Morningview Baptist Church

By the grace of God, we have come a long way in the past few years.  This past week was the fourth anniversary of my coming to preach in view of a call, and Sunday, May 16th will be my fourth anniversary as your pastor.  I can say unequivocably that the past four years have been the best years I have ever had in ministry, and it is solely because of Continue reading

A couple Sundays ago, as I was preaching from Romans 3, I mentioned the danger of having a “Debtor’s Ethic” as it regards our motivation for the Christian life.  At that time, I came down hard on any perspective that might lead us to believe we must (or even could) pay God back for our salvation.  I want to clarify those remarks by citing John Piper in my article this week.  It is wrong for us to live for Christ on the basis that we somehow need to pay God back. However, it is not wrong to be dependent Continue reading