// Pastor Joe Thorn

This is worth a read. Check out Cal Thomas’ words on Political Preachers.
(HT Christdot)

After dinner last night I went outside with my son and daughter to hang out for a while. On the front porch was a package, and I could not figure out what it was. I like guessing, and I’m usually pretty good at it, but I had no idea until I opened it up.
About 9 [...]

Dr. Draper has written another article, “Can Anything Good Come From The SBC?” In it he addresses part of the problem in our Convention, affirms the need to change, argues the big issue is refocusing, and explains what is good about the SBC (read it here). I like what he has written, and [...]

If you would like to get you hands on a good selection of “experimental theology,” check out the Free Grace Broadcaster from Mount Zion Bible Church. This is a quarterly publication you can get for free if the money is a problem. The Fall edition on “Hypocrisy” came in the mail Saturday.
Each issue includes sermons, [...]

Just some stuff running over in my thoughts as I have been preparing for tomorrow…
“To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.”
- Proverbs 21:3 (ESV)
You gotta wonder if the evangelical church has missed this. We spend so much time debating “worship,” there is little left for figuring out how [...]

We glorify God by working out our own salvation. God has twisted together his glory and our good. We glorify him by promoting our own salvation. It is a glory to God to have multitudes of converts; now, his design of free grace takes, and God has the glory of his mercy; so that, while [...]

I have been writing a lot of my thoughts on the church in my journal lately, and began to organize them last night. There are five things that I would like to see be true of all churches, but especially those in the SBC. Let me begin with the foundation: theology. Before you get on [...]

Reforming Evangelism
1. Introduction
2. Preparation
3. Is it Biblical?
4. Practice
5. The Diagram
6. Assurance
The assurance of salvation is a God-given confidence that a person has been forgiven of sin and accepted by God. Though assurance is a grace of God, it is not an essential part of saving faith. It is given by God through the means of [...]

Check out Jeff’s thoughts on humility, boldness and brashness before God. He tells a great story and offers us great words that are very useful. In God’s providence Jeff and I are having related thoughts this morning. Today I was reading Thomas Brooks on a related topic. At one point he wrote,
A little, little [...]

Reforming Evangelism
1. Introduction
2. Preparation
3. Is it Biblical?
4. Practice
5. The Diagram
6. Assurance
Most Americans go to church and believe they are “Christian.” Many believe they are even “born again.” But helping people to see where they really stand before God can be tough. Even when laying out law/gospel for someone I have found it helpful to draw [...]