5 Reflections from 10 Years of Daily Bible Reading
In May of 2008 I was inconsistent with my Bible reading at best. I’ve already recounted some of...
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Author: Allen Nelson IV
Why Understanding How Salvation Works Matters
I want to share the following excerpt from chapter 10 of From Death to Life: How Salvation Works....
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The SBC’s 7,000
In 1 Kings 19 the prophet Elijah thought he stood alone before the Lord as the last faithful man...
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From Death to Life: How Salvation Works – Foreword
Today’s post is from the foreword of From Death to Life: How Salvation Works. You can click...
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I Am Resolved: One Southern Baptist’s Apathy toward Annual Resolutions
My wife and I are excited to be attending the SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas, TX less than two weeks...
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A Willing and Able Redeemer
I’ve mentioned previously that we are currently going through the book of Ruth at our...
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Rejecting a God in Our Image
In From Death to Life: How Salvation Works, I wrote: …we “tolerate a view of God which is vastly...
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Time to Cut the 20 Minute Sermon
Our pastor had recently left for another church and I was taking over a lot of the preaching...
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8 Marriage Principles from Ruth 3:10-18 – Part 3
In Ruth 2, Ruth spends a day of hard labor gleaning in the field of Boaz to provide for her and...
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The Overwhelming, Never-ending, Reckoning Wrath of God
God’s providence was impeccable as I had just so “happened” to be home when I heard...
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8 Marriage Principles from Ruth 3:10–18 — Part 2
As a side note, our youngest child turns one today! The year has flown by. Happy birthday to...
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8 Marriage Principles from Ruth 3:10-18 – Part 1
Not sure why the number 8 has been so special recently. I wrote a post last week about 8 Practical...
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The Problem with Identifying as a “Non-Denominational” Church
There is a trend that’s been around a few decades now about having a “non-denominational” church....
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8 Practical Thoughts on Corporate Singing
Pastoral duties, coaching little league baseball, and working to finish both the From Death to...
Read More3 Reasons not to Baptize Young Children
A 2014 Christianity Today article highlighted a growing trend in the SBC of baptizing children age...
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From Death to Life – Endorsements
To order the book click here. One of the things about being an unknown author is that some people...
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Paul, Apostle of Christ – Official Movie Review
Well, there are a couple of firsts surrounding this post. I had never ‘prescreened’ a...
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The Bible is Sufficient for Calling People to Jesus
We had a great bible study on a recent Wednesday night on Matthew 7:13-14. We’ve been going...
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Make Sunday Less Spectacular
The ushers were friendlier than I expected as we came through the front door. We weren’t...
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Distorting the Gospel by Who You Eat With?
We recently finished a Bible Intensive Retreat with the brothers from Christian Communicators...
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The Ignoble Duties of a Noble Task
So you are interested in pastoring, eh? Paul says you desire a noble task (1 Tim. 3:1). And I...
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Small Prayers, Great God
I had just finished listening to a wonderful message from Paul David Tripp at G3 2018 on...
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From Death to Life – Book Update
(Photo Credit: Stephen J. Melniszyn) I’ve had several people asking me about where I am on...
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Be Like Mike?
It seems everyone in the conservative evangelical world is trying to think more creatively about...
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An Open Letter to Affinity and Attractional Based Church Planters in the SBC
Dear Church Planter, I’ve been sitting on this letter for a while. I’ve thought through and...
Read MoreVery well-written, Jay, and absolutely spot-on as to the state of much of modern-day Christianity, especially where I live and…
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So well put, Melinda! Thank you. I'm right there with you in how much she has helped me over the…
Robert, thank you very much for the kind words, brother. That sincerely means a lot to me that your spirit…