Posts by Matt Recker
The Facts of Compassion
Matt Recker FrontLine • January/February 2006 While waiting for a subway train a man stood next to me looking truly grotesque. Huge tumor-like growths protruded from all over his face. Some of these swellings began on his cheek and hung down past his neck. I glanced at his hands and similar fat growths covered them…
Read MorePrinciples of Christian Service from the Unprofitable Servant
Luke 17:7–10 Matt Recker FrontLine • November/December 2007. Serving God is wonderful and satisfying … sometimes. It is fantastic if we do it for God and not man, and if we accomplish it in God’s power and not our own. When we lose focus on God, then service can be burdensome; and when done in…
Read MoreWhy I Cannot Change My Mind on the Premillennial Return of Christ
Matthew Recker In a Gospel Coalition article, Sam Storms has a piece entitled “Why I Changed My Mind on the Millennium.” He says that it is now impossible for him to hold to premillennialism, having now switched to an amillennial position. As a response, I would like to share why I cannot change my mind…
Read MoreLord, Help Me
Matt Recker Mark 9:14-29 We do well to never minimize the reality of the devil, his demons, and their work in the world at any time. Today the troubled son in our passage might be considered epileptic, Jesus diagnosed this man’s manic manners as a demonic disorder. We can be sure that Satan still seizes…
Read MoreLord, Save Me
Matt Recker Matthew 14:30 Peter was confident he could walk on the water to go to Jesus, if indeed that was Jesus walking on the water. From the safety of the boat Peter saw it could be done, and His only goal was to go to Jesus. Obeying Jesus’ word, “Come,” Peter began to walk…
Read MoreDo Remarks on the Virgin Birth give “Street Cred" for Andy Stanley?
Matthew Recker Andy Stanley is the pastor of North Point Ministries, a church attended by about 30,000 people each week. On December 3, he preached a sermon called “Who Needs Christmas” in which he made outlandish, even shocking comments about the virgin birth and other cardinal doctrines. In this message, Stanley attacks Biblical inspiration, declares…
Read MoreTimothy Keller’s View on Creation (Part 3)
FBFI National Meeting Workshop presented by Matt Recker June 14-16, 2016 In part 1, we defined Timothy Keller’s view of theistic evolution and offered his rationale for holding his position. In part 2, we considered a more thorough discussion of the ERRORS Keller makes in his compromised theology of Creation. 4. Keller’s Theistic Evolution: An…
Read MoreTimothy Keller’s View on Creation (Part 2)
FBFI National Meeting Workshop presented by Matt Recker June 14-16, 2016 In part 1, we defined Timothy Keller’s view of theistic evolution and offered his rationale for holding his position. 3. Keller’s Theistic Evolution: His Errors: The following quote from his book, The Reason for God, highlights some deep flaws in Keller’s thinking. In the…
Read MoreTimothy Keller’s View on Creation (Part 1)
FBFI National Meeting Workshop presented by Matt Recker June 14-16, 2016 Tim Keller is the highly influential founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City. My first introduction to Dr. Keller’s evolutionary position was in a New York Times article, January 25, 1998, which quotes him saying: ON CREATIONISM: ‘‘I don’t think Genesis…
Read MoreGender is Not our Choice
God Made us Either Male or Female Matt Recker I woke up today and asked myself, what in the world is going on in North Carolina? Why is the Obama Administration filing a federal lawsuit against the State of North Carolina? What is all this fuss about bathrooms, anyway? Is going to the bathroom now…
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