYzBW?si=WFJsG3TJQcaHzwpkLBFc0g That is the question that every preacher must ask, and he must answer that question for himself in accordance with the wisdom of the Spirit. I know plenty of faithful fellow preachers on both sides of the question. Even so, here is my experience attempting to answer the question. I began my pastorate eight …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2EejKRXXHIlEHIVM9atZY8?si=Cy03IO8USnujybft3wTz_A From Israel's enslavement in Egypt to their wondrous crossing of the Red Sea, the first fourteen chapters of Exodus are some of the most well-known stories in all of Scripture, which added a degree of gravity to preaching through them last year. Yet, as is almost always the case, well-known is a bit of …
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B. C. Newton 