On this Memorial Day weekend, it is appropriate to honor those who served in our nation’s military, especially those who gave everything. The Vocal Majority (the most well-known barbershop chorus) sings a great medley. Enjoy.
Author Archives: Matt Jury
The Absolute, Unconditional Surrender of Repentance
Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement; he is a rebel who must lay down his arms. Laying down your arms, surrendering, saying you are sorry, realizing that you have been on the wrong track and getting ready to start life over again … is what Christians call repentance.
The Fortress of the Heart
The heart is like a castle that is in danger every hour to be assaulted; this makes a child of God to be always a sentinel, and keep a guard about his heart.
The Most Important Thought You Will Ever Think
The most important thought a man has is his thought of God.
The Perspective Which Allows Us To Forgive
If we realize how vast is the debt we owe to God, we shall make a very moderate estimate of the injuries inflicted upon us by others, and if we are persuaded that God has forgiven us all the debt we owe Him, we shall not find it very difficult to forgive the injuries we have suffered from others.
A Definition of Expositional Preaching
An expositional sermon is one in which the point of the passage is the point of the message.
The Dear Cost of God’s Love
God loves His saints as the purchase of His Son’s blood. They cost Him dear, and that which is so hardly got shall not be easily lost. He that was willing to expend His Son’s blood to gain them, will not deny His power to keep them.
Forgive and Forget? Really?
Nor is forgiveness forgetting. Forgetting is more a result of a short memory or subconscious suppression, while forgiving is an act of the will, a difficult and disciplined decision to love the sinner while hating the sin.
Peter Marshall in Marshall Shelley, Well-intentioned Dragons, p. 145
A Happy Family
Happy is that family where the worship of God is constantly and conscientiously maintained.
Marriage and the Gospel
Marriage is not mainly about being or staying in love. It’s mainly about telling the truth with our lives. It’s about portraying something true about Jesus Christ and the way he relates to his people. It’s about showing in real life the glory of the gospel.
John Piper, This Momentary Marriage (Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books, 2009), 26
Life Is Worship 