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The Value of Theology with Ray Ortlund

July 26, 2010
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The fourth interview in this Experiential Theology series is with Ray Ortlund, pastor of Immanuel Church in Nashville, Tennessee. Ray previously served on the Old Testament faculty of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School outside of Chicago for nine years, and has pastored churches in California, Oregon, and Georgia. Ray participated in The New Living Translation and [...]

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Theology and Worship with Mike Cosper

July 19, 2010
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Mike Cosper is the Worship and Arts Pastor at Sojourn Community Church in Louisvilly, KY. Sojourn is a beautiful model of gospel-centered community, ministry, mission, and worship, and when I thought of talking with someone about worship and theology I immediately emailed Mike. He was kind enough to share some great thoughts with us. What [...]

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Preaching on Hell

April 3, 2009

Hell is not cool, PC or even fun to preach; not if you take it seriously. It’s a heavy, sober and genuinely terrifying topic. My Theology Matters series wraps up this week with a sermon on Hell, and I thought I would share why I believe preaching on hell is valuable. 1. It demonstrates the [...]

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The End

March 20, 2009

We only have two more sermons left in our Theology Matters series. This week we focus on Heaven (and the eternal state of God’s people), and next week is on hell. I’m encouraging our people to pick up The Bible and the Future by Anthony Hoekema. With all the nutty theories, crazy books and worse [...]

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Theology for the heart, not entertainment

February 13, 2008

That theology is neglected is easy enough to establish. But that it is abused by those who claim to love it is perhaps a more necessary point to make in my circles. All who love theology, please take note: [Theology] ought not to be laid on the shelf, as an object of speculation; but it [...]

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The proper attitude in theological study

February 13, 2008

James P. Boyce wrote that all who engage in theological study should do so with the proper “spirit.” 1. With reverence for truth, and especially for the truth taught in the Word of God. 2. With earnest prayer for Divine help. 3. With careful searching of heart against prejudice. 4. With timidity, as to the [...]

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