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Posts from ‘August, 2009’

Albert Pujols writes about his faith in Christ

I enjoy Albert Pujols. I enjoy his dedication to what he does. I enjoy his attitude and demeanor on the field. I enjoy that he does not take steriods. As a lifelong St. Louis Cardinals fan from a family of Cardinals fans, I really enjoy that he is a St. Louis Cardinal.
I have heard strains [...]

An inside scoop on Acts29

In the fall of 2008, Ray Ortlund delivered a series of lectures on the power of preaching at Southern Seminary. I found the talks to be thoughtful, engaging and appropriately urgent, with Ortlund challenging students to be faithful and loving ministers.
Ortlund, 59, serves as pastor of Immanuel Church (PCA) in Nashville, Tenn. The church is [...]

Do you preach the Gospel to yourself?

Tim Challies had a helpful post on preaching the gospel to yourself from Jerry Bridges book “Respectable Sins”.
Here is an excerpt:
In his book Respectable Sins, Jerry Bridges writes about the important discipline of preaching the gospel to yourself every day. Realizing that many people have heard of this discipline but do not know how to practice [...]