David Rogers

12 April by David Rogers

Denominational Loyalty and the Body of Christ

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Underlying all the recent kerfuffle over Norm Miller, Ed Stetzer, “treason,” and who said this and who said that, was a discussion between Rick Patrick and myself over the value of denominational loyalty within the SBC. Let’s leave the “treason” comment to the side here. I have no interest in pursuing that any further. Rick’s [...]

14 March by David Rogers

Habemus Papam?: Some Observations from Church History

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As popes go, Jorge Bergoglio seems to be a nice enough guy. He is from Latin America: a mark in his favor, in my book. He appears to have strong convictions on important moral, ethical, and social issues. He seems to prefer a simple lifestyle, at least in comparison to a lot of the pomp [...]

17 January by David Rogers

A Few Introductory Thoughts on Gospel Proclamation and Cultural Contextualization

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When God created man, he created him with the ability to develop culture. With the progress of history, cultural differences emerged. According to the biblical account of Genesis 10 and 11, it was God himself who took the initiative to disperse humanity into different territories, dwelling together as different clans and nations, and speaking different [...]

12 December by David Rogers

Mark Dever: The Pastor and the Community

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In my opinion, the following list statements by Mark Dever, pastor of Capitol Hills Baptist Church in Washington, DC, is chock-full of keen pastoral insight and scriptural balance on a very important and controversial topic. Dever originally presented this list at a Sovereign Grace Pastors Conference on April 9, 2009. I believe it well worth [...]

6 November by David Rogers

I Voted Today… for Tim Pawlenty

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I voted today…  for Tim Pawlenty. I know a lot of you, after reading that, have already decided that I am an idiot. Perhaps I am. From what I understand, in the state of Tennessee, where I live and where I voted, the votes of those whose names were not on the ballot were not even [...]

18 October by David Rogers

A View of Rome

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As anyone who has followed what I have written on blogs in the past six years or so will be aware, an issue about which I am very interested and concerned is that of a biblical approach to Christian unity. One of the most important and thorniest aspects of Christian unity, in my opinion, has [...]

3 October by David Rogers

Revival: True, False, and In-between?

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While we are arguing over what often amounts to twiddle-dee-dee and twiddle-dee-dum, there are some pretty amazing things happening in other places on the other side of the world. The other day I came across this 5 1/2-minute video clip: I’m not sure how many of us in the States are aware of what is [...]

6 September by David Rogers

Hearing God, Part 2

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And He walks with me, and He talks with me, And He tells me I am His own; And the joy we share as we tarry there, None other has ever known. C. Austin Miles Principle #1. In order to hear God, you must first expect for God to speak to you. God may already [...]

6 September by David Rogers

Hearing God, Part 1

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What is God’s main purpose for us? To have a relationship of love with Him. Romans 5:11 (NLT). So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God. Has anyone ever heard of a meaningful relationship in which both participants don’t communicate [...]

30 August by David Rogers

The Present-Day Relevance of the Universal Church

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With the following words, The Baptist Faith and Message 2000 recognizes the New Testament existence of both the local and universal aspects of the church: A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the [...]

28 August by David Rogers

D. A. Carson on Angry Christians and the Devil’s Tactics

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The other day as I was listening online to D. A. Carson lecture on Revelation, I came across a very insightful and relevant snippet and decided to transcribe what he said here. The following quotation comes from Part 18 of Carson’s lectures on Revelation, posted at The Gospel Coalition Resource page on June 17, 2005. [...]

13 August by David Rogers

Choosing Sides

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Editor: This was originally published at sbcIMPACT on June 30, 2009. David gave me permission to republish it here.  It is amazing to me how currently this 3-year-old post is! It is human nature to choose sides. All of us do it all of the time. We choose: between good guys and bad guys; between [...]

14 July by David Rogers

Changing Hearts and Changing Votes

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A few simple propositions… Our task, as Christians, is working together with God to change people’s hearts, not change their votes. We don’t change people’s votes in order to change their hearts. But neither do we change people’s hearts IN ORDER to change their votes. We change people’s hearts in order to change their hearts, [...]

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