Pure Church

Rarely can a preacher prepare a sermon and not find himself leaving on the "cutting room floor" a substantial thought or quote fou...

Here's another gem the Lord blessed me with over at Christ Is Deeper Still . This one is from John Wesley. What has exceedingly hurt yo...

I pray you all had a wonderful Christmas celebration--indeed, that you are still celebrating in a conscious and intentional way the incarnat...

Joe Thorn has written a couple posts on discovering and developing elders. Post 1: Leadership Development Post 2: brief and helpful comments...

Here's a hilarious look at the CHBC Internship program. I'm sure this will make you want to start one in your church!

On Monday, the Lord granted the privilege of discussing The Decline on The Paul Edwards Show, God and Culture . Paul is always an engaging ...

Todd Pruitt linked to this pastor's explanation of why he is breaking away from the emergent church movement . I'm thankful for hi...

A couple days ago, I posted Baxter's advice for spending the day with God. In it, he drew our attention to the end of our lives. Here...

Over the past couple weeks, several people have asked me what I think about children "celebrating" Santa Claus during the Christma...

In our staff meetings, we customarily read some brief materials as a time of reflection and discussion. Yesterday, we had the privilege of r...

Dear reader, please let me offer two apologies from the start. First, this is a long post. I don’t know if it’s worth your read, but I at le...

I remember the first time I was in a public worship service with Lig Duncan . Lig is always a joy to be around--a walking trivia book of all...

I am a former racist. The word "former" is key. It exalts the decisive and glorious power of God to deliver men from the death-gri...

I just wanted to give a word of thanks to the many friends and fellow-laborers, brothers and sisters in Christ, who have made some mention o...

When the pressure to 'contextualize' the gospel jeopardizes the message of the cross by inflating human egos, the cultural pressure...

"What the world dismisses as sheer foolishness, the foolishness of God, proves 'wiser than man's wisdom' (1 Cor. 1:25). Wha...

The brothers over at The Council of Reforming Churches have just started a new conversation that will surely be edifying and helpful. The co...

Read this three times and tell me what you think. (HT: Thirsty Theologian )

Last week I had the privilege of listening to a sermon by Dan Cruver on adoption . Dan works at Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency and...

I received in the mail a couple days ago a new 9Marks interview featuring Eric Redmond, pastor of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Temple Hills...