The Foolish Message of the Cross (Exposition of 1 Corinthians 1:18-25)

The Church’s traditional teaching of Christ’s crucifixion is “repulsive” and “insane” according to the Very Rev Jeffrey John of the Church of England. John urges a revision of the Christian doctrine of the cross known as “penal substitution” which states that because humans have sinned, God sent Christ as a substitute to suffer and [...]

2007 SBTS “Power in the Pulpit” Audio Now Available

Jim Shaddix           Albert Mohler           Hershael York
The audio from this year’s “Power in the Pulpit” conference held at SBTS [...]

Seven Glorious Years!

Tomorrow (the last Sunday of April) marks seven years since I preached my first sermon as the pastor of West Broadway Baptist Church. Thank you for the privilege of serving the Word of God to you for these years. My heart corresponds with Jacob’s in Genesis 29:20, “So Jacob served seven years for [...]

John Smoltz - A Brave for Life

Great news today out of Atlanta. The Braves signed John Smoltz to a contract that will virtually guarantee that he ends his career as an Atlanta Brave. I saw him pitch 18 years ago at the first Major League Baseball game I ever attended during his first full season in the Majors [...]

Marriage and Divorce According to the Apostle Paul

For those who would like more information about this topic, please see this paper which I wrote a few years ago.

The Authority of the King: Jesus and Divorce (Exposition of Matthew 5:31-32)

The greatest threat to marriage in America today is not the push for homosexual marriage, but rather the current ease with which a married couple can get a divorce. The greatest attack on marriage was not the decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Court in 2003 that the state’s law banning same-sex marriages was unconstitutional. [...]

Roadkill on the Information Super Highway

Here are some important and interesting items which I recently ran across on the information super highway:

Tom Ascol responds with a Christlike, but concerned spirit to Jerry Falwell’s recent inflammatory comments calling the doctrine of limited atonement heresy.
My dad, Garry Weaver, of Amazing Grace and Old Chevys has also responded to Falwell’s tirade with an [...]

The Authority of the King: Jesus and Lust (Exposition of Matthew 5:27-30)

In the year 2006, the porn industry revenue in the United States was $13.3 billion. That is bigger than the revenues of the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball combined. Other statistics regarding the viewing of pornography are alarming. During the year of 2006, there were 72 million unique visitors to adult websites [...]

MLJ on “Talking to Yourself” Rather than “Listening to Yourself”

The selection from Martyn Lloyd-Jones which I posted yesterday reminded me of another selection from the good doctor that has been especially meaningful to me. In fact, these two paragraphs are among the most memorable and helpful of any that I’ve ever read. They are taken from the excellent book Spiritual Depression. [...]

MLJ on Being rather than Doing

In reading from Martyn Lloyd-Jones classic treatment of Matthew 5-7 titled Studies in the Sermon on the Mount this morning in preparation for my Bible study this evening on Matthew 5:7, I came across an excellent excursus by the good doctor on “being” rather than “doing.” The following is found on page 81-82 of [...]