Blogs

8 Reasons Your Excuses for Not Practicing Church Discipline Don’t Work
“The question is not, “What does it say about the church if we exercise discipline?” but rather, “What does it say about the church if we neglect church discipline?” Paul says that our refusal to discipline unrepentant church members—by taking their names off the membership rolls, refusing to admit them to the Lord’s Supper, and helping them see that their sin calls their professed faith into question—says at least eight bad things about us. Ironically, these eight things are precisely what we’re afraid the world will think if we do exercise church discipline.”

10 Lessons I Learned from Preaching Revelation
“In June I concluded a series of 38 sermons in the book of Revelation. As I reflect on my time in this remarkable book, 10 truths stand out. Spoiler: the things that had the greatest effect on me had nothing to do with numerical symbolism or 666 or the Beast or the Great Prostitute or the millennium.”

12 Questions To Ask Ourselves In Conflict
“Usually our first impulse in conflict is to look at all the ways the other person is wrong. All the ways they hurt us or messed up or all the ways they are thinking incorrectly about an issue. But over the years I have found it helpful to examine myself before focusing on the other person. Here are 12 questions I have found helpful to ask myself when I find myself in conflict:”

Entertainment Choices and Compromise
“One of the ways compromise comes into our life is through our entertainment. We’re very willing to be entertained by things that Christ died for. We’re very willing to laugh at jokes where the punchline is something that required the blood of Christ to atone for that. So, we can be very, very flippant with our entertainment. We can be entertained by things that are actually dishonoring to God.”

As One with Authority: The Four Pillars of Authoritative Preaching
“Modern preaching has been described as “A mild-mannered man encouraging mild-mannered people to be more mild-mannered.” The church—and the world—needs the opposite. Bold, authoritative preaching is the urgent need of the hour. Such preaching will hasten revival in the church, and further the Great Commission.”

3 Ways the Gospel Changes the Way You Apologize
“Christians, of all people in the world, should be the best apologizers. Not because they necessarily have more to apologize for, but because the gospel frees us to apologize rightly, changing our apologies in at least these three ways:”

Kindle Books

Whose Money Is It Anyway? by John F. MacArthur $1.99.

God So Loved, He Gave: Entering the Movement of Divine Generosity by Kelly M. Kapic $2.99.

Conferences

Refresh and Reset Conference
“Finding Hope in the Midst of Burnout, Anxiety, and Depression.” September 28–29, 2018 With David and Shona Murray at New Covenant Bible Church, St. Charles, Illinois.

2018 Regional Conference
On October 5–6, 2018, Ligonier Ministries is hosting a conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland called “After Darkness, Light.” Drs. Sinclair Ferguson, Steven Lawson, Burk Parsons, Michael Reeves, and Derek Thomas will explore the history and legacy of the Reformation and explain how we must continue the work of the Reformers today.