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Is Our God Ever Severe? Yes He Is!

Posted on January 30, 2026 by St. John Studies

I have been an adult Sunday school teacher for several years.  Over the years, I have made many references to my Sunday school classroom experiences in “St. John Studies”.  I always try to make my class interesting; I want people … Continue reading →

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“The Chief End of Man is to Glorify God and to Enjoy Him Forever”…  Matt Chandler Thinks We Don’t Seem to Know our Chief End and He is Trying to Tell us God is Not Happy…

Posted on January 20, 2026 by St. John Studies

I have read and reread the last section of Chapter One of The Explicit Gospel*and I am amazed at the almost impossible “high bar” that Matt Chandler sets for the worship of God.  “The chief end of man is to … Continue reading →

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The Roots of Worship…

Posted on January 16, 2026 by St. John Studies

Matt Chandler begins the last section of Chapter 1 of The Explicit Gospel with a quote from John Piper: “The aim [of worship] is no other than the endless, ever-increasing joy of His people in that glory [the glory of … Continue reading →

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Making Man Feel Important…

Posted on December 31, 2025 by St. John Studies

I’m sorry but so much of what passes for preaching today is just pablum. Why would I write that?  Here is why.  Too many sermons deal with the importance of man and not enough deal with the glory of God. … Continue reading →

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Christ, the Always Gift for All our Days…

Posted on December 20, 2025 by St. John Studies

[This post is a repeat from a December 2019 Christmas post: one of my favorites]. I have had the pleasure of reading the Bible through a few times, but as you know, it is a complex book.  The Word of … Continue reading →

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“Getting to Know” God’s Perfect Self-sufficiency

Posted on December 6, 2025 by St. John Studies

Somewhere from my deep dark past I recall lyrics to a song entitled “Getting to Know You.”  I researched the tune and found it was from the musical “The King and I” starring Yul Brynner, which began its Broadway run … Continue reading →

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Most Christians Salute the Sovereignty of God but Believe in the Sovereignty of Man*

Posted on November 30, 2025 by St. John Studies

“How deep is the wisdom and knowledge of God?” “God knows every word in every language in every sentence in every paragraph in every chapter of every book ever written.” “He knows every fact of history past and future, every … Continue reading →

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Transcendent Creativity Hurts My Brain!

Posted on November 21, 2025 by St. John Studies

Matt Chandler* says that lack of mental effort causes problems for understanding God’s Word.  Christians “assume” they have knowledge of the Gospel but in reality, the “explicit” Gospel has not been taught, proclaimed or studied.  Consequently Christians actually don’t have … Continue reading →

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Of First Importance

Posted on November 12, 2025 by St. John Studies

“For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures” [First Corinthians 15: 3]. In my post of October 31, 2025 I ran the risk of offending … Continue reading →

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His Work, Not Mine…

Posted on October 31, 2025 by St. John Studies

Matt Chandler has written a book called The Explicit Gospel.  It is important to probe his meaning of explicit which means “stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.”  It is also important to probe the … Continue reading →

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