Somebody says, “Explain the virgin birth.” I don’t have to. Friend, you can’t even explain a natural birth. I don’t have to explain miracles any more than I have to explain God. And, incidentally, I wouldn’t have any confidence in a God I could explain. I’m glad that we’ve got a God that is inexplicable. I’m glad that we’ve got…
Adrian Rodgers used the following illustration in his message on Isaiah 6.I believe it is a beautiful illustration of really getting right with God. We have to be humble enough to tell the truth. Some today will never be cleansed, because they’ll never make such a confession. So many people spend so much time justifying themselves. I read a long…
I want to invite you to listen to a podcast where I was interviewed by Pastor DJ Harry. The title is Mission Boards and Local Church Accountability. Just click on the link and you will be there. I believe you will find that Pastor Harry does a good job each week. You will want to subscribe. Some of our topics…
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http://austingardner.net/NewEnglishPodcast/Victory_Over_Porn.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:29 — 35.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS Pastor Austin Gardner and Missions Director Jeff Bush tackle the sensitive yet critically important topic of victory over porn. Large percentages of people struggle with overcoming this sin, and they offer practical and valuable advice on how to overcome it in your personal Christian…
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http://austingardner.net/NewEnglishPodcast/Chartering_Your_Church.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:11:34 — 49.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSSPastor Austin Gardner, Missions Director Jeff Bush, and Missionary to Chile Jason Holt come together to discuss one of the most important and complex aspects of planting a church on the mission field–chartering. They go in deep and intense detail over the course of an…
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http://austingardner.net/NewEnglishPodcast/Crossing_the_Cultural_Divide_Part2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:23 — 15.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSSPastor Gardner and Director Jeff Bush continue their series on cultural adaptation, and, in this edition, they talk about the example of the Apostle Paul and the different ways in which he adapted to the cultures he was in. This episode offers an excellent Biblical…
What then? Shall we try to put another meaning into the text than that which it fairly bears? I trow not. You must, most of you, be acquainted with the general method in which our older Calvinistic friends deal with this text. “All men,” say they,—“that is, some men”: as if the Holy Ghost could not have said “some men”…
Somebody says, “Explain the virgin birth.” I don’t have to. Friend, you can’t even explain a natural birth. I don’t have to explain miracles any more than I have to explain God. And, incidentally, I wouldn’t have any confidence in a God I could explain. I’m glad that we’ve got a God that is inexplicable. I’m glad that we’ve got…
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David Wells, in an outstanding book entitled, No Place for Truth, made this salient observation: The loss of the traditional vision of God as holy, is now manifested every-where in the evangelical world. It is the key to understanding why sin and grace have become such empty terms. What depth or meaning. . .can these terms have except in relation…
My wife Nancy and I are church planting missionaries in mainland China. God has worked in our lives in great ways and we are excited about serving the Lord and doing all we can to get the Gospel to a lost and dying world. I grew up in a Christian home and heard the Gospel several times growing up. As…
Isaiah 5:3-4 God has His prophet sing a song hoping His people will listen to the truth that way Isaiah 5:1 What God had done for His people He placed His vineyard where it could be successful Isaiah 5:1 He did everything need to protect it from danger from without Isaiah 5:2 He planted the best possible vines There was…
The message here is for Judah and Jerusalem Isaiah 2:1 The future of the house of God, the temple Isaiah 2:2 God is pictured as dwelling in the mountains His house will be at the top of the mountain No other god will be so exalted Nations will flow up the hill to Jerusalem drawn by the power of God…
