Better abolish pulpits than fill them with men who have no experimental knowledge of what they teach… People go to their place of worship and sit down comfortably, and think they must be Christians, when all the time all that their religion consists in, is listening to an orator, having their ears tickled with music, [...]

Doug Wilson on evangelism:
The Bible not only teaches that the world is the way that God made it, and not the way we would like it to be, but the Bible also teaches that every man actually knows this, and that no man has an excuse for denying it. The world the way God made [...]

From Ray Ortland’s Blog
My dad used to say to me, when I was a kid, “Listen, son.  Half-hearted Christians are the most miserable people of all.  They know enough to feel guilty, but they haven’t gone far enough with Christ to be happy.  Be wholehearted for him!”
I used to roll my eyes when you said [...]

Dr. Jason Meyer was officially announced the first New Testament Professor at BCS, where I attend Seminary (read about him here).  I eagerly anticipate his arrival!  He is currently in Ethiopia teaching at an Evangelical Seminary, training pastors.  His new book, The End of The Law, is available for perusal through Google Books.

The Pentateuch may be compared to a Rembrandt painting of real persons or events.  We do not understand a Rembrandt painting by taking a photograph of the “thing” that Rembrandt painted and comparing it with the painting itself.  That may help us understand the “thing” that Rembrandt painted, his subject matter, but it will not [...]

When we seek pleasure outside of God’s design, we are like this old man fooling around with kid’s toys instead of enjoying an adventurous travel to an exotic destination. The only reason we should ever try to deny ourselves a lesser pleasure, is so that we can seek indulgence in a greater pleasure. [...]