Paul Washer

A sister-in-Christ, Jean, wrote of a beautiful moment in her four-year-old daughter’s life when (Jean believes) the Holy Spirit began a work of regeneration in that precious girl’s life. Alas, such a beautiful account has received more than a ton of flak from many calling it “child abuse”.

If you have the time, drop by Jean’s blog and send her an encouraging note amidst all the hate from the “tolerant” and “open-minded” folks.

Though I doubt if brother Paul himself would call it a prophecy, this episode reminds me of the warning he sent out during the Q&A session at the recently-concluded Revival Conference. Sadly, many of us are still asleep; it’s time to wake up!

My thanks to Lane Chaplin for bringing this to my attention at Facebook.

The first is a conversation with Paul Washer that will be part of a documentary made at the 2008 Revival Conference (at which he preached the Ten Indictments) sponsored by Sermonindex.net. In the video, brother Paul shares his testimony and his thoughts on the Gospel, revival, missions, and the need for reformation.

The second, a much shorter interview, is taken from an interview conducted by Joe Reilly of CrossReach at the Deeper Conference 2008 in which brother Paul shares his views on evangelism.

Original post here; Download the MP3 of the sermon and transcripts at tenindictments.com.

To watch the video at your own leisure, go to this location: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7wzfvYkCW0

Preached Wednesday, October 22nd at the Revival Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Paul Washer delivers a urgent appeal to the Christians and Churches in North America (and, in my opinion, even in churches all over the world and especially in Singapore which adopts much of American Evangelicalism) that many have been believing a false gospel and have false assurance of their salvation. He lists 10 indictments against the modern Church (118:47 minutes):
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Thank God for preachers like brother Paul Washer, and brothers like Lane Chaplin who make these sermons available on YouTube!

This is one of the first of many Paul Washer’s sermons that I heard a good time ago, and I can’t even begin to tell you how much it has affected me and my Christian walk. If you’ve read my testimony you’d know that I was one of many who said that ‘miracle prayer’ and became a (carnal) Christian for many years after.

Knowing how dangerous that belief is, I beseech you — that If you haven’t heard this sermon before and truly examined to see if you are saved (2 Corinthians 13:5), please take the time to today! I pray that it has an impact on you as it had on me.

Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

Matthew 7:13-14 NASB

Total run-time: 70:05 minutes.

Karen and I have benefited greatly from the ministries of teachers like John MacArthur, R.C. Sproul, John Piper, and of course, Paul Washer. In fact, we have benefited so much from the teachings of these God-fearing teachers that very often we wonder how we can contribute to and support their ministries.

Those who know us well will know that when it comes to a monthly donation, we aren’t exactly in the financial position to do so right now.

I’ve therefore been thinking that we can perhaps start small — that instead of just downloading sermons that we have found helpful in understanding God’s Word, we could perhaps actually pay for them (or their MP3 equivalents anyhow) even if the sermon or sermon series was available as a free download.

For example, single sermons at Grace To You, John MacArthur’s ministry, cost just US$2 (S$2.90) and a series of sermons go for about US$6 (S$8.50) so I thought it’d be a good way for us to show our appreciation and support the ministries at the same time.

What do you think? Is it a viable option for us to support the ministries?

Karen was “complaining” that while I featured a sermon by Paul Washer on Biblical Manhood, I didn’t post one on Biblical Womanhood.

So here’s one, sisters, where Pastor Voddie Baucham exposits Titus 2:3-5 to teach about Biblical Womanhood, and which I pray will edify you.

If you wish to view this later, you can access it at the playlist I made at YouTube.

In this second sermon I’m featuring in as many days, Paul Washer teaches about Biblical manhood.

This sermon was first preached Sunday July 27, 2008 at Grace Life Church of the Shoals (formerly First Baptist church of Muscle Shoals). You can buy part 2 of the sermon on DVD, download the mp3, or buy the CD here.

Total run-time: 48:46 minutes.

If you’d like to watch this later, follow this link to the page at YouTube.

Brother Paul Washer preaches another great sermon, this time on marriage and its purpose from a Biblical perspective. I’d highly recommend all married couples to watch this, together if possible. For those who are still single, it’ll give you a proper view of marriage.

It’s mostly addressed to the men because God has ordained us to be the head and leader of the household, but there’s much to learn for women too.

May you be blessed by this sermon.

Sermon is in English with Dutch translation. Total run-time: 100:44 minutes.

I am very glad that brother Ray has taken the time to respond publicly to the article by Ingrid Schlueter, which you can read here.

As I write this, I remember that another good brother, Paul Washer, also almost does the same thing (or at least he mentioned that he does so in one of his sermons) — if he’s invited to speak, he’ll go, to present the Gospel as it should be.

