O Jesus, Savior of my life, My hope, my joy, my sacrifice, I’ve searched and found no other one Who loves me more than you have done. So I denounce my lingering sin Whose power You have broke within My ever weak and faithless frame. Its vigor’s crushed in Jesus name. For your death did at once proclaim, The Godhead’s glory and my shame. And you did seize my cup of guilt And drank all that the chalice spilled. No condemnation now I dread Because you went for me instead To bear the curse and wrath and rage, To pay the debt I would have paid. Yet your work finished…
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The Innermost Meaning of the Cross
“But the LORD was pleased To crush Him, putting Him to grief; If He would render Himself as a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, And the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.” -Isaiah 53:10 “God put [Christ] forward as a propitiation in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness.” -Romans 3:25 “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us– for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.’” -Galatians 3:13 “It is those who cannot come to terms with any concept of the wrath of God…
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Nate Magloughlin (1976-2026)
A few weeks ago, my old friend Nate posted on his Caring Bridge site that he was going into hospice. I’ve known Nate for about 25 years, all the way back to our days as students at Southern Seminary. Our wives were both singers and became sweet friends on the worship team at our church. Our roads have long since taken us in different directions–mine to professoring and pastoring in Louisville, Ky and his to being pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Amarillo, TX for nearly 20 years. But over these last three years, he’s been in an all-out fist fight with advanced stage cancer. On March 6, he posted…
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Creator of VeggieTales Downgrades Sexuality
The creator of VeggieTales, Phil Vischer, suggests that homosexuality and gender identity are secondary or even tertiary issues. I comment on it in WORLD Opinions today. Read it at the link below: “Errors of Reasoning: What Phil Vischer gets wrong about Christians, the creeds, and homosexuality”
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Debating the so-called “Fourfold Sense” of Scripture
Last month, the Kenwood Institute hosted a “disputation” about the so-called “fourfold sense” of Scripture (a.k.a., “quadriga”). It was a fascinating and clarifying discussion. Patrick Schreiner defended the quadriga. Jim Hamilton advocated authorial intent. Mitch Chase represented what might be described as a kind of mediating position, although he clearly favors authorial intent. If you missed it, you can watch it below. Yesterday, the Kenwood Institute released post-debate reflections on the event that included yours truly, Jim Hamilton, and Tom Sculthorpe (watch below). Patrick Schreiner has penned some post-debate reflections as well.
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Triaging Sexuality and Gender Errors
Is it a primary or a secondary issue for a church to employ a female pastor? That is a question that Jon Swan and I address today in a discussion about “theological triage” and a variety of gender and sexuality errors.
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The Good Shepherd – John 10:7–21
In the good shepherd “parable,” it’s crystal clear that the thieves and the robbers are the Pharisees while the shepherd is Jesus. Just as the sheep listen to the voice of the Shepherd alone and run from the voice of the thieves and robbers, so also this blind man (and those like him) recognize implicitly the voice of their Savior Jesus while resisting the error of the Pharisees. The verses before us are not so much an explanation of that “parable” but an elaboration and expansion of some of its themes. The elaboration explains three things: I. Jesus Is the Door (7-10) II. Jesus Is the Shepherd (11-16) III. Jesus…
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Do You Believe in the Son of Man? – John 9:35–10:6
The verses before us come right after Jesus performed this incredible miracle at the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem—the healing of the man born blind. But while this action has astonished many, it has triggered the Pharisees. They are livid with Jesus because he had the temerity to perform this miracle on the Sabbath, which they believed to be a violation of Moses’ Law. So they are interrogating the man born blind trying to find out where Jesus is. And in the process they end up in a conflict with the healed man and throw him out of the synagogue. Whereas the blind man has had his eyes opened, the…
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Trans Tide Continues to Recede – CBMW Podcast
In this episode of the CBMW Podcast, I join Colin Smothers and Jon Swan to discuss a stunning article in the The Atlantic that admits the “science” doesn’t support the transgender propaganda that they and the Left have been peddling. This is an extraordinary development because The Atlantic is a mainstream leftwing publication. Watch below or listen at the Spotify or Apple Podcast links below.
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A Confrontation with Jesus – John 4:16-26 – SBTS Chapel
Earlier today I delivered a message in Southern Seminary’s chapel titled “A Confrontation with Jesus” on John 4:16-26. The video is below.
