Posts tagged Theology
Quote of the Week – Al Mohler on Liberalism and Hell
Feb 4th
The lesson of theological liberalism is clear—embarrassment is the gateway drug for theological accommodation and denial.
Be sure of this: it will not stop with the air conditioning of hell.
- Al Mohler, “Air Conditioning Hell: How Liberalism Happens“,
Summary of the Southern Baptist Founders Conference Southwest 2009
Sep 28th
Here is a summary of the messages from the SBFC-SW 2009, as well as a collection of photos from the conference and a video I took of the attendees singing “Be Thou My Vision”.
“Devotional Psalm (Psalm 130)” – Pastor Jeff Young
“Preaching Christ from the Old Testament” – Pastor Fred Malone
“Preaching Christ from the New Testament” – Pastor Tom Ascol
“Redemptive-Historical Preaching: Pros and Cons” – Pastor Steve Garrick
“Summary of Founders Ministries” – Pastor Tom Ascol
“The Lost Element of Theology in Preaching” – Pastor Fred Malone
“Q&A Session (Moderated by Larry Vincent)” – Pastor Earl Blackburn, Pastor Tom Ascol, Pastor Steve Garrick and Pastor Fred Malone
“A Critique of Contemporary Models of Preaching” – Pastor Tom Ascol
“Preaching Christ to the Christian” – Pastor Fred Malone
“Preaching Christ to the Natural Man” – Pastor Tom Ascol
“Unction in Preaching” – preached by Pastor Earl Blackburn
#SBFCSW “A Critique of Contemporary Models of Preaching”, Pastor Tom Ascol
Sep 25th
Sermon Poetry – “Lord Keep Me from Deficiency”
Preacher – Pastor Tom Ascol
Lord keep me from deficiency
Help me to preach theology
To tell of you, my Father Sweet
My kind and sovereign King
Lord keep me from deficiency
From apastoral mockery
In loving all your children sweet
And shepherding Your Flock
Lord keep me from deficiency
And help me in expositing
To preach Your Truth with clarity
A herald of Your Word
Lord keep me from deficiency
So sinners might your glory see
In Christ the Light our hearts are free
In Christ our souls are saved
Lord keep me from deficiency
With praying, reading, listening
To know Your Word, to know Your sheep
So I can preach the Word
#SBFCSW Q&A (Moderated by Larry Vincent), Earl Blackburn, Tom Ascol, Steve Garrick, and Fred Malone
Sep 25th
#SBFCSW “The Lost Element of Theology in Preaching”, Dr. Fred Malone
Sep 25th
Sermon Poetry – “We’re Preaching the Scriptures”
Preacher – Fred Malone
The preaching of God is stupidity to all the world and the people therein
A message proclaimed to a people in need, to a people all rotting in sin
It’s Grace of our God that He’s given to us all a message by which we are saved
We’re preaching our Savior, we’re preaching a Cross, we’re preaching the study of God
We’re preaching the whole of the Scriptures to sinners, the counsel of God as revealed
We’re teaching of Jesus, our Crucified Savior, the Son who the Father has sent
We’re preaching the Gospel, that Good Revelation, so sinners might glory in Christ
We’re preaching the Gospel, that Kind Revelation, so Christians might comfort in Christ
We’re sinners forgiven, our sins washed by Jesus, we’re living to glorify Him
We’re telling a message to worshipping sinners, that outside of Christ they are lost
But thanks to the Father, our Crucified Savior was sent to so that sinners might live
This news we are preaching, through all of the Scriptures, theology of God above
#SBFCSW “Redemptive-Historical Preaching: Pros and Cons”, Pastor Steve Garrick
Sep 25th
A Proposed Form of Preaching
1.) Preach Meaning of the Text 2.) Summarize Theological Core Idea 3.) Expound and Prove this Idea- Via analogy of Scripture
- Show how this idea fits with the character of God, salvation, redemption, etc.
- This allows our hearers to see how this passage and its applications stem from your salvation
Quote of the Week – Trueman on the “The Nameless Ones”
Sep 8th
“Finally, I worry that a movement built on megachurches, megaconferences, and megaleaders, does the church a disservice in one very important way that is often missed amid all the pizzazz and excitement: it creates the idea that church life is always going to be big, loud, and exhilarating and thus gives church members and ministerial candidates unrealistic expectations of the normal Christian life. In the real world, many, perhaps most, of us worship and work in churches of 100 people or less; life is not loud and exciting; big things do not happen every Sunday; budgets are incredibly tight and barely provide enough for a pastor’s modest salary; each Lord’s Day we go through the same routines of worship services, of hearing the gospel proclaimed, of taking the Lord’s Supper, of teaching Sunday School; perhaps several times a year we do leaflet drops in the neighbourhood with very few results; at Christmas time we carol sing in the high street and hand out invitations to church and maybe two or three people actually come along as a result; but no matter — we keep going, giving, and praying as we can; we try to be faithful in the little entrusted to us. It’s boring, it’s routine, and it’s the same, year in, year out. Therefore, in a world where excitement, celebrity, and cultural power are the ideal, it is tempting amidst the circumstances of ordinary church life to forget that this, the routine of the ordinary, the boring, the plodding, is actually the norm for church life and has been so throughout most places for most of the history of the church; that mega-whatevers are the exception, not the rule; and that the church has survived throughout the ages not just – or even primarily – because of the high profile firework displays of the great and the good, but because of the day to day faithfulness of the mundane, anonymous, non-descript people who constitute most of the church, and who do the grunt work and the tedious jobs that need to be done [emphasis added]. History does not generally record their names; but the likelihood is that you worship in a church which owes everything, humanly speaking, to such people.”
Quote of the Week – Of Science and God
Sep 1st
“For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about the conquer the highest peak. As he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.”
- Dr. Robert Jastrow (from “God and the Astronomers“, quoted from Grace and Truth to You)
Quote of the Week – Russel Moore on Theology and Demons
Aug 21st
“You see, in the room will be future pastors and missionaries and counselors and women’s ministry leaders. They’ve been called out by God to minister to people they’ve not met yet. And that’s what theology is about. It’s not about quarreling about words, or setting up partisan divisions. Theology is helping a shellshocked widow clean up after a suicide. Theology is about crying with a teenage boy who’s body is shaking with crystal meth. Theology drives you to rock orphans in India, singing “Jesus Loves Me” while you pray they learn what that means. Theology is hugging an animist African’s neck while you tell him Jesus can protect him from the spirits he fears…or hugging a self-righteous Southern Baptist American’s neck while you tell him he doesn’t fear those demonic spirits nearly enough.”
- Russell D. Moore (“Will the Devil Be in My Classroom Today?“)
