Serious About Scripture

Mentoring and motivating Christ’s people to live his words

CCW: Receiving the Courage and Guidance to Begin: A Letter From Jim

Dear CCW family, Since we are celebrating 40 year anniversary of Christian Communicators Worldwide, I’m including a brief explanation of its inception. I hope you don’t mind a little nostalgia. Through CCW we have traveled to nearly forty countries to teach the Bible, along with every state but four. We have counseled and mentored pastors and leaders, written 1,500 articles and numbers of books in English and other languages that we distribute without cost, written in various publications of other…

Persons Expelled from the Church: May They Attend Church Meetings?

I have often heard through the years that those who have been disciplined out of a church should nonetheless be allowed to attend as non-members. I want to submit my view on the matter. The passage about the man who committed incest is instructive. This is found in 1 Cor 5. Look carefully at what Paul instructed the Corinthian church to do concerning this man. Note the strong language: —“so that the one who has done this deed would be…

An Argument for Learning

One of the immense edifices on the skyline of Christian history over the last hundred years was the eminent leader, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981). He is noteworthy not only because he was a great preacher and the pastor of Westminster Chapel of London, but also because of his zest for learning. Having begun as a physician of exceptional quality, he carried over into his Christianity and ministry this unceasing hunger to know more. From a delightful little book entitled Martyn…

Review of God Sent Revival by John Thornbury

Thornbury, J. F., God Sent Revival, The Story of Asahel Nettleton and the Second Great Awakening, Welwyn, Herts, England: Evangelical Press, 1977, 238 pp. ($15.00) John Thornbury was a pastor of a thriving church called Winfield Baptist in Winfield, Pennsylvania, but is now retired. He studied in Kentucky at the Lexington Baptist College with further studies at the University of Kentucky. He has authored several books, the latest of which is an excellent biography on David Brainerd. Thornbury was a…