This is from my friend Greg Mathis, a great pastor in Trenton, Kentucky:??? ?????? ??? ??? ?????? ??????????I am grieved that much of American Christianity has subtly bought into the claims of the Sex...  Read More

As we head into a few weeks of looking at the family dynamic in Ephesians 5, this article provides a helpful background to God's commands to wives (submission and respect) and husbands (cherishing and...  Read More

I've felt it. Surely you have as well. What seems to be major tragic event after tragic event scrolling across our (numerous) screens. I've commented to friends recently that many of these events (not...  Read More

Here's a very helpful article to think through our approach to time in God's Word. Here's the ultimate question:Am I spending enough time with God that I can say I truly know him?Read more at the link...  Read More

I don't know if you have noticed, but relativism has crept into the church. We live in a post-modern culture where there are no absolutes, and Christians have fallen pray to this thinking as well. Per...  Read More

I have become reticent in recent years to regularly comment on the latest events happening around us, especially in the heat of the moment. In our current situation, too many come in hot with opinions...  Read More

During the August Front Porch Hiatus, a bit a controversy flared up in the broader Christian community over a very popular writer's denial of the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement (PSA - the...  Read More

This Sunday, Lord willing, we will gather to sing, hear the word read, and hear the word preached. We're reading through Exodus for our scripture readings and will come across the Old Testament law's ...  Read More

I briefly mentioned antinomianism (no law) in my sermon Sunday and how easy it is when focusing on grace to discount the need for holiness. Allstair Begg is one of my favorite preachers. He discusses ...  Read More

The huge proliferation of sports gambling is something that I have been concerned about for awhile. What used to have to be done in back rooms or on a trip to Vegas is now at everyone's fingertips thr...  Read More

Last week I was in a discussion about life, medicine, and friendship (it was a wide ranging conversation) with one of the hospital residents that has been coming to our church. He mentioned this artic...  Read More

Here's the video I mentioned in my sermon this morning about the man who is trying to conquer death through medicine.......  Read More

The Front Porch is taking a break for a few weeks and will return around the middle of August. ......  Read More

This morning in the sermon from Psalm 23:5 I mentioned how Jonathan Edwards was fired from his church after pastoring there 20 years (and after being the human catalyst for the First Great Awakening)....  Read More

I am reposting this after mentioning it in my sermon Sunday morning. I hope it encourages you to see the good Providence and sovereignty of your shepherd.WOW.This fantastic article by Joni Eareckson T...  Read More

Occasionally I like to post a little inside preaching baseball material here and this article qualifies for that. Part of the proper approach to preaching is not to be driven by things outside of the ...  Read More

This is a profound post that looks at marriage through the lens of major areas of theology. It turns our minds to Christ and to heaven as we see the gospel working in our marriages here and now.Here's...  Read More

Here is another great article from Seth Troutt on biblical masculinity in our current culture. Don't let his rather forward points throw you off - there is solid biblical reasoning behind each one and...  Read More

This is a little bit of a longer read, but is helpful to wrestle through the age-old question of the problem of evil. That problem is simply this: Christians believe God is all-powerful and all-good, ...  Read More

As we've recently begun focused prayer for our city, this article captures the heart of what we are seeking to do. PRAYER is the thing that differentiates us from any other group when it comes to civi...  Read More

This is a great article heading into Father's Day week about the importance of dads and the most important power they have when it comes to raising their children. I hope this encourages you! Maybe yo...  Read More

Admittedly, talking about a seminary's doctrinal stance is a little insider baseball. But I share this because it perfectly captures the paths laid out for faithful Christians in our culture when it c...  Read More

Wow.This article on Tim Keller's deep dive on the "Prodigal Sons" is so good and much needed."Elder brothers obey God to get things. They don’t obey God to get God himself—in order to resemble him, lo...  Read More

Any time humans violate God's moral law there will be real-life consequences. We should be concerned about pornography because consuming it violates the command to be holy as God is holy. Not every on...  Read More