Author Archives: PS

Charles Spurgeon Documentary Video

If you like Charles Spurgeon, this documentary video is a good overview of his life in just over an hour.  It covers his conversion, growth as a preacher to his pastorate at the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London and the Downgrade … Continue reading

Posted in Video | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Family Table Talk

Family dinner conversations can often be pretty shallow and go something like this – Parent: “How was school?”.  Child: “Good”.  What did you do: “Nothing”.  Parent: “Did you learn anything interest”. Child: “Nope”.  Does that sound familiar? On the flip side, … Continue reading

Posted in Family | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

The Glory of Worship by J.I. Packer

What is worship?  J.I. Packer answers this question regard in an article titled The Puritan Approach to Worship. Worship is essentially doxology, a giving of glory, praise, honor, and homage to God. In the broadest sense of the word, all true piety is … Continue reading

Posted in Discipleship, Theology | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Bible Overview Video from Moody Bible Institute

This is a great overview of the Bible in less than 15 minutes.  It’s over 50 years old, so focus on the content rather than the art work.  The overview covers the consistent theme of the authors of the Bible as the great … Continue reading

Posted in Discipleship, Video | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

JI Packer’s Introduction to the Death of Death by John Owen

If you’ve never read JI Packer’s introduction to the John Owen’s classic book the Death of Death in the Death of Christ you must invest the time in it.  The book is long and dense, but the introduction is a … Continue reading

Posted in Theology | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

John MacArthur’s Question and Answer about the Local Church

John MacArthur answers many questions about the local church from the audience at a recent conference Q&A session. The session transcript can be found at Practical Concerns in the Local Church.  MacArthur covered the following topics: The limits of pastoral … Continue reading

Posted in Discipleship, Theology, Video | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Truth and the Trinity

Recently, there’s been quite a debate about the importance of defining the Trinity within the American church.  The question of the importance of and adherence to the historical Nicean and Athanasian creeds has arisen in addition to a discussion of the words we … Continue reading

Posted in Apologetics, Theology | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

John Stott on the Quest for Transcendence, Significance and Community

John Stott provides insight into three ultimate human quests – transcendence, significance and community.  See a portion of the interview below: What about what some call the greatest mission field, which is our own secularizing or secularized culture? What do … Continue reading

Posted in Culture, Discipleship | Tagged , | Leave a comment

God Seeks Worshipers – Horatius Bonar

God seeks worshipers (John 4:23b).  He does not stand in need of human praise or prayer, yet He asks for these, He delights in these, He wants the inner praise of the silent heart.  He wants the uttered praise of the … Continue reading

Posted in Discipleship, Quotes | Tagged | Leave a comment

Woe to You Who are Complacent – Francis Chan Sermon

Francis Chan delivered this sermon from Amos 6:1 about complacency in the church at the 2012 Moody Bible Institute Founders Week conference.  It is a very blunt assessment of the gap between where Chan believes the Bible teaches how we should live … Continue reading

Posted in Discipleship | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments