Posted by Michael Coughlin | April 1, 2010 | Gospel | 2 |
Last night I had the kids at AWANA read Psalms 126. 6 verses divided among 6 of the kids with the rest listening and reading along. Then I made a big deal about the fact that they had just read a WHOLE chapter of the Bible.
Read MorePosted by Michael Coughlin | March 29, 2010 | Love | 1 |
Many people do not understand God’s institution of a local church. I’m not sure I do either. It’s one of those things that when I hear something that’s right, I can “Amen” it, or easily assent to it in my mind, but if I had to explain it or teach it I’d feel ill-prepared. That’s one of the reasons I’m very excited that the next Sunday school series we’re having at my church, Berean Baptist Church, is about the local church.
Read MorePosted by Michael Coughlin | March 29, 2010 | Creation, Gospel, Theology | 0 |
But what is the gospel, truly? If it is to be translated as “good news,” isn’t there to be some relation to a provision for the man hearing it for it to be good news? I mean, to approach another and tell them you have good news, and then relate your car insurance savings…well, it’s clear that’s not necessarily good news to the hearer! Of course the good news must be good to the hearer as well, in some cases whether he knows/believes it or not.
Read MorePosted by Michael Coughlin | March 10, 2010 | Open Air Preaching | 2 |
Welcome to my blog. I’m super new at this and hoping to make this worthwhile. Please forgive me as the site is under construction!! I have some old stuff I’m going to be moving to here, as well as regularly adding...
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