In a fallen world, conflict is never far away. This is reality. This being the case, it is imperative that we know how to unpack forgiveness. Only Christ and His Word can show us how to unpack forgiveness on our…
Interview of Billy Graham
After watching this interview, I am challenged to spend my day differently tomorrow in anticipation of our Christmas Eve services and Sunday. HT: Trevin Wax
Sermon notes or not?
By sermon notes, I mean distributing an outline of the sermon that may or may not allow the listener to fill in the blank. The matter of whether or not to use sermon notes raises from very foundational questions. For…
Is preaching simply one alternative method for proclaiming truth?
Suppose someone were to ask you, “Why do you have preaching in your church?” What would you say? It might benefit you to form an answer to that question and then take five minutes to read what I have written…
An amazing wealth of resources on the Internet
If you have access to the Internet, then there is so much how there to be blessed by. Consider for instance this post by Justin Taylor (Click here). I have NOT watched them, but I’ll bet they’re good. Why not…
When pastors feel overwhelmed
When feeling overwhelmed as a pastor, I remind myself that my primary responsibility is to go up on the “mountain” and feed hurting people the Word of God. It is not unusual as a pastor to interact with people facing…
Why Expository Preaching?
I wish everyone in our church family would watch this one!
Pray that your pastor preaches to the whole choir
Here is a post that will help you better pray for your pastor(s) and his preaching. Kevin DeYoung has written about the different sections of the figurative choir that preaching needs to address. This points to one of most challenging…
Where Christianity stands or falls
P.T. Forsyth: It is, perhaps, an overbold beginning, but I will venture to say that with its preaching Christianity stands or falls. . . With preaching, Christianity stands or falls because it is the declaration of the Gospel. Nay more…
Are you ready for Sunday?
Why not spend some time on Friday and Saturday plowing the ground in your life in preparation for Sunday? We are told men ought not to preach without preparation. Granted. But we add, men ought not to hear without preparation. …