If there’s one hymn I’d like sung at my funeral, this is it. When you get a diagnosis of cancer or you are persecuted because of your biblical worldview…
Brian Cosby
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FamilyLeadershipSanctification
The Way of Temptation and the Highway of Holiness
by Brian Cosby May 8, 2021Jim turned out the lights, locked his office, and headed for the parking lot. He glanced at his watch—8:30pm. He would have usually grabbed a late dinner on the…
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ChurchMinistryMissionWorship
A Threefold Cord
Cultivating Community in a World of Isolationby Brian Cosby July 30, 2020We were created for community, which means that we need one another. Over the last several months of quarantine and isolation, we’ve witnessed and felt the necessity of true…
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ChurchConfessionalLeadershipMinistry
The Duties of Civil Magistrates
Lessons from the Westminster Confession of Faithby Brian Cosby April 21, 2020During this unusual season of global pandemic, government officials have shut down businesses, restricted travel, and banned gatherings of various sizes. Because of this, lawsuits have been filed and…
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ConfessionalTheologyWorship
God’s Self-Sufficiency
Embracing the Reality that God Doesn’t Need Youby Brian Cosby August 4, 2018In 2009, my wife and I purchased a home in Atlanta, Georgia. Despite being a larger house in a nice neighborhood, it was what our realtor called “a handy…
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ConfessionalLeadershipSanctification
Why Does God Ordain Suffering?
A Puritan's Responseby Brian Cosby March 30, 2018The Church today needs a robust and refreshingly biblical theology of suffering and it would behoove us to consider the voices of the past—in particular, the Puritans. They not…
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ChurchConfessionalTheology
Making God in Our Image
Are We Embarrassed by the True and Living God?by Brian Cosby August 3, 2017Growing up, I had what you might call a “little-man” complex. My friends labeled me “Small Fry” at an early age, and I made it my mission to prove…
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ChurchLeadershipMinistryUncategorized
Why Have Qualified Elders and Deacons?
4 Reasonsby Brian Cosby July 24, 2017I’m thankful that God didn’t leave us to guess about the qualifications of church leaders. Both Titus 1 and 1 Timothy 3 provide some basic traits that should characterize…
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ConfessionalMissionTheology
Uncensored
Learning to Embrace the Whole Counsel of Godby Brian Cosby March 2, 2017According to a 2014 report, I live in the most “Bible-minded” city in America—Chattanooga, Tennessee, a place where churches cover the land as the waters cover the sea. The…