Weep with those who weep

Often time we as Christians find that our experiences war with our doctrine. We believe that God is sovereign, but horrible things happen. We believe that God is good, yet every day people die horrible deaths. How are we to reconcile what we think about our experiences, with what we know Scripture says?

The answer to [...]

The Queen of Sciences vs. The Tetragrammaton

This quote from C.H. Spurgeon reminds us what practical doctrine really is:“In too many cases the sublime truths are held in abeyance under the pretence that they are not practical; whereas the very fact that they are revealed proves the Lord thinks them to be of value, and woe unto us if we pretend to [...]

Taking a class from Spurgeon

Over the past couple of weeks I have been slowly working my way through the C. H. Spurgeon classic “Lectures to My Students.” As I think about it now it is amazing to me that I have never read the entire book before. Quite frankly I am a little disappointed that no professor ever required [...]

The Man in the Mirror: James 1:22-25

If you are coming to church, coming to youth group, or occasionally reading your bible, with out letting it have an impact on you then you are putting yourself in a dangerous position. You are deluding, or deceiving, yourself into thinking that you are living right just because you know all the answers in Sunday [...]

An introductory look at James 1:22-25

This morning I would like to take an introductory look James 1:22-25. This is an important passage to understand when tracking the thoughts of James. On Monday we will take a look at the two types of people that James describes in this passage, but until then I want to give just a few simple [...]

James 1:21: Receiving the Word (Pt. 2)

James 1:21“Therefore putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.”
To receive God’s Word we must reject sin, and accept the Word. And we must accept the Word in humility. This is in contrast with the prideful attitude of verses 19-20 [...]

The Offense of the Gospel

In our Nation’s Capital we now have a baseball team. The Nationals moved to D.C. from Montreal at the beginning of this season. They have made quite a splash in D.C. and have been in contention for most of the season. But as the playoff race heats up baseball is not the story coming from [...]