God did not ordain the cross of Christ or create the lake of fire3 in order to communicate the insignificance of belittling his glory. The death of the Son of God and the damnation of unrepentant human beings are the loudest shouts under heaven that God is infinitely holy, and sin is infinitely offensive,...
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Posts Tagged ‘ Preaching ’
The Care of The Pastor for The Church
“Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwrack, a...
A Busy Week
Well, this week promises to be a busy one. It was already on tap to be a busy one with a week’s revival at one of the churches I serve. Now the evangelist is sick, so I’ll be doing the preaching each night. That means I need to get on the ball with sermon...
John Newton: A Letter to A Minister About Long And Loud Sermons
Permit me to remind you of the Terentian adage, ne quid nimis No more than enough. The end of speaking is to be heard; and if the person farthest from the preacher can hear, he speaks loud enough. Upon some occasions a few sentences of a discourse may be enforced with a voice still...
John MacArthur, What’s Next?
Last Sunday night, to the sound of thunderous ovation, Dr. MacArthur completed the expository preacher’s equivalent of landing on the moon. They say the space shuttle carrying Armstrong employed less technology than a modern coffee machine. By finishing the Gospel of Mark, MacArthur has preached on every verse of the New Testament,...
Christ Centered Preaching
Chapell’s Christ-Centered Preaching has been a hit for a few years. I finally picked up a copy while on vacation last week. I devoured it in two days. While not giving a full-fledged review of the book, I felt that I could at least give a few thoughts about it. 1. The book was...
The (Welcome) Rise of the Pastor-Theologian: A Friendly Response to Donald Miller – The Gospel Coalition Blog
I greatly appreciated this post from The Gospel Coalition (yeah, shoot me; I read TGC!). It’s worth reading, for sure. Scholarship, or theology, or whatever you want to label it, is not the enemy of lived Christianity. Theology, when done biblically, gives life. It is eminently practical. Faithful Christian scholars and theologians necessarily engage...
Worship And The Word
In the days of Nehemiah the people sought to reinstate the worship of YHWH in Jerusalem. How did they do so? They called for Ezra the priest, the scribe, to bring the Word of God. They stood in the street of the city daily while Ezra and others preached in tag-team fashion. By that...
I Am So Very Glad to Be A Pastor
The ministry is wonderful. There have been times that I’ve wanted to throw in the towel, move to a remote, rural part of a foreign country, and plow a farm with a jackass. I even had begun picking out names for the jackass; he was going to be named after a few choice people...
Evangelicals And Scripture
Within evangelical circles, the decline of expository preaching in favor of topical speeches laced with person anecdotes, insights, and examples drawn from cultural authorities communicates to God’s people where we think the power and relevance of our speech really lies. Michael Horton: The Christian Faith
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