With my sermon complete, I sat down in my study on Saturday evening to read the thoughts of others who have preached on Ephesians 4:1-16. My reading included Bryan Chapell’s commentary on Ephesians. Chappell is the president of Covenant Seminary…
On the Pursuit of Unity: “We must affirm that there are differences that are honorable but not vital . . .”
Sunday (D.V.) I will preach on Ephesians 4:1-6. The focus in this passage is to walk worthily of our call in unity. Thinking about this stress on the unity of the Body of Christ, we must mourn over the number…
Both Objective and Subjective / Carson and Moo
Adrian Warnock has posted a Lloyd-Jones quote which stresses experience founded on doctrine. Adrian is right to insist that we should be looking for experience that builds on solid doctrinal footings.
Agreeing with Adrian, we must value experience. I grew up in circles where we were suspicious of any sort of experience. We stressed the objective aspects of the faith but not subjective experience. (Note the D.A. Carson quote below). If someone had done something radical like raise their hands, they would have been shot. Don’t get me wrong, the people were sweet. They would have smiled while pulling the trigger – – but they would have pulled it none the less.