Gospel doctrine, gospel culture
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Gospel doctrine creates a gospel culture. The doctrine of grace creates a culture of grace, as Jesus himself touches us…
Posts by Ray Ortlund
A Person
“Our faith is a person; the gospel that we have to preach is a person; and go wherever we may,…
Quit apologizing
Is there a valid place among us for apologies, restraint, caution? Obviously, yes. Indeed, it is mystifying how rarely we,…
Revolution is . . .
Jean-Paul Sartre said, “Revolution is seeing each other a lot.” The power of a cohesive church — as in Acts…
“Why could we not cast it out?”
And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.” Mark 9:29 “You failed there,…
A question every church planter must ask and answer
“When we go to a town to start a church, are we going there with the primary motivation to build…
Right now counts forever
“We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for…
Immanuel Worship, Volume One [Live]: The Perfect Love of Christ
Our hearts don’t crack open easily. Many of us who believe the gospel still live day-to-day in avoidance, rather than…
Controversial then and now
You shall have no other gods before me. Exodus 20:3 I am the way, and the truth, and the life. …
Why did God make toads?
This is my grandson. He is lost in thought, contemplating a toad. All else has faded away, for a toad…
Men sure of God
“. . . men sure of God, sure of his will, sure of the absolute duty to act in his…
How to stand tall in our troubled times
“What is the indelible mark of the Shorter Catechism? We have the following bit of personal experience from a general…