Category Archives: Christ

The Messiah: Eleven Meditations from the Book of Mark (Free)


You can start reading a PDF version of  right now. In a two month period back in August and September of 2009 I published several articles on specific events in Jesus’ life found in the book of Mark. Events that demonstrate his unlimited power over nature, sickness, and demons. Events that strike terror. That create awe. That even…
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Death by Love (Best Gospel Book on the Day of Atonement)


Introducing the 4/60 best books on the gospel. A 62-week long series. is as muscular as Mark Driscoll’s language, sermons and general outlook on life. He is absolutely brutal, but thoroughly biblical. Tiny margins and tiny print over 250 pages equals a fine-tuned treatment of the gospel and the practical implications it has on life. Want…
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Call to the Unconverted (Winner of Most Questions Asked in a Single Gospel Book)


Introducing the 2/60 best books on the gospel. A 62-week long series. Baxter’s is a brutal little book. Not brutal in style like Owen. But brutal in content like Owen. Baxter’s is an unflinching prosecutor of the wicked. A man who approaches their conversion and condemnation like their life depended on it. Which it does. The Quick and…
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The Joy of Being a Slave to Christ


Mention the word submission and you’ll make some people’s hair stand on end. For instance, in a recent conversation I was groping for a word to describe someone who is compliant and respectful. The word I chose to use was “submissive.” The gentleman interrupted and said, “No. No. No. No. No. No.” Wagging his finger…
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5 Things You Can Learn from Jesus’ Dysfunctional Family


Part of a weekly series on Matthew. This week: Matthew 1:1-17. From the top. A homeless man, schemer and incestuous sexual predator. Then a prostitute and a Gentile woman. An adulterer and murderer. Devout kings and apostate rulers. Slaves and masters. Poor and rich. Men and women. This, my friends, is . It would be…
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Why Every Christian Should Read Mortification of Sin: 6 Reasons


Last week I published a monster cheat sheet to John Owen’s Mortification of Sin in Believers. As promised here is a list of reasons why every Christian should read the original book. 1. Understand it is your duty to kill sin Ask most Christians and they don’t have a clue what you mean when you…
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