I hate stereotypes. The reason I kept big snakes in my office at the seminary for about eight years was to break the stereotype that I heard as a young minister that any well educated minister who was as boring as watching paint dry would make a good teacher at the seminary. The formula of [...]
‘Cause I know there’s got to be another level Somewhere closer to the other side And I’m feeling like it’s now or never Can I break the spell of the typical If you recognize this chorus then you get the heading to this post. It is from the song “Typical” by Mute Math, a group [...]
Once upon a time, long ago, one could be a poet, an artist, and a preacher of the Word. You know, like Luther’s day. He was a theologian and not a bad song writer (read the words to A Mighty Fortress Is Our God lately?). Isaac Watts, John and Charles Wesley, and many others both [...]
I love being a Southern Baptist. As the saying goes, I am Southern Baptist born and Southern Baptist bred, and when I die I’ll be Southern Baptist dead. But God got to me before the Baptists J. Jesus changed my life as a young man, and I have still never recovered. But I am yet [...]
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From Jonathan Edwards to Charles Finney to John Piper God has used men of God writing about the Gospel of God and inspire us to walk faithfully with Him. Dr. Reid offers additional resources, free of charge, to challenge you.
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It has been well said that all reformation begins with teaching. In light of that truth, Alvin Reid regularly offers online training opportunities in order to train, challenge and encourage Christ-followers to live faithfully for Him.
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