Pure Church

After posting some comments on a church battle resulting in the resignation of its pastor , pointing out that as a congregationalist I belie...

If I had the opportunity to do my freshman year in college again, I'd do it here .

A couple folks visiting to comment in my last post have asked on what biblical basis am I a congregationalist. That's what I get for thr...

I'm a congregationalist. I believe the congregation has the final say-so in certain matters, including the calling and termination of it...

My man Tim Challies says, "The badder the bad, the gooder the good." Who knew Canadians spoke Ebonics?! Anyway, that sentence appl...

The King of Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah, plans to participate in a UN-sponsored interfaith dialogue . Pray for the event and for the progres...

A couple of things of note from perusing the blogosphere this evening: Andy Naselli lists three ways to spoil the gospel : addition, subtrac...

Christian History features a brief article by Doug Sweeney and Mark Rogers on the history of the altar call . A brief excerpt: This common e...

The current 9Marks ejournal takes a look at counseling in the church , featuring excellent interviews with some of the CCEF team.

Greg Gilbert over at Church Matters has offered the first in a series of posts called " What We're Looking for in Elders ." I...

"It's the economy, stupid." That sentence--despite the rather impolite use of the final word--won a presidential election a fe...

From the DG blog : A word to preachers. Truth and falsehood is a good pair of categories to use when deciding what to preach. Speak truth no...

For a while there it seemed as though the country was destined to have its first female presidential candidate. Hillary Clinton sat poised a...

Some helpful bits and pieces from Phillip Jensen on the word of God and preaching: The gospel proclamation falls into the category of true o...

JT posted this over at Between Two Worlds. Let's indeed join together in prayer for the saints. May Samuel's perspective be our ow...

And UA has quotes from a Spurgeon biography to prove it. See here . It really doesn't matter how long a pastor preaches, there will be ...

True to form, many of the respondents to these posts will immediately launch into either their support or disavowal of the candidate in ques...

A couple weeks back, a dear brother in the Lord asked what I thought about the general election and who I'd be voting for. I answered hi...

I listened to John Folmar, pastor of UCCD, on Ephesians 1 . And I watched this YouTube video of a recent baptismal testimony here at FBC. Wh...

Many of you will be familiar with the Simeon Trust , which offers workshops in exposition. Here's a bit from Charles Simeon himself on ...