Posted in Spiritual Growth on April 18th, 2007 5 Comments »
(By John MacArthur)
The apostle Paul perfectly expresses the most earnest desire of every true follower of Christ: “That I may know him” (Phil. 3:10).
“Knowing Christ,” in the Pauline sense is not the sort of mystical relationship many people imagine. Paul wasn’t longing for some secret knowledge of Christ beyond what is revealed in Scripture. He [...]
Posted in Cultural Issues, Spiritual Growth on April 17th, 2007 11 Comments »
(By Phil Johnson)
When some Pharisees put Jesus to the test concerning the greatest of all God’s commandments, He answered with a quotation from Deuteronomy 6:5: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.”
“This is the first and great commandment,” He told them. “And [...]
Posted in Cultural Issues, Politics on April 16th, 2007 9 Comments »
(By John MacArthur)
The following is adapted from a sermon on Romans 13:6-7.
Romans 13:6-7 is the setting for our message: “For, for this cause, pay ye tribute also; for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom, fear [...]
Posted in Cultural Issues, Ministry on April 14th, 2007 16 Comments »
(Notes by Nathan Busenitz)
Phil will speak today on acting like men in the church.
There has been an enormous amount of activity in evangelicalism in recent years to address the gender gap in the church. If we look at evangelicalism today, it seems that evangelicalism today is committed to feminine truths. If men will embrace a [...]
Posted in Cultural Issues, Ministry on April 14th, 2007 2 Comments »
(Notes by Nathan Busenitz)
Dr. Mike Fabarez is the founding pastor of Compass Bible Church in Aliso Viejo, California. He will be speaking on the man’s responsibility in the home.
He begins by noting that this kind of conference is one of the most important conferences we can have in our society today. We need to be [...]