Written 1 September 2025: Yesterday was a month to the day that the Lord called my Ambrose to himself, and Ambrose listened because being with Jesus is better than being here. I preached yesterday, and I was going to include the following but decided to cut it from the sermon lest I steal the attentionContinue reading “Without the Resurrection, I’d be Sunk”
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Baptists: What Happened to Regenerate Church Membership? Part II
Many years ago, someone asked Dr. Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian in Manhattan this via Twitter: “Can a person be a Christian without being a member of a church?” Dr. Keller’s answer was, in essence, “Yes, but not an obedient one.” His answer was an important and instructive one. One can repent and giveContinue reading “Baptists: What Happened to Regenerate Church Membership? Part II”
In Praise of Slow Growth
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” -Ferris Bueller Life moves fast, and we like it that way. We, by nearly every measure, are a people who want things quickly and feel shortchanged if anything takes too long. Why won’t the traffic light change?Continue reading “In Praise of Slow Growth”
The Bearded Ecclesiologian 