The Gospel Coalition

2 Timothy 4:2 says, “Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season;” The proclamation of God’s Word from the pulpit today is under great attack.  The desire for preachers to tickle the ears of anyone who will listen has become a great temptation.  What a blessing are the preachers who are committed [...]

Why You Should Mention Jesus

I read a great blog today from a Pastor here in Omaha.  In athletics we commonly see athletes and coaches mention God, faith, religion but seldom do we have much clarity to who their God is or what their religion is.  Here is a great reminder to Christians of the importance of being clear with our [...]

Spiritual Leadership

Lately I have been challenged on the idea that “If you don’t read, then you cannot lead.” This challenge has been very helpful to me in seeing the importance of spiritual training.  The Lord has given us the Bible so that we can dive into the Glory of God.  As we read scripture properly our [...]

Disturbing Christmas

CJ Mahaney shares some thoughts on the real purpose of Christmas: The days before Christmas can be a tiring season of preparation, planning, shopping, and wrapping. But I think as we prepare for the Christmas celebrations, dinners, travel, and gift giving, it’s equally important that we pause and prepare our souls for Christmas. During this [...]

The Gospel in Micah 5:2

One of the most famous and important Old Testament messianic prophecies is also a Christmas text. It foretold that Christ would be born in Bethlehem: “But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in [...]

Spurgeon on the Gospel (Part 4)

“Preach Christ, always and everywhere.  He is the whole gospel.  His person, offices, and work must be our one great all-comprehending theme.” (C.H. Spurgeon)

Never Move Beyond the Gospel

John Piper explains how and why believers should never move beyond their need for the gospel.

John MacArthur eulogy of his former coach Jim Brownfield

Here is a video of John MacArthur’s eulogy of his former coach Jim Brownfield. This video includes Coach Brownfield’s testimony where John talks about his coach’s conversion to Christianity last year. One interesting Husker connection to Coach Brownfield that is mentioned during the eulogy is to an assistant Nebraska football coach who was listening to [...]

The Gospel in 6 Minutes

John Piper summarizes the Gospel in this powerful video. 

Spurgeon on the Gospel (Part 3)

“When we preach Christ crucified, we have no reason to stammer, or stutter, or hesitate, or apologize; there is nothing in the gospel of which we have any cause to be ashamed.” (C.H. Spurgeon)

Remind yourself of the gospel

But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. (Jude 1:20–21) Remind yourself of the gospel (“building yourselves up in your most holy faith”). The “most [...]

The Power of God

“Outside of heaven, the power of God in its highest density is found inside the gospel. This must be so, for the Bible twice describes the gospel as ‘the power of God.’ Nothing else in all of Scripture is ever described in this way, except for the Person of Jesus Christ. Such a description indicates [...]

Spurgeon on the Gospel (Part 2)

“Avoid a sugared gospel as you would shun sugar of lead. Seek the gospel which rips up and tears and cuts and wounds and hacks and even kills, for that is the gospel that makes alive again. And when you have found it, give good heed to it. Let it enter into your inmost being. [...]

Think Gospel!

“Those who feel deeply about the gospel are those who think deeply about the gospel.” — C. J. Mahaney, Sovereign Grace Ministries

Spurgeon on the Gospel (Part 1)

“The hearing of the gospel involves the hearer in responsibility. It is a great privilege to hear the gospel. You may smile and think there is nothing very great in it. The damned in hell know. Oh, what would they give if they could hear the gospel now? If they could come back and entertain [...]

Remind yourself of the gospel

The “most holy faith” is the gospel. And the first way we keep ourselves in the love of God is to grow in our understanding of the gospel and to remind ourselves of the gospel each day. There is no more effective way to keep yourself in the love of God each day than to [...]

The Power of God

Outside of heaven, the power of God in its highest density is found inside the gospel. This must be so, for the Bible twice describes the gospel as “the power of God.” Nothing else in all of Scripture is ever described in this way, except for the Person of Jesus Christ. Such a description indicates [...]

True Repentance

“No one really comes to salvation who hasn’t become ashamed of himself. That’s what true repentance is all about.” — John MacArthur

How can you be “right” with God?

How can a man be “in the right” before God?  This is the dilemma that has tormented men down through history.  It caused Martin Luther to crawl on his knees up the steps of the so-called Scala Sancta in Rome, and induced monks to wear hair shirts embedded with fishhooks in an attempt to pay [...]

Where there is no gospel…

Where there is no gospel, something else will fill the void: therapy, consumerism, racial or class resentment, utopian politics, crazy conspiracy theories of the left, crazy conspiracy theories of the right; anything will do. The prophet Isaiah warned us of such conspiracies replacing the Word of God centuries ago (Is. 8:12–20). As long as the Serpent’s [...]

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