Seven points of NCT: By Blake White in “God’s Chosen People” 1. There is one plan of God centered in Jesus Christ. 2. The Old Testament (OT) should be interpreted in light of the New Testament (NT). 3. The old covenant was temporary by divine design. 4. The old covenant law

PSA concerning church leadership: the Bible nowhere teaches committees. The two biblical offices are elders/overseers (one time they are called shepherd-teachers) and deacons.

"Self is the one abiding interest of the unregenerate life." -Iain H. Murray

“The true churches of Jesus Christ travail in birth for the salvation of men. They are the armies of the Lamb, the grand object of whose existence is to extend the Redeemer’s kingdom.” -Andrew Fuller

“I can only answer the question ‘What am I to do?’ if I can answer the prior question ‘Of what story or stories do I find myself a part?’” -Alasdair MacIntyre

.Rob Plummer has been such a help to working pastors to stay fresh. Grateful.

When you wake up at 4am, mind racing, to crank out an email that will never see the light of day. Maybe I can go back to sleep now.

I enjoy The Gospel Coalition's "On My Shelf" series. The context is clearly reading and books, but when Dr. John Frame is asked, "What’s on your nightstand right now," he answered: "A lamp, two alarm clocks, and a CPAP machine." 😆

Nicholas Wolterstorff writes, “To dwell in shalom is to enjoy living before God, to enjoy living in one’s physical surroundings, to enjoy living with one’s fellows, to enjoy life with oneself.”

First Corinthians 4:7: “What hast thou that thou didst not receive?” So much to be grateful. Especially grateful to be known by the Giver.

“How little they know of Christianity who think that the story ends with conversion.” -C.S. Lewis

"There are two ways to get enough: one is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less." -G.K. Chesterton

Six vital certainties from J.C. Ryle: 1. Life is short and uncertain. 2. Death is sure. 3. Judgment is inevitable. 4. Sin is exceeding sinful. 5. Hell is a dreadful reality. 6. Christ alone can save you.

Newton: “Of all people who engage in controversy, we, who are called Calvinists, are most expressly bound by our own principles to the exercise of gentleness and moderation.”

Newton: “What will it profit a man if he gains his cause, and silences his adversary, if at the same time he loses that humble, tender frame of spirit in which the Lord delights, and to which the promise of his presence is made?”

Augustine: “So anyone who thinks that he has understood the divine scriptures or any part of them, but cannot by his understanding build up this double love of God and neighbor, has not yet succeeded in understanding them.”

New Midwestern Seminary swag. Thx!

Fun to have some of our guys (& their gals) who plan to go to seminary over to talk leadership: character, content, competency.

“Hardly anything in all creation has not been serviceable to us in taking God’s place.” -D Naugle