To preach the word . . . and not to follow it with constant and fervent prayer for its success, is to disbelieve its use, neglect its end, and to cast away the seed of the gospel at random. John Owen, The True Nature of a Gospel Church and Its Government, Works, Vol 16.
Robert Smith, author of Doctrine That Dances: Bringing Doctrinal Preaching and Teaching to Life, was recently interviewed by Preaching Magazine. In the interview, Dr. Smith speaks about how in his book, he describes the task of the preacher by using the metaphor of the exegetical escort and the doxological dancer. “The exegetical escort has to do with substance; …
Dr. Andreas J. Köstenberger has compiled his list of the Top 10 books published in Biblical and Theological for 2008. Crossway’s Suffering and the Goodness of God, edited by Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson, which we reviewed earlier this week, came in at # 9. See the entire list of recommendations at Dr.Köstenberger’s website: Biblical Foundations