Tag Archives: the gospel

stinging snobbery

Posted on January 8, 2011 by bkingr

Andrew Stuttaford links to a piece by Brendan O’Neill that puts into a pithy phrase the thing that just crawls under my skin and irritates at a low grade burn most of the time, but erupts into a volcanic flame … Continue reading →

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Bible Study Assumptions

Posted on August 10, 2010 by bkingr

we make some assumptions as we approach the Bible for study.  Graeme Goldsworthy in his book, Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics, calls these assumptions gospel presuppositions.  He lists them as follows: * The God who is there is the God of the Bible, who … Continue reading →

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David Platt’s take

Posted on July 7, 2010 by bkingr

Here is David Platt talking about the church in the South and the pressing need for young ministers to stay in the Word and to stay humble. Via @nationsbeglad

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is faith necessary?

Posted on April 28, 2010 by bkingr

Kevin DeYoung takes a crack at answering the question that tripped up Joel Osteen pretty badly on Larry King Live several years ago. here is the beginning. be sure to read the rest of it. “You know, Larry, that’s a … Continue reading →

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the Gospel according to Jesus

Posted on April 16, 2010 by bkingr

John Piper’s message at Together for the Gospel 2010 is one for the ages. If you don’t have time to listen to the whole 65 minutes, skip to 30 minutes in and give it a listen. T4G 2010 — Session … Continue reading →

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John Piper tweaks

Posted on March 19, 2010 by bkingr

Here is the video of John Piper out in Seattle at Mark Driscoll’s church. He is hitting the same themes he always does, but with some very important tweaks. give it a listen.

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Fuel for the Christian Life

Posted on February 21, 2010 by bkingr

Tullian Tchividjian explains that the Gospel is the power of God for salvation as well as fuel for living the Christian life. HT to Timmy Brister

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cooperation

Posted on November 18, 2009 by bkingr

Timmy Brister posted an extended discourse yesterday on cooperation between Calvinists and Arminians that is well worth your time. This morning, Timmy’s senior pastor, Tom Ascol, followed up with a quote from Charles Simeon that is too good not to … Continue reading →

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death to self-righteousness

Posted on September 30, 2009 by bkingr

the Gospel ends self-righteousness. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0g-s4Qhtyk&hl=en&fs=1&] ht to Timmy Brister

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danger of moralistic deism

Posted on August 30, 2009 by bkingr

here is Matt Chandler talking about the necessity of the centrality of the Gospel and the danger when it is assumed. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzTm3W2Ai7s&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Love that last line. “But you don’t put God in your debt. I know this because really really … Continue reading →

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everday Gospel

Posted on August 17, 2009 by bkingr

via Ramblin’ Pastor Man, here is a short video with John Piper explaining that we need the Gospel every day. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwn2GLm5MsY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]

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law/gospel

Posted on July 28, 2009 by bkingr

iMonk goes on a rant about law preaching versus gospel preaching that is both entertaining and informative. take a look. In other words, it’s an unmitigated disaster unless the Gospel is heard louder, longer and much clearer than anything else. … Continue reading →

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Terminal Generation?

Posted on July 13, 2009 by bkingr

Dr. Mohler is wondering if we are at the terminal generation of evangelicalism. It is a very fair thing about which to wonder. We should be very concerned about certain trends in contemporary evangelicalism that threaten this integrity. The first … Continue reading →

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learning vicarious suffering

Posted on June 18, 2009 by bkingr

courtesy of vitamin z, I saw this quote from Tim Keller: “You need to get used to this reality. Once you become a parent, for the rest of your life, you’ll never be happier than your unhappiest child, because your … Continue reading →

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prayer request time

Posted on May 8, 2009 by bkingr

John Mark has some ideas for matters about which we should be praying. Here are a couple. Go read his post for the rest. Advancement of God’s Kingdom (Matt. 6:10) Explicitly that God’s will be done (Matt. 6:10) Thank God … Continue reading →

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Romans 5:6-8

Posted on April 6, 2009 by bkingr

Romans 5:8 is well known. “but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” But the thought that Paul is expressing actually begins in verse 6. Here is the whole thing: … Continue reading →

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Why plant churches

Posted on March 18, 2009 by bkingr

Why should we plant more churches? aren’t there enough of them already? Don’t existing churches have room for at least a few more folks? why plant new ones when there are so many of every flavor already around? Mike McDaniel … Continue reading →

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contending and contextualizing

Posted on March 13, 2009 by bkingr

The church must both contend for truth and must contextualize truth to be effective in evangelism. Compare II Timothy 1:14 to I Corinthians 9:22. Hunter Beaumont’s diagnosis of the current evangelical moment is that we are over-contextualizing and under-contending: But … Continue reading →

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gospel centered preaching

Posted on February 26, 2009 by bkingr

here is Matt Chandler talking about gospel centered preaching as opposed to silly irreverent myths [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5YzI7b92L8&hl=en&fs=1] p.s. I am trying to remember where I saw this and will update with a link when I remember

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Relevance

Posted on February 12, 2009 by bkingr

Joe Thorn has a quote from John Piper regarding relevance that says: As a preacher, I think a lot about relevance. That is, why should anyone listen to what I have to say? Why should anybody care? Relevance is an … Continue reading →

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Gospel Centered

Posted on February 1, 2009 by bkingr

Dodson posted a bit from Tim Keller’s piece about what it means to be gospel centered. I am reposting that one, plus another one farther down in the article. I do not simply mean by ‘gospel-centered’ that ministry is to … Continue reading →

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Making it plausible or unthinkable

Posted on January 31, 2009 by bkingr

Al Mohler has completed posting a six part series on abortion which is the edited transcript of the sermon he gave on Sanctity of Life Sunday. excellent message excellently presented. here are the links to the parts for some weekend … Continue reading →

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"contextualizing" is not a dirty word

Posted on January 24, 2009 by bkingr

Todd Burus has done some homework regarding biblical examples of contextualizing. Go take a look. here is a bit of his work, but you have to go read the rest to see his argument and evidence: A rough definition of … Continue reading →

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what is the target?

Posted on January 13, 2009 by bkingr

Ed Stetzer has some interesting thoughts about the gospel that we are preaching and the goal of conversion according to that gospel. Here is his full article at catalyst. the excerpts that Ed posted on his blog follow: I continue … Continue reading →

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christians and culture

Posted on January 7, 2009 by bkingr

Carl Trueman is raising a contrary voice to the current fashion of cultural engagement in evangelical churches and doing it with style. This article holds together tightly and is not very amenable to slicing out a piece for a tease, … Continue reading →

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