Author Archives: Jason Dohm

Nothing To Be Proud Of

Defying your creator is nothing to be proud of.

So I’ll have to sit out this June celebration of defiance against what God says. I know that’s not allowed. I know we’ve moved past required acceptance to an absolute demand for celebration, no exceptions. But I can’t.

It is no service to the LGBT community to board the June Pride train. It is impossible to defy the one true God (of Scripture) and not reap devastation and destruction, sooner and later. Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind. To cheer that on is to speed along destruction among your fellow man. Cruel.

Here is something Paul said: “This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.” (1 Timothy 1:15). Ironically, this is an author who wrote some of the most devastating statements against sexual deviance in the entire Bible. He knew that Jesus came to save people from the penalty and power of sin, not to minimize it, and certainly not to celebrate it.

And he had seen people be set free. “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.” (1 Corinthians 6:9-11).

So that’s how I’m spending some of my June, praying that Jesus would continue to do what Jesus does, save us from the penalty and power of sin, and rescue many, many, many out of their defiance.

Now that’s something I can celebrate.

The “Knowing God” Conference

Dear Sovereign Redeemer and other friends,

Below is some information about the upcoming Church & Family Life conference in Asheville: “Knowing God” 

Here is the link to the information page for the conference.


Also, there is a singles conference, “Holiness to the Lord,”which starts the day before in the same location. Information for that conference is here.


Hope to see you there!

Preface to What May Become a Book

Dear Sovereign Redeemer and other friends,

I currently have the privilege of preaching through the Ten Commandments, and I want to squeeze the last drop of good from our time in this towering section of Scripture. One way to do that is to take the sermons and commit them to writing. I know that will help me, and I hope the output will be useful for others. Time will tell.

The unavoidable consequence is that if I am able to persevere in doing this for all twenty-something sermons, I will essentially have produced a sizable book. But I don’t want to wait until a massive undertaking is completed and refined – something I am not radically committed to achieving – so I have decided to release each chapter (each sermon will be a chapter) as soon as I complete it.

Will it ever be a “real” book you can get your hands on in a paper version? Who knows. For now it doesn’t matter. For now I simply want to start and see how far I can get. If I am able to stay on track, I will release a chapter here every Monday, concluding sometime around Thanksgiving. I might not stay on track. Time will tell.

Here is the very brief preface. Next Monday I will post the first chapter. If you decide to read it, I hope it enriches you.

Your brother,

Jason

 

The Ten Commandments of Love

Preface

Does the Christian world need another book on the Ten Commandments? I doubt it. Great and godly Christian writers have been writing books for twenty centuries, and the Ten Commandments aren’t exactly niche.

Then why this book? Quite simply, I knew it would be good for me, and I thought it could be edifying to some of the Lord’s people. The discipline of writing will help me be more articulate on this fundamental portion of Scripture, and a closer inspection of these ten laws could help some saints love God and neighbor more – they are laws of love.

This book is little more than the output of sermons preached to Sovereign Redeemer Community Church in Youngsville, NC in the first half of 2020. Preaching those sermons helped me. I trust hearing those sermons helped our church. And I hope you are refreshed, encouraged, and maybe occasionally reproved by the book.

“Hope for the Family” Conference

Dear Sovereign Redeemer and other friends,

If you haven’t already looked into the upcoming National Center for Family-Integrated Churches (NCFIC) national conference, “Hope for the Family: Navigating Through Cultural Chaos,” don’t delay – I expect it to be fantastic!

Speakers include Paul Washer, Al Mohler, John Snyder, Jeff Pollard, Joel Beeke, Carlton McLeod, etc – whoa, some of my favorites.

It has been over a decade since NCFIC has had a national conference devoted to church and family. It is time to re-solidify these things and include a new generation.

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