A lion of the pulpit, now in Christ’s presence: The relentless expository passion of John F. MacArthur, Jr., 1939-2025

He was the greatest expositor of his times. One of the ironies of John MacArthur is that, to the end, he insisted that any God-called preacher of the ...

August 14, 2025

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California Senate Votes to Approve Same-Sex Marriage

The California Senate voted Thursday to allow homosexual marriages. As The Washington Post reports, this represents the first time a legislative body has approved same-sex marriage without a court ordering it to do so. The bill redefines marriage as ...

September 2, 2005

“We’re All Homeless” — New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Shares in its City’s Suffering

"Pray for the circumstances of our seminary family," said New Orleans Theological Seminary President Chuck Kelley. "They're all over the southeastern United States. Virtually all of us on campus now are homeless. My wife and I have what we can put in ...

September 1, 2005

In New Orleans — Terrible Visions of Catastrophe

Consider this opening paragraph from an article in today's edition of The New York Times: Chaos gripped New Orleans on Wednesday as looters ran wild, food and water supplies dwindled, bodies floated in the floodwaters, the evacuation of the Superdome ...

September 1, 2005

Behind a Frowning Providence — The Christian’s Confidence in the Face of Sorrow

William Cowper [1731-1800] was among the greatest of English poets and hymn writers. With John Newton, he produced the famed hymnal, Olney Hymns, in 1779. Cowper wrote "God Moves in a Mysterious Way" in 1774. The phrase quickly entered popular parlan ...

August 31, 2005

‘Take Care of the Kids and the Grandkids’ — The Human Horror of Hurricane Katrina

From CNN: Harvey Jackson, of Biloxi, Mississippi, told CNN affiliate WKRG-TV that he believed his wife was killed after she was ripped from his grasp when their home split in half. "She told me, 'You can't hold me,' ... take care of the kids and the ...

August 31, 2005

Creation’s Groans and the Saints’ Sighs — Charles Spurgeon on Natural Evil

On January 5, 1868, Charles Haddon Spurgeon preached a sermon entitled "Creation's Groans and the Saints' Sighs." The sermon is filled with biblical insights, and it speaks directly to the realities of natural evil and human suffering. As always, Spu ...

August 30, 2005

The Killer Storm and Christian Concern

"It came on Mississippi like a ton of bricks," said Gov. Haley Barbour. The Governor was not exaggerating. Hurricane Katrina has left a path of death and destruction that reaches from Alabama to Louisiana, and the full extent of the devastation will ...

August 30, 2005

Hurricane Katrina — Still A Dangerous Storm

Hurricane Katrina spared the city of New Orleans her worst, but the city has suffered a great deal. The same is true for cites like Mobile, Alabama. The worst has been experienced by the Mississippi Gulf coast, where the city of Biloxi took a direct ...

August 29, 2005

Hurricane Katrina — A Call to Prayer

Hurricane Katrina is now a Category Five storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, threatening to bring massive destruction to a region ranging from Alabama to Louisiana. We need to pray for those in the path of this dangerous storm. God is our re ...

August 28, 2005

Discrimination Against Christian Schools in California? ACSI Sues the University of California

The Association of Christian Schools International and Calvary Chapel Christian School in Murrieta, CA have filed suit against the University of California, charging the giant state university system with discriminating against high schools that teac ...

August 28, 2005