Monthly Archives: June 2009

Two New Sunday School Classes

For many years our Sunday School ministry has primarily consisted of one quality learning environment for adults in the sanctuary on Sunday mornings.  The Lord has graciously blessed this class with fine instructors and faithful participants.  We give Him glory for the way He has been pleased to bring about growth in the grace and knowledge of our [...]

Battling Unbelief

I recently finished another book by John Piper that I very strongly recommend.  The book is called Battling Unbelief and it has been adapted from the practical application part of Piper’s larger work called Future Grace.  Piper encourages the reader to read Future Grace, if possible, but also acknowledges that Battling Unbelief is smaller and easier [...]

Piper on Twitter

It just so happens that a few days after writing my thoughts about Twitter and “tweeting”, John Piper contemplates the subject on his blog.  Remember that I said that these new technological improvements in the personal communication industry can be helpful tools, as long as we don’t obsess about them.  I was writing about Twitter without any [...]

City Lights

I love to see the lights all lit up in the city.  There’s something electrifying about the illumination of city lights, much like the excitement over lighting the Christmas Tree.  But I’ve been beginning to see, in the city lights, an analogy for the modern, or even postmodern, church.  Let me illustrate with this example:  For those [...]