Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) has few peers when it comes to stirring up biblically informed passion for Jesus Christ. My wife made me aware of one of his quotes today from The Daily Spurgeon. It’s from a sermon called “The Fulness Of Jesus, The Treasury Of Saints,” that Spurgeon delivered February 28, 1869.
Spurgeon describes how both preaching and music grow dull [...]
I’ll never make any apologies for encouraging Christians to live cross-centered lives, or leaders to lead in gospel-centered ways. Christ’s substitutionary death on the cross which reconciled us to God will always be central to our faith.
But while we are called to glory in the cross of Christ (Gal. 6:14), the death of Christ isn’t meant [...]
I’ve been reading in Isaiah recently and have been freshly reminded of God’s hatred for idols and his passion for his own glory:
Is. 43:11 I, I am the LORD, and besides me there is no savior.
Is. 44:6   Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: “I am [...]
One of the drums I will never tire of beating is this: All biblical worship is rooted in and made possible by the cross of Christ. In my experience, the contemporary church (and any church, for that matter) is always in danger of neglecting the gospel in its songs. I said it this way in [...]
Whatever you believe about the timing of the return of Christ, orthodox Christians all agree on one thing: Jesus is coming back.
Scripture tells us that when Jesus finally returns, all wrongs will be made right, the unrighteous will be judged, and those who have trusted in Christ will enter into the immediate presence of God [...]
What do you do when you start leading a song in two different keys?
At our WorshipGod08 conference, we had the opportunity to find out as Joseph Stigora started “Psalm 96″ in one key and the rest of the band from Covenant Fellowship came in a step higher. I posted on this previously, but here’s the [...]
In October of 2008, I posted that my goal was to read through the ESV Study Bible and notes (excluding the articles at the end) by the end of 2009. It took a little extra time this past week, but I finished Revelation 22 today.
In my post last year, I gave ten reasons why I [...]
The blizzard of 2009 prevented our church from meeting this morning. We ended up having a few families from our neighborhood over for a time of singing and prayer, thanking God for all his gifts, especially sending his Son to redeem us. After that we chowed down on eggs and french toast.
I appreciated what Josh [...]
My daughter, Brittany, sent me this video today.
It’s by the folks at Desiring God, who excel at using technology in a creative way to draw attention to what’s being said.
The content is part of a John Piper sermon set to techno music. Piper addresses the question, “How do we treasure Christ above all things?” which is at [...]
If you lead worship, you may not think of yourself as a biblical counselor. Maybe that should change.
Last month I had the joy of leading the singing at the CCEF conference. While I was there David Powlison asked if we could chat about the relationship between singing congregationally and biblical counseling.
There are a number of [...]