John Piper’s view on alcohol consumption is encapsulated in these four sources: “Total Abstinence and Church Membership,” a sermon preached on October 4, 1981 “Flesh Tank and Peashooter Regulations,” a sermon on Colossians 2:16–23 preached on January 17, 1982 “Is It Okay to Drink Alcohol?” Ask Pastor John podcast, May 8, 2010 “Is Drinking Alcohol a Sin?” Ask Pastor John podcast, October 23, 2013 […]
Free Download: Life in a Risen Saviour by Robert Candlish
Life in a Risen Saviour: Being Discourses on the Argument of the Fifteenth Chapter of First Corinthians by Robert Candlish is free from Logos Bible Software this month as part of their Free Book of the Month program. After you get the free book, you can read in one of the free reader apps for PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, or Kindle Fire—or online at Biblia.com. You […]
One with Christ: An Evangelical Theology of Salvation
A reader pointed out a forthcoming book on union with Christ: One with Christ: An Evangelical Theology of Salvation. This 256–page book by Marcus Peter Johnson is supposed to be published by Crossway on August 31, 2013. Here’s the description from Amazon: Regeneration, justification, sanctification. These are the primary words that come to mind when talking about the theology […]
D. A. Carson on Assurance of Salvation
Yesterday Andy Naselli highlighted six resources by D. A. Carson on assurance of salvation. It reminded me of Carson’s article “Reflections on Christian Assurance,” which is one of my favorites on the subject. Carson skillfully holds together what many tear asunder. If you haven’t read it, I’d strongly encourage you to. The balance he strikes is exemplary. I can’t speak […]
Responding to Cancer
Professor and blogger Rod Decker posted on his blog this weekend about his cancer. It appears to be more widespread, more aggressive, and more serious than they originally thought. He’s begun treatment to control and reduce the cancer, and he’d appreciate your prayers—as we all would if we were in his shoes. As I read his post, […]
Does Matthew 5:48 Require Sinless Perfection?
Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount, “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect” (Matthew 5:48). This is often interpreted as a call to sinless perfection, something that Christians cannot attain prior to glorification. God is thus able to issue this injunction to his people: ‘Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect’ […]
God’s Love: A Bible Storybook
If you have an iPad and kids or grandkids (or plan to one day), you’ll definitely want to download the iPad app God’s Love: A Bible Storybook, which is free until Monday morning. Here’s the description: Explore God’s love from the creation of the world to the ascension of Christ. Featuring 120 story pages and three […]
Piper on Calvinism, Arminianism, and Logic
I think John Piper is on target with this assessment of Calvinists, Arminians, and logic: It is a great irony to me that Calvinists are stereotyped as logic-driven. For forty years my experience has been the opposite. The Calvinists I have known (English Puritans, Edwards, Newton, Spurgeon, Packer, Sproul) are not logic driven, but Bible-driven. […]