Can a label edify?September 4, 2015Ray OrtlundMy TGC ally Rick Phillips makes some good points in his post, “Church Discipline, Contemporary Grace Style”. I thank him…Read More
DisillusionmentSeptember 3, 2015Ray Ortlund“The minute a person becomes a celebrity is the same minute he/she becomes a monster. [A, B and C] were…Read More
Is not Christ the first and the last?September 2, 2015Ray OrtlundJohn Wesley, writing to William Law: London, May 14, 1738. Reverend Sir, It is in obedience to what I think…Read More
Is your church a culture of safety?September 2, 2015Ray Ortlund“I have seen so much emotional blackmail in my ministry, I am jealous to raise a warning against it. Emotional…Read More
Breakthrough powerSeptember 1, 2015Ray Ortlund“Because its purpose is entertainment, and because people are more easily amused by the comical and ridiculous than by the…Read More
The exuberant goodness of the CreatorAugust 31, 2015Ray Ortlund“We hence see the exuberant goodness of the Creator, who hath not only provided for all the necessities, but also…Read More
A Minister’s Inner LifeAugust 28, 2015Ray Ortlund“Chief corruptions to be watched against: sourness, sadness, timorousness, forgetfulness, fretting, and inability to bear wrongs . . . .…Read More
All are welcome hereAugust 26, 2015Ray Ortlund“The cross of Jesus displays the most awful exhibition of God’s hatred of sin and at the same time the…Read More
Prophetic power todayAugust 25, 2015Ray Ortlund“There is not one of [the Old Testament prophets] who did not receive this new certainty of God in such…Read More
God for us, or God against us?August 19, 2015Ray OrtlundGod is for us. Romans 8:31 But I have this against you. Revelation 2:4. See also 2:14, 20; 3:3. So,…Read More
Is the Sabbath still relevant?August 13, 2015Ray Ortlund“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” Exodus 20:8 Let’s not dictate Sabbath observance today. The point of the…Read More
The power of the Holy Spirit todayAugust 8, 2015Ray OrtlundWorshipGod15: Main Session 4 from Sovereign Grace Music on Vimeo. I thank my friend Bob Kauflin for the privilege of…Read More