That’s one prophecy from the book of Jeremiah. We pick up the strand of God’s redemption history in Zech 11. Zechariah was another prophet who came upon the scene after Jeremiah. While the Israelites were captives in Babylon and the temple lie in ruins, Babylon was attacked by Cyrus, the king of Persia, and Babylon […]
Matthew 26: The Last Supper and the Lord's Supper pt 1 of 4
For this month, we’re going to take a break from Romans and study the Passion accounts in preparation for Good Friday and Easter. Matthew 26:14-30. Today, I have 3 points. 1) God’s sovereignty and human free will need to always be held in tension and we see this in Judas’ choice to betray Jesus. 2) […]
Reflections on Elders from 1 Peter
This was posted on the 9Marks Blog: Building Healthy Churches by Aaron Menikoff on 3/24/11. At Mount Vernon where I serve, we have been talking about moving to elders for a couple of years. Through it all, I’ve found that one of the most helpful texts to speak from has been 1 Peter 5:2-4 where […]
Book Review: The Deliberate Church (Mark Dever)
The Deliberate Church After many people read “The Nine Marks of the Healthy Church,” they asked, if we realize that our church is unhealthy, what can be do concretely to become a healthy church? In his sequel, Mark Dever, pastor of Capital Hill Baptist Church, makes a point that everything that we do in the […]
Marianne Meye Thompson on Letting Go in Lent
Marianne Meye Thompson (MDiv ’78) George Eldon Ladd Professor of New Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary Many Christians practice the discipline of “giving up” something for Lent–a favorite food, such as chocolate or coffee, or a favorite activity, such as television. But once Lent is over, so is the “giving up.” Living as Jesus calls us […]
What is Francis Chan doing now? (March 2011)
Here is an excerpt from Francis Chan’s latest sharing… I am very excited about some writing projects I am currently working on. One in particular is a discipleship project I am creating with David Platt. We have both been deeply concerned with the fact that so few who attend church services are obeying the great […]