TT: Many people think personal discipline is opposed to grace. Is this true? If not, why? JB: The reason many people think personal discipline is opposed to grace is because they believe that the practice of the disciplines earns them favor with God. Personal discipline is not opposed to grace. Instead, as someone has well... Continue Reading

Now, the man who built a church of an estimated 10,000 people isn’t even attending an organized church. Instead, he surfs the waves near Hollywood and has teamed up with the goddess of pop theology, Oprah Winfrey. Exchanging his evangelical bona fides for the blessing of Oprah may yet prove to be his most unforgivable... Continue Reading

In high school he was the president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and in college was active with the Baptist Student Union. He moved to Maryland and became the Senior Pastor of Grace Point Presbyterian Church in Severn (formerly Glen Burnie Presbyterian Church) in 2002, where he pastored the members diligently. Well known as... Continue Reading

But at some point, the rawness of awful things will impact us.  And we will need something we never could have conjured up for ourselves.  For example, even though he doesn’t realize it, Dad needs me today, just like I needed him over twenty years ago.  Far more than this, however, we both need the... Continue Reading

Even though we know God is in control of all things, this does not negate the response of tears and sorrow in the midst of trials. We have been taught to think that weeping is a sign of weakness. We must keep a smile on our face to show how much faith we have. Maybe... Continue Reading

There are a few pretty common questions that you get when you leave the abortion industry. How did you not see that it was a baby? How did you not realize that you were killing babies? How did you see these babies in the POC lab and not leave? (The POC lab is where the... Continue Reading

Obamacare originally required collecting separate payments—one for elective abortions and another for the remaining coverage. But the GAO report found the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) only required insurance companies to itemize the abortion charge. But the insurance providers interviewed for the GAO report haven’t complied with either the Obamacare or HHS requirements,... Continue Reading

Speaking of the “timeless nature of reality”—the categories oneism and twoism are, according to Paul, the only two options for thinking about the world. Romans 1:25 declares that you either worship creation or you worship the Creator. Worship of the creation is oneism—everything is ultimately and divinely the same. Twoism is a way of describing the eternal... Continue Reading

Charles and Susannah Spurgeon represent another strong marriage from church history, though she had a “very poor first impression” of the great Baptist preacher, Haykin said. The Spurgeons met when he preached for the first time at the London church that came to be known as the Metropolitan Tabernacle. “He was sweating profusely … and... Continue Reading

Confronting a church member. “She was bitter and gossiped all the time. No one else had the courage to confront her, so I had to do the dirty work. It was not a pretty situation, and I’m still suffering from the confrontation today.” In a recent post, I shared the results of an informal Twitter... Continue Reading