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Good Friday or Good Thursday?
Mar 31st
Matthew 12:40, “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the bely of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”
This prophetic word from Jesus gave a chronology of his death and resurrection that called for three days and three nights for him to be in the grave. The chronology of the passion week that puts Jesus on the cross on Friday Morning does not allow for three days and three nghts, but rather for three days and two nights. I have heard it explained by many that because of the nature of the Hebrew reckoning of days and nights (they begin and end at sunset) that a Friday crucifixion is workable in fulfilling literally and accurately this prophetic word.
What Is the Missional Church?
Feb 4th
Many of you have heard the term “missional” before. It is a buzzword among churches that are seeking to be relevant in their communities in bringing the gospel of Jesus Christ to a lost world. A missional church sees themselves as missionaries and seek to live out this reality everywhere they go.
I pray that our church is missional! I hope it is the goal of every believer at Fellowship Baptist Church to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with every man, woman and child in Dubois county. Are you missional?
Take a look at this two minute video and consider whether or not our church is missional based upon your personal view of your mission in this community.
Enjoy!
Is Jesus the Hero of your sermon?
Dec 17th
*the following is a reprint from an article I submitted for the www.garbcquest.org website.
It is a week before the celebration of Christmas and all the attention is on the God-man Jesus. The promised Messiah born to the virgin Mary. Christmas is the story of Jesus taking on humanity, so that He could conquer death and sin through his death in our place! The Christmas story puts the spotlight on the birth of the hero of human history, Jesus!
Recently I came across an interview with a well-known preacher of our day, and in this interview he shared several questions he asks himself before preaching. The last question he would ask of his sermon was this, “How is Jesus the hero? The Bible is one story in which Jesus is the hero. Therefore, to properly teach/preach the Bible we have to continually lift Him up as the hero…”
Between Two Worlds–A reprint from GARBC Quest blog–by Pastor David King
Oct 29th
A true sermon bridges the gulf between the biblical and the modern worlds, and must be equally earthed in both.
John R.W. Stott
In 1982 a book entitled “Between Two Worlds: The Art of Preaching in the Twentieth Century,” was released and I have recently revisited this book in an attempt to improve my own preaching and in an effort to pass on some useful information to the readers of the Quest blog.
As I have been thumbing the pages of this book I have been hit with some very great quotes that I would like to pass along. These quotes I hope will encourage each of you as communicators of the Word of God to make sure that the message you deliver will rest upon good exegesis of God’s Word and relevant application of God’s truths to the lives of those that are needing to hear a Word from the Lord this week!
Fundamentalism: Whence? Where? Whither? | Part 1, Things Have Changed
Aug 22nd
August 14, 2009
Fundamentalism: Whence? Where? Whither? Part 1
Things Have Changed
Kevin T. Bauder
The last sustained history of fundamentalism to be published by a fundamentalist was David Beale’s In Pursuit of Purity.1 Nearly a generation has passed since Beale finished writing his book. During that time the landscape of fundamentalism has altered significantly.
The period when Beale was writing was a time of intense struggle within fundamentalism. Segments of the movement were denouncing other segments as “neo” this or “pseudo” that. One wing of fundamentalism (led by Jerry Falwell, Ed Dobson, Ed Hindson, and Jack Van Impe) was attempting to forge links with mainstream evangelicalism. From the opposite wing, Bob Jones Jr. was attacking John MacArthur’s views on the blood of Christ and declaring that “MacArthur’s position is heresy.”2 The King James Only movement, pioneered by David Otis Fuller and D. A. Waite, was in its infancy, barely a cloud the size of a man’s hand.
Fundamentalism: Whence? Where? Whither? |Part 2, Fundamentalism and History
Aug 22nd
August 21, 2009
Fundamentalism: Whence? Where? Whither? Part 2
Fundamentalism and History
Kevin T. Bauder
It is a mistake, often made by educated persons who happen to have but little knowledge of historical theology, to suppose that Fundamentalism is a new and strange form of thought. It is nothing of the kind: it is the partial and uneducated survival of a theology which was once universally held by all Christians. How many were there, for instance, in Christian churches in the eighteenth century who doubted the infallible inspiration of all Scripture? A few, perhaps, but very few. No, the Fundamentalist may be wrong. I think that he is. But it is we who have departed from the tradition, not he, and I am sorry for the fate of anyone who tries to argue with a Fundamentalist on the basis of authority. The Bible and the corpus theologicum of the Church is [sic] on the Fundamentalist side.
—Kirsopp Lake1
Counsel Faith Newsletter |Faith Baptist Church of Lafayette
Aug 19th
Faith Baptist Church in Lafayette is a fellowshipping church that has been instrumental in helping hundreds of churches across the country and world develop Biblical counseling ministries. Here at Fellowship we have been blessed by their ministry and 8 of our members have been through at least one week of Biblical counseling training that is offered annual at Faith Baptist.
Take some time and peruse their most recent newsletter.
From a Dying Man to Dying Men | Recovering a Bold Vision for Biblical Preaching | Dr. Mohler
Aug 9th
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From a Dying Man to Dying Men — Recovering a Bold Vision for Biblical PreachingPosted: Friday, October 12, 2007 at 4:01 am ET
Is preaching still central to Christian worship? This question is asked again and again as contemporary evangelicalism is observed. How can this be up for question? In some circles, preaching has fallen on hard times. An open debate is now being waged over the character and centrality of preaching in the church. At stake is nothing less than the integrity of Christian worship and proclamation. How did this happen? Given the central place of preaching in the New Testament church, it would seem that the priority of biblical preaching should be uncontested. After all, as John A. Broadus–one of Southern Seminary’s founding faculty–famously remarked, “Preaching is characteristic of Christianity. No other religion has made the regular and frequent assembling of groups of people, to hear religious instruction and exhortation, an integral part of Christian worship.” |
And how will they hear without a preacher? Romans 10:14The Case for Early Marriage by Albert Mohler
Aug 4th
The Case for (Early) Marriage
Posted: Monday, August 03, 2009 at 5:36 am ET
Shifts in a culture are often signaled by unexpected developments that represent far more than may first meet the eye. The cover story in the August 2009 edition of Christianity Today may signal such a shift among American evangelicals. In this case the cultural shift is nothing less than an awakening to the priority of marriage. At the very least, it represents a public airing of the question of the delay of marriage among evangelical young people. In that sense, it is a bombshell.
In "The Case for Early Marriage," sociologist Mark Regnerus of the University of Texas in Austin argues that far too many American evangelicals have attempted to deal with sex without understanding marriage. In particular, he asserts that the "prevailing discourse of abstinence culture in contemporary American evangelicalism" has run aground. While not devaluing abstinence, Regnerus explains that his research has led him to believe "that few evangelicals accomplish what their pastors and parents wanted them to do" — which is to refrain from sexual intercourse until marriage.