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The Church – Outpost of the Kingdom of God

This is a helpful section from Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert’s book What Is the Mission of the Church?. As we move through Daniel as a church and consider the clash of the Kingdom of God and the kingdoms of this world we are often asking, “How is the ‘Kingdom of God’ related to the local church?” DeYoung and Gilbert help to answer that well. Soli Deo Gloria, Noah DeYoung, Kevin & Gilbert, Greg What Is the Mission of the Church? Making Sense…

“The Masculine Mandate, God’s Calling to Men” by Richard D. Phillips

Phillips, Richard D. The Masculine Mandate, God’s Calling to Men. Orlando: Reformation Trust, 2010. What is a man? Richard Phillips proposes that the meaning of manhood can only be found in connection the fact that men are created by and for God in Genesis 2. He doesn’t touch on the biological aspects of what it is to be a man, but more on the spiritual and functional aspects of what it is to be a man. The first section of the book (chapters…

Calling of Noah Braymen to Senior Pastor/Elder

On Sunday evening, July 19, 2015 we gathered for a members’ meeting. Our church (Redeemer Baptist Church) called Noah Braymen to be our Senior Pastor/Elder. You can read his bio here. Please join us in giving thanks and praise to God for Noah and for our church. Please pray for his faithfulness and perseverance. Pray that God would preserve Noah by keeping him from stumbling, and that He would present Noah (and all of us) blameless before the presence of His glory through…