As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“…this article, which corresponds to the resolution we have submitted to the Resolutions Committee for the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas, is our attempt to ring the bell, as it were, for the intrusion of deceptive speech in pulpits all across America.” - Christ Over All
“The PC(USA) Interim Unified Agency released its annual report on church statistics, which found that the denomination lost nearly 49,000 members in 2024, going from approximately 1.094 million members in 2023 to approximately 1.045 million members last year.” - CPost
“1. There Are Kinds of Worship That God Doesn’t Want … . 2. Our Own Instincts About How to Worship God Are Often Wrong … .3. God Has Told Us Exactly How to Worship Him” - 9 Marks
“When I first began teaching others how to use Bible software in the early 2000s, I actually had a stock joke that Logos was building a sermon generator that would produce both exegesis and illustrations. It wasn’t a very funny joke then; now it’s not a joke at all. AI can do this.” - Mark Ward
“Vibrant preaching begins with a preacher who is personally impacted by the message. The text must first speak to the preacher—convicting, challenging, encouraging, and transforming him. If the preacher is unmoved, how can the congregation be expected to respond?” - P&D
“Ask Jesus into your heart.” You’ve heard it said. Maybe you’ve said it yourself. Often, it’s what we say to children as we encourage them to become Christians. I’ve heard it in the U.S., the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. “Ask Jesus into your heart” has become standard verbiage in leading someone to Christ.
“In Scripture, a public confession of Christ is never made a requirement of salvation. It is indeed a requirement for victorious Christian living, as made clear in Romans 10:9-10.” - C.Leaders
“…those who build their reputations on destroying the reputations of others will end up with terribly dark lives.” - C.Leaders
“The letter, signed by Bart Barber, Ed Litton, J.D. Greear, Steve Gaines, Fred Luter, Bryant Wright, James Merritt, Tom Elliff, Jim Henry and Jimmy Draper, is a response to recent calls from some corners to shutter the entity.” - Baptist Press
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“The 2025 issue contains ten peer-reviewed articles and 12 pages of book reviews. This year’s journal is dedicated to Dr. R. Bruce Compton, who will retire this month after 41 years of faithful service as a professor at DBTS.” - DBTS
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