Certainly, most of us who give our thoughts on this will have in some way much respect for Ray and his ministry, in addition to concern for his reputation which has been impeccable all this while. And, God forbid, we will never want to see Ray join the pack of wolves who are even now ravaging the unsuspecting in the flock.

I’m still mulling over my stand on this issue, having now both sides of the story (so to speak) since the public statement from brother Ray. I can see where he’s coming from, and I can also understand why Ingrid wrote what she wrote. In my opinion, it is, from all angles, an interesting issue up for discussion.

I’ll post further thoughts on this soon as I mull over it some more.

Some say I am harsh, unloving, and even having a “profound self-righteousness in my own denomination” as one comment puts it on another blog. I am not concerned with these brickbats though on many occasions I do re-examine to see if I was indeed being self-righteous, so please accept my thanks for those reminders.

Initially, I did get riled by the comments, but since reminding myself constantly that I don’t labor for the applause of man but of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and that I must never seek gratification for my flesh, but the honor and glory of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, I strive on leaning on His strength.

So, to those who wonder why I am such a Christian, seemingly harsh and unloving, please take some time to watch this sermon (104 minutes) that turned my Christian life 180 degrees away from carnality. I’ve never, prior to hearing this sermon by brother Paul, understood the holiness, love and mercy of God thus. It broke me and had me in tears the first time I heard it, and hearing it again and again never fails to break me and spur me on to seek the face of my Lord.

I pray that you, too, shall be broken, and come to live a life acceptable to God, and that even if you have to appear harsh and even be ostracized, you seek that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ be honored and praised and glorified above all for He alone, and only He, is worthy.

The Greatest Words in All of Scripture

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.

Romans 3:23-25

I have never had a thing for Christian rap — I just thought that such artistes were simply taking a secular musical format, mixing it up with some reference (no matter how minuscule) to the faith and trying to pass it off as “Christian” when in fact the lyrics still sounded very much secular to me.

For a while, I was quite convinced my observation held true, and I think I might have been right.

However, I recently came across a Christian rap artiste called Shai Linne and his creations gave me a totally new perspective on Christian rap. I am not saying that all that I disliked before have now become appealing, but that this brother has probably single-handedly redefined Christian rap for me.

His pieces are very Biblical, and you can even say that he’s a perfect rapping companion to preachers like Paul Washer, John Piper and John MacArthur in the sense that what he espouses in his music are along the same lines as what these good brothers teach. Moreover, if you like sermon jams, you won’t find his creations too difficult to like.

Might I even go as far to say that he’s a “Puritan rapper”?

This is one of my favorite pieces, The Gospel, from his new album The Atonement (which you can purchase from iTunes Store or directly from Lamp Mode Recordings) which talks about the book of Romans.

I’m going to see how I can get my hands on a copy here (iTunes Store is, unfortunately, not available for this part of the world)!

Paul Washer addresses the “presence of God” phenomenon and our attitude towards the holiness of God in this sermon jam.

Here’s the download link (right-click and select “Save As…”), and I hope you will enjoy it!

So, yea, you’d probably guess by now that I’m in a creative mood right now, going by the fact that this is the second sermon jam I’m releasing today, bringing the total number of sermon jams published to three in total so far (with more coming, I promise!).

This is taken from Paul Washer’s sermon titled What Is Your Life Worth? which you can listen to in full at SermonAudio.

Apparently this is about the best one I’ve done so far, according to my wife. I don’t quite agree, but… anyhow, before I get distracted, here’s the download link for the sermon jam.

Enjoy!

I’m pleased to release my second mash-up of a sermon jam, after receiving many encouraging comments on the first.

Again, please feel free to download the sermon jam if you like it (right-click on the link and select “Save As” to do so).

I’ve always liked sermon jams since hearing my first on Way of the Master Radio, and was introduced to great mixers like the brethren at 10:31 Sermon Jams and Relevant Revolution.

After watching a tutorial on YouTube on how one can create their own sermon jams, I decided to try my hand at mixing one up, and here’s the result. It’s my first try so please be gentle.

If you like it, please feel free to download the sermon jam (right-click the link and select “Save As”).

Enjoy!

Instead, I have lined up for you one of my favorite sermons by Paul Washer. May it bless and encourage you as it had me.

Shabbat Shalom.

This sermon made me think… a lot! Seeing that the Great Singapore Sale has started, and no doubt many Christians will be joining in the retail madness, I thought it’d be quite appropriate to share this sermon by Paul Washer that should really make us pause and think.

I’ve got nothing against taking advantage of sales to restock or stock up on necessities. In fact, I mostly restock my stash of socks and pick up a few new ties during this annual sales period, but I would caution against buying into worldly consumerism.

Foreword: I thought I’d give a little background into how this testimony came about, because it simply demonstrates how often God works wonderfully in us and there’s only goodness when we submit to His will.

For some days now, my wife has told me that she hasn’t been able to sleep well because God has prompted her time and again to write her testimony down.

She asked me why, and I told her testimonies were a good way for us to glorify God through telling others what He has made anew in us. As to why God is telling her to do so I am not sure, yet we need trust that the Lord has need for her to do something that has not been revealed, but it’s all good.

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:28

We had retired rather late to bed last night. Just 15 minutes later, she was out of bed, and the study light came on while her computer whirred to life. When I popped into the study to ask why she wasn’t in bed, she was quite in tears, telling me that God had admonished her for not submitting to His will, right after prayers.

She had been fighting the burden in her heart to write her testimony down, believing wrongly that it’s rather pointless.

It was the first time she had experienced such a prompting, so I gently told her that that’s what God does with me many, many times over — a feeling so heavy in one’s heart that you go on your knees and cry out saying, “Father, Lord, I’ll obey and do it!”

I made coffee for us and stayed up with her while she completed her testimony which we are now sharing with you. May it encourage and bless you as it has us.

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John Piper’s exhortation to constantly make all-out war against temptations that we face, our pride, our fleshly cravings and all-enslaving desires in the sermon featured below definitely spoke to me.

Yes, I am guilty of murmuring and murmuring “oh, how I wish to be free of this” and not do anything concrete about it, much less actually wage war against it!

Perhaps you are a better and more conscientious warrior than I am, but I am sure that there are many like me else we wouldn’t have so much heresy and that many hypocrites in our churches today.

If you are honest about it and have been putting off fighting that giant of a sin — be it pride, sloth, pornography, mean-spiritedness, covetousness, or just about any sin — then I pray you take this as the impetus to begin to make constant war.

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God

Ephesians 6:13-17

With reference to the alternate title of this post, it has to do with how the sermon was presented.

If you like how it was set to music, then you might also like how other sermons have been treated in the same fashion by the good folks at 10:31 Sermon Jams. Not all of the treatments are good, but there are gems like the one from John Piper I just linked, aptly titled “WAR”.

There’s another site that does the same thing with some of the better sermons called Relevant Revolution. I haven’t gone through much of their treatments yet, but the one I’ve heard — “Go” by Paul Washer — sounds pretty good.

Shalom Aleichem.

It’s worrying me a little.

I’ve been slow on the adoption of ‘new’ technologies in the past couple of years.

Take, for example, this wonderful technology called a ‘podcast’.

I’ve seen it everywhere, but never really paid any attention to it, nor took the time to find out what it does or how it can benefit me. In times past, I’d have leapt at lapping up every piece of information on how it works and how I can benefit from using it.

No, I don’t know what it is, but for someone like me who’s been in the IT industry for more than a decade, it is a little disconcerting.

Well, as the wise (hmm…) old saying goes “better late than never”, I’ve finally caught up with how useful podcasts can actually be.

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Here are some of my favorite quotes from two of the most faithful and true teachers of God’s Word — John Piper and Paul Washer. I hope that they, too, encourage you and spur you on to examine your Christian walk.

John Piper

“Many people are willing to be God-centered as long as they feel that God is man-centered”

“One of the reasons we are not as Christ-centered and cross-saturated as we should be is that we have not realized that everything — everything good, and everything bad that God turns for the good of his redeemed children — was purchased by the death of Christ for us. We simply take life and breath and health and friends and everything for granted. We think it is ours by right. But the fact is that it is not ours by right. We are doubly undeserving of it.”

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Have you ever considered why we back-slide now and then and fall away sometimes, or just don’t have the motivation to read the Bible, pray and sing praises to God?

While it’s a fact that we all go through dry spells, why then do some of us slip away so much that there’s an actual term for the condition, i.e. ‘backsliding’.

I got to thinking about this issue, because it’s not a unique problem to most Christians, including myself. I backslid down the slippery slope for years from my late teens after I left college and enlisted in the Army, and have just recently started to once again reach for the peak.

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Perhaps there comes a time in your walk with God where you realize that maybe you have learned so much falsehoods or teachings that have been twisted in one way or another from church and even the most respected pastors and teachers, that you think that perhaps you haven’t really lived a real Christian life.

It’s not a real Christian life because you have not learned to be truly obedient, nor truly submit yourself to God’s will. It’s not a real Christian life because you think that being subject to God’s will is just trying to do what is taught in the Bible and have the faith that God shall answer your prayers, and thinking to yourself that you’ve asked them in accordance to God’s will.

And to think that you’ve been dissing the prosperity gospel when you yourself are living it! Because the prosperity gospel in its essence is about you, you, and you!

Because, when you pray, don’t you say “Oh, Lord, bless me” with this or that, a job, a wife, a girlfriend/boyfriend, and whatever that your heart desires, you preach within yourself the prosperity gospel!

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