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  • Baptism is the Gospel FOR YOU

    Baptism personalizes the gospel. Baptism puts your name into the promises of the gospel. Baptism turns, “for God so loved the world…” into “for God so loved Rich…” Baptism makes the gospel yours. Baptism makes God *your* God. Baptism makes the church *your* family. The call to “remember your baptism” is precisely the call to Read more

  • Baptism as Entrance

    If you visit my church (Trinity Presbyterian CREC in Birmingham), one of the first things you’ll notice when you come into our sanctuary is that the baptismal font is at the entrance. Here’s an explanation: The placement of the baptismal font at the entry point of the sanctuary is not accidental. It serves an important Read more

  • Red-Pilled Christian Nationalism

    Psalm 2 is the ultimate political red pill. You kiss the Son or get smashed by the Son. There is no third way. Every nation must choose. Every king and ruler must choose. Every person must choose. Just as we need fathers who will rise up and say, “As for me and my house, we Read more

  • The Real Race War

    White progressives are controlled by their white guilt. But rather than repenting of any of their own sins and experiencing forgiveness, rather than living up to their rhetoric by laying aside their own power for the sake minorities, they decide to punish *other* whites. The biggest oppressors of white people in our society are progressive Read more

  • Two Kinds of Ecclesiocentrism, Ecclesiocentrism vs. Liberalism, Church Discipline, and More

    I have called myself “ecclesiocentric” but I think the meaning of the label often gets confused with other things. If ecclesiocentrism means cultural and political retreat (eg, pietism), I want no part of it. An ecclesiocentric church will assume the center. An ecclesiocentric church will operate out of and build upon the reality that Jesus Read more

  • 1 Samuel 24: A Parable and a Paradigm for Our Times

    This is a brief follow-up to last Sunday’s sermon. I’d like to develop my thoughts on 1 Samuel 24 more fully later when I have more time, but here are a few notes. The meaning of 1 Samuel 24: David was Israel against for the sake of Israel because he loved Israel. (Alternatively: David was Read more