THOUGHTS ON THIS AND THAT (various musings by Pastor Chris)
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The Essentials
True Delight > The basic message of Christianity, focusing on God’s desire and design for our delight in him in all things > read
“I Don’t Have to Go to Church to Be a Christian!” > We hear people saying this all the time –
The Difficult Doctrines of Perseverance and Preservation > Slicing the Gordian Knot > read
The Effectual Call > A brief overview of a vital doctrine > read
The Scriptures, the Sunrise, and the Sovereignty of God > A feeble thrust at understanding > read
The Loving God and the Burning Hell > The classic question > read
Why I Always Vote for Life, No Matter What > Speaking as a former fetus, I’m pro-life > read
“Gay Marriage”? > Some thoughts on this recently-invented idea > read
Dope? Nope! > Why it’s a sin to get stoned, even a little > read
What I Believe > My personal doctrinal statement > read
What I’m Up to at FBCD > A statement of my personal philosophy of ministry > read
Others, Alphabetized
A Pointer or Two > Or was it a pinkie? (There’s a sort of sick joke sunk in there somewhere!) > read
Brown’s Covenant Revisited > A commentary on a tragically neglected document > read
Farewell to the Gipper > A Christian voter’s heart > read
Friday’s World > The surprising value of a science fiction novel for understanding actual facts in the abortion debate > read
God, Angels, and Reality > Americans like God, and love angels, but . . . > read
God’s Word to America after 9/11 > A jeremiad > read
Guaranteed Physical Healing in this Life > Is it yours to claim? read
“How Can I Get Guidance from God?” > The answer is staggeringly simple > read
Kohathites, Gershonites, and Merarites > An example of family roles for today > read
Marriage, Adultery, Repentance, and Revival > Timeless truths about marriage applied during the Clinton/Lewinsky debacle > read
Mad at God > Some thoughts in the wake of Hurricane Isabel > read
May Women Be Pastors or Deacons? > What the folks at FBCD can expect to hear me say > read
Not a Betting Man > Why I have no poker face > read
Pastoral Leadership in a New Testament Church > A typical tightrope > read
Preaching the Gospel to Our Little Ones > Where? At the Lord’s Table > read
Spring Unholidays > What’s all the fuss about anyway? read
Two Sticky, Awkward Questions > How do you know whether what you think you know is really so? > read
Who Did Kill Jesus, Anyway? > Prompted, of course, by Mel Gibson’s movie > read
Where Two Agree > Brother Bob and I have agreed in prayer for a red Ferrari. I can smell the leather already. We haven’t decided who’ll hold the title, though . . . > read
Your Sin, or Your Soul? > A modern survival story turns our thoughts back to an ancient one > read
