preaching

Your Pastor Knows You Best

I don’t know Andy Schmidt, but I think I like him already.  here’s a quote from his recent article, Platt Wasn’t Enough For My Church: Are Piper, Chan, and Platt better preachers than me? Yes! By far! Can they preach the gospel better than me? Probably. However, those faithful men know and care for their …

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Monday Musings

Although we feel always joy in the declaration of God’s Word, yet we have known what it is to totter on the pulpit steps, under a sense that the chief of sinners should scarcely be allowed to preach to others.  Ah! beloved, I do not think he will be very successful as a minister who …

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The Sermon We Need, Not The Sermon We Want

In 1 Corinthians 3, Paul speaks to the church at Corinth once more about the divisions that are raging within the church.  Some of the people are evidently not very pleased with his style of preaching, perhaps they weren’t “getting fed” and wanted more “meat” to their sermons. Paul defends his preaching, however, by pointing …

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Monday Musings

A few quotes from John Broadus for your Monday: “In every age of Christianity, since John the Baptist drew crowds into the desert, there has been no great religious movement, no restoration of Scripture truth, and reanimation of genuine piety, without new power in preaching, both as cause and as effect.” “Brethren, we must preach …

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The Minister and His Ministry

I recently had a conversation with a pastor who has lost about fifty pounds.  In addition to saying how much better he felt, he talked about how some people seemed to engage with his preaching now who had not done so before.  Now, for some of you that may seem a bit shallow, and to …

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Fantastic Four

The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife?  Albert Mohler weighs in on the recent news release about a fragment of papyrus mentioning Jesus’ wife.  Mohler argues here that scholarship has been traded for sensationalism. Preaching for the “Home Run.”  Michael McKinley answers a popular question with what may be some unpopular answers. There may be legitimate reasons …

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Monday Musings

Here are a few quotes from W. A. Criswell to get your week off to a good start. “To lift Him up, to preach His name, and to invite souls to love Him and to follow Him is the highest, heavenliest privilege of human life.” “The word we preach from our pulpits ought to be …

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Monday Musings

We should certainly welcome the fact that the silicon chip will transcend human brain-power, as the machine has transcended human muscle-power.  Much less welcome will be the probable reduction of human contact as the new electronic network renders personal relationships ever less necessary.  In such a dehumanized society the fellowship of the local church will …

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Monday Musings

I must confess at this point that I belong to the old reactionary tendency which regards the man who cannot preach in an interesting and informative manner as simply not called to the preaching ministry.  IF a man mounts a pulpit and cannot set his people’s heart on fire for the Bible, then he had …

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Monday Musings: Special Sermons for Special Days?

As Mother’s Day approaches, many pastors may wrestle with how to handle this holiday and or other holidays in their preaching calendar. Martyn Lloyd-Jones has some helpful advice: I would lay it down as a rule that there are special occasions which should always be observed.  At this point I have the temerity to express …

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