Reflections on the Gospel: Good Works As Filthy Rags

“If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more…” (Philippians 3:4)

It was always clear to me that the primary obstacle for an unbeliever in coming to faith is their sin. It’s undoubtedly difficult to give up the pleasures and comforts of this world without a vision for eternal things.
But [...]

Taking Out the Trash

Cathie and I had a chance to visit Cornerstone for the Ten Year Anniversary service last Sunday. We both left quite full–and not because of the all-you-can eat In-N’-Out Truck that was there or the free Frostbites that was being doled out. It was the Word of God.
There’s too much to recount in the sermon [...]

Post-Sunday Service Questions

In reading through R. Kent Hughes Disciplines of a Godly Man, I came across a helpful tidbit in preparing for Sunday worship. In talking about the increasing tendency to think of Sunday worship as being for us, he writes:
The telltale sign of this kind of thinking is the common post-worship question, “What did you think [...]