Good Intentions Gone Bad by R.C. Sproul

FROM TABLETALK | October 2007

  The adage tells us that there is a destination, the road to which is paved with good intentions. It is the destination that we would prefer not to reach. Good intentions can have disastrous results and consequences. When we look …Read More

The Crown of Thorns Club by Chris Donato

FROM TABLETALK | August 2010

When was the last time you went to a private social club? If you think that kind of thing is for the elite members of our society alone, guess again. The Yellow Pages are filled with lists of social clubs …Read More

Marketing the Church by Michael Horton

FROM TABLETALK | January 2008

It has often been observed that Sunday morning between 11 a.m. and noon is the most segregated hour in America. While there are some hopeful signs that race may not play as great a role in defining the body …Read More

The Prevailing Church (pt. 2) by Simon Kistemaker

FROM TABLETALK | January 2009

As we saw in last month’s installment of “Pro Ecclesia,” privileges and duties go together. In making disciples, Jesus commanded they be baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit …Read More

The Perils Facing the Evangelical Church by R.C. Sproul

FROM TABLETALK | May 2009

When we consider the predicament that the evangelical church of the twenty-first century faces in America, the first thing we need to understand is the very designation “evangelical church” is itself a redundancy. If a church is not evangelical, it …Read More

Thanks Be to God by Knox Chamblin

FROM TABLETALK | March 2009

In December 2008, I turned seventy-three. Invited by Tabletalk to address younger generations “on matters pertinent to the faith,” I thought of Psalm 71, the prayer of an elderly man. Says verse 18: “So even to old age and gray …Read More

Quitting and Finding Church by David Wells

FROM TABLETALK | August 2009

I am in the middle of reading two books simultaneously, one at my office today and the other I will resume at home tonight. My day book is Julia Duin’s Quitting Church: Why the Faithful Are Fleeing and What …Read More

Acceptable to God by Patrick Lennox

FROM TABLETALK | October 2004

A common question a fellow Christian might ask you is: “What kind of church do you go to?” The question has little to do with the denomination or creedal stance of the church; it is a question of worship, or …Read More

Building with Conviction by R.C. Sproul

FROM TABLETALK | September 2010

Wherever people come together to worship God, whether it be on a desert island or in a burgeoning metropolis, whether it be on the plains of Africa or in the cold winter of Siberia, people are concerned to worship Him …Read More

Vital Members by John MacArthur

FROM TABLETALK | May 2005

I have often spoken out against all the pragmatic and “seeker-sensitive” approaches to contemporary worship because they tend to diminish the proper place of preaching and replace it with quasi-spiritual forms of sheer entertainment (music, comedy, drama, and whatnot). Any …Read More

Worship in Spirit and in Truth by Ligon Duncan

FROM TABLETALK | January 2005

In an unlikely encounter with an immoral Samaritan woman, our Lord Jesus uttered one of most important statements ever made about worship. In John’s deeply moving account of Jesus’ meeting with the woman at the well, after Jesus uncovers …Read More

God-centered Worship by Terry Johnson

FROM TABLETALK | January 2005

What is worship that is not centered on God? Worship that is centered on something other than God is not worship, we answer simply. It may be a religious gathering, it may be exciting, it may be informative, but it …Read More

Responding to a Holy God by J.C. Poole

FROM TABLETALK | November 2006

One of the things that I’ve noticed over time is that our worship has changed. Change can be good or bad. It seems that our worship has turned into more of a spectacle or entertainment production. I enjoy entertainment …Read More

Is the model for the church’s worship today the temple or the Jewish synagogue? by R.C. Sproul Jr.

Is the model for the church’s worship today the temple or the Jewish synagogue? What an excellent question. There are those who would suggest that the Bible doesn’t give us a model at all, and we are therefore …Read More

Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the LORD? (Part 3) by L. Michael Morales

Worship — approaching the living God — is the central concern of Scripture, and a vital aspect of its narrative drama. Who may climb the summit of the LORD’s dwelling place to gaze upon his beauty? Against the backdrop of this …Read More