Pure Church

In this last post of the series, it seems appropriate to end where we began: with the importance of the pastor in preventing church splits. ...

The Pope of blogging ( Tim Challies ) has called all bloggers to post reflections on the Reformation and its meaning for us today. In obedie...

Phil Ryken, bringing to our attention David Shiflett's assessment of liberal Christianity's view of God: While many Americans hold l...

Earlier this week, Mark Dever over at T4G posted this great quote from David Wells’ Above All Earthly Pow’rs : This Word of God is the mean...

How many people do you know in your church? Of them, how many do you know well? Even in small churches, the tendency often is to "coun...

As a boy, I loved reading the Encyclopedia Brown mystery novels. It was engaging and stimulating stuff. Sherlock Holmes for us young shortie...

I have a new and growing conviction. It's occupying a lot of my thoughts these days... good thoughts, I think. I don't know why it h...

Lord willing, this coming Sunday, I'll have the great privilege of opening up a great passage of scripture, Ephesians 4:1-16. Couldn...

Who is the best NBA player in the world? I think Dime Magazine has it correct in selecting D-Wade at the top of their top ten . He's a m...

The Lord used Richard Baxter's visitation ministry to work a revival in Kidderminster. It seems He is stirring good spiritual thought an...

On Tuesday, in a lopsided vote of 36-1 (Rev. Dwight McKissic being the lone dissenting vote), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary pas...

Religion News Service featured an article this week that listed the twelve people they think are teaching the Democratic party to "get...

Having tried my hand at street preaching, I respect and pray for those who remain committed to the open air. Here's a group taking it to...

You've heard of the Victorian, the Cape Cod, the transitional, traditional, contemporary, and the once-fabulous split-level home. There ...

A good friend has posted an excellent review of Sam Harris' Letter to a Christian Nation . Turns out... the letter isn't to us at ...

Seems that in the last couple of months, the Lord has given me something to share with each of my daughters. My oldest girl, Afiya, loves Ci...

Mark Lauterbach, pastor of Grace Church and author at GospelDrivenLife , has written a helpful post over at Na called "How to Disagree ...

"Race is not the Church's biggest problem. Our biggest problem is loving and befriending people who are not like us. Weekly meeting...

I sometimes talk too much. I could benefit from hearing and heeding the words of James 1:19: "Everyone should be quick to listen, slow ...

This past Sunday, I had the great privilege of preaching Ephesians 2:11-22. I always love meditating on the mystery of the church, and God...