Senior Pastor, Covenant Presbyterian Church. Director, GospelFirst (formerly Gospel Boot Camp). Church Planting Coach.
Cherry Hill, NJ
Joined February 2009
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"Everytime a pastor writes a blog post that no one asked for, an old lady goes unvisited." - Sinclair Ferguson
"Greatness is never so glorious as when it takes the place of lowliness. Power is never so attractive as when it is placed at the disposal of others. Might is never so triumphant as when it sets aside its prerogatives...
As I begin a series through the Gospel of John we are giving one of these to every student and adult. My prayer is that God will use it to help them ditch the screen with its many distractions and pull them deeper into His Word.
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The rule of faith in brief: the God who made us gave his Son for us that in the fellowship of the Spirit he might give his Son to us.
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"Scripture itself contains a doctrine of Scripture. A sound theology will not only treasure the work of Jesus, but it will also treasure the means God has appointed for us to know about Christ, namely, the written Word, the Bible."
~ John Frame – at Jackson, MS
Another old Bible in my library. This one was preached from for over 30 years by my grandfather Rev. R. J. Zehr.
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Among all the miracles, signs, and deeds the Word is certainly the greatest, the best, the most certain. Do not forget that God’s people are best identified and best comforted by their possession of God’s Word. - Martin Luther
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"Here’s the thing: In the end, we are always going to need personal theological education, because the more personal theological education is, the better it is. We need more than mere information."
— @LigonDuncan
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“One culture cannot use itself or its aesthetic as the standard to judge another; only the Word of God can make that assessment.”
— Dr. Carl Ellis, Jr.
“For he does not promise to be a Father to us merely for one day, but adopts us with the understanding, that He is to cherish us ever afterwards.
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Love depends on faith because only faith unveils to love an object adequate to love’s desire.
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Four generations, including my dad who was born 99 years ago! @my_ccu @erichogue @CCU_CAGS @CCUAlumni
To all my fellow preachers… “Let him who has my word speak my word faithfully… is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces” (Jer. 22:28-29). Preach the Word!
