Russell Moore is a public figure. More than that, Russell Moore is the President of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. More than that, Russell Moore is right up there with Al Mohler as a shaping influence for new pastors... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
2 of 16 in What is a Romans 14 Church?  We are going to deal with a lot of objections throughout the course of this study, but it may be that underneath them all is a suspicion that is only very rarely articulated out loud. “Why won’t you just take... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
To help us tell this part of the story we are going to have to borrow a very helpful picture in the twentieth century from Francis Schaeffer. In one of his books he began to develop an idea. It was a picture that attempted to show how ideas move... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
On the left we have the “doctrine chart,” flowing from top-down, absolute necessity to consequent necessity to arbitrary or unnecessary. Remember that these are with respect to God’s being. Is it absolutely necessary to God’s being? Those will be... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
1 of 14 in What is a “Romans 14” Church?  Words are powerful things. God made everything by his word. God makes everything new by his Word who took on flesh. So God has given words to us to say something about the power of his word. The right words... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
1 of 14 in What is a “Romans 14” Church?  Words are powerful things. God made everything by his word. God makes everything new by his Word who took on flesh. So God has given words to us to say something about the power of his word. The right words... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Religious War and the Crisis of Authority From 1618 to 1648 a war was fought all over Europe. We know it in history as simply the Thirty Years War. That this war was fought “over religion” is a little misleading. In the previous century, the king of... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Religious War and the Crisis of Authority From 1618 to 1648 a war was fought all over Europe. We know it in history as simply the Thirty Years War. That this war was fought “over religion” is a little misleading. In the previous century, the king of... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Christians must be a scalpel between two worlds. I do not mean simply that our thinking must act as this dividing agent, but that our whole lives must bear witness to the superiority of the city that is to come. That is the whole message of... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Christians must be a scalpel between two worlds. I do not mean simply that our thinking must act as this dividing agent, but that our whole lives must bear witness to the superiority of the city that is to come. That is the whole message of... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]