Fast Day 18 of 21: Is Your Heart In Tune with Heaven?
Thursday, January 27, 2011 In speaking of our conversion to Christ, J.C. Ryle brings out a notion that should be abundantly clear, but for many Christians it isn’t: Without conversion of hear we could...
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Jesus’ last words outlined his strategy for the generations of churches that would follow. In the Great Commission, He establishes authority over all things—and by that authority He says to ‘Go and...
View ArticleTransforming People Through the Word That Transforms
[This sermon was preached at Boone’s Creek Baptist Church on Sunday, May 29, 2011. You can listen to it here.] The Holy Spirit uses transformed people to transform people through the transforming...
View ArticleRob Ventura on the Ministry of the Holy Spirit in Preaching
Reformation 21 has posted an excellent article on “The Holy Spirit, His Ministry, and the Preacher of God” that I pray you find valuable. Here’s an excerpt: Preachers of the Word of God who would be...
View ArticlePneumacentricity—the Neglected God by Dr. Robert Smith
Dr. Robert Smith of Beeson Divinity School speaks on Pneumacentricity–the Neglected God at the E.Y. Mullins Lectures at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. I am grateful for...
View ArticleSeminaries Are Great, But Cannot and Must Not Replace the Holy Spirit
In yesterday’s post, I alluded to a passage in Acts 4:13, in which the Jewish council looked upon the disciples: “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were...
View ArticleYou Say Jesus Never Ministered in Denver—I Beg to Differ
Some say, “Jesus only ministered in a tiny territory in Israel—and the disciples were the one to carry on His name to the ends of the earth.” In one sense that is true, but in another sense Jesus has...
View ArticleThe Spirit-Filled Christian is Spiritual Aristocracy? What Should a Normal...
When speaking of the Holy Spirit, we recognize that the Spirit has freed us from the false notions about being a Christian. You see, whether we like it or not, God intends for us to engage our minds....
View ArticleHow Is the Holy Spirit Qualified to Be our Counselor?
Few things are as troublesome for a soul than to be left alone. We cringe when we listen on the news of men, women, or children who are alone in the mountains, only to be found dead because they had...
View ArticleHow Does the Holy Spirit Convict the World?
“I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. 5 But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 But because I have said these...
View ArticleFast Day 18 of 21: Is Your Heart In Tune with Heaven?
Thursday, January 27, 2011 In speaking of our conversion to Christ, J.C. Ryle brings out a notion that should be abundantly clear, but for many Christians it isn’t: Without conversion of hear we could...
View ArticleHow Pentecost Reversed the Tower of Babel: The True Point of Acts 2:1-13
Jesus’ last words outlined his strategy for the generations of churches that would follow. In the Great Commission, He establishes authority over all things—and by that authority He says to ‘Go and...
View ArticleTransforming People Through the Word That Transforms
[This sermon was preached at Boone’s Creek Baptist Church on Sunday, May 29, 2011. You can listen to it here.] The Holy Spirit uses transformed people to transform people through the transforming...
View ArticleRob Ventura on the Ministry of the Holy Spirit in Preaching
Reformation 21 has posted an excellent article on “The Holy Spirit, His Ministry, and the Preacher of God” that I pray you find valuable. Here’s an excerpt: Preachers of the Word of God who would be...
View ArticlePneumacentricity—the Neglected God by Dr. Robert Smith
Dr. Robert Smith of Beeson Divinity School speaks on Pneumacentricity–the Neglected God at the E.Y. Mullins Lectures at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. I am grateful for...
View ArticleSeminaries Are Great, But Cannot and Must Not Replace the Holy Spirit
In yesterday’s post, I alluded to a passage in Acts 4:13, in which the Jewish council looked upon the disciples: “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were...
View ArticleYou Say Jesus Never Ministered in Denver—I Beg to Differ
Some say, “Jesus only ministered in a tiny territory in Israel—and the disciples were the one to carry on His name to the ends of the earth.” In one sense that is true, but in another sense Jesus has...
View ArticleThe Spirit-Filled Christian is Spiritual Aristocracy? What Should a Normal...
When speaking of the Holy Spirit, we recognize that the Spirit has freed us from the false notions about being a Christian. You see, whether we like it or not, God intends for us to engage our minds....
View ArticleHow Is the Holy Spirit Qualified to Be our Counselor?
Few things are as troublesome for a soul than to be left alone. We cringe when we listen on the news of men, women, or children who are alone in the mountains, only to be found dead because they had...
View ArticleHow Does the Holy Spirit Convict the World?
“I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. 5 But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 But because I have said these...
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