This Momentary Marriage: Ian & Larissa's Story
May 8th, 2012 by Pastor Joe
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Charles Colson (1931-2012)
April 24th, 2012 by Pastor Joe
Real-Life Echoes of the Story of Christ
March 12th, 2012 by Pastor Joe
Here's a model of how to write and deliver a speech...especially for you High School and college kids.
What to Say to Non-Committal Church Attenders
March 2nd, 2012 by Pastor Joe
Jonathan Leeman writes, "Joe has attended your church for about a year. He says he's a Christian. But he has not joined. Should you encourage him to join? How?"
Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream Speech - August 28, 1963
January 16th, 2012 by Pastor Joe
FASTING AND PRAYER DAYS: MONDAY & TUESDAY
January 15th, 2012
Packer on Why We Should Meditate on the Four Gospels More than Any Other Book
January 12th, 2012 by Pastor Joe
I hope we at SFG are finding Packer's words to be true. He writes, [We can] correct woolliness of view as to what Christian commitment involves, by stressing the need for constant meditation on the four gospels, over and above the rest of our Bible reading: for gospel study enables us both to keep our Lord in clear view and to hold before our minds the relational frame of discipleship to him. The doctrines on which our discipleship rests are clearest in the epistles, but the nature of discipleship itself is most vividly portrayed in the gospels. Some Christians seem to prefer the epistles as if this were a mark of growing up spiritually; but really this attitude is a very bad sign, suggesting that we are more interested in theological notions than in fellowship with the Lord Jesus in person. We should think, rather, of the theology of the epistles as preparing us to understand better the disciple relationship with Christ that is set forth in the gospels, and we should never let ourselves forget that the four gospels are, as has often and rightly been said, the most wonderful books on earth.
Worship
December 17th, 2011 by Pastor Joe
I can't wait for the upcoming conference on "Worship" in Hunington Beach with Bob Kauflin (Saturday, January 28) . I hope you can join me. It's only $20. http://www.thegatheringconference.com/overview/
Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)
December 17th, 2011 by Pastor Joe
Hitchens was one of two people that I made sure to listen to once a week when he was interviewed on the radio for ten minutes. I have always found him intellectually stimulating. I love to listen to thinkers...even when I disagree with them. Justin Taylor writes, "He was a brilliant and entertaining man. He was enormously gifted, and in his final years he took those gifts and used them to mock God, using his considerable wit and sharp tongue to convince as many people as possible to do the same." Here's the documentary of his tour of debates with Douglas Wilson.
Why We Need More 'Chaplains' and Fewer Leaders: What's a pastor for?
December 9th, 2011 by Pastor Joe
Why We Need More 'Chaplains' and Fewer Leaders What's a pastor for? I found this article in "Christianity Today" penetrating.