Serious About Scripture

Mentoring and motivating Christ’s people to live his words

Powerfully Kept

I’ve seen a few extremely powerful things. I once watched a tornado whirling debris on the lawn as it rose up and passed just beside our house. I know that it was insane to be outside watching, but power is intriguing. I’ve been in a tropical storm on the Florida coast, packed and ready to leave in an instant if it accelerated to a hurricane. I’ve felt the ground rumbling while watching a space shuttle launch, and I’ve circled three…

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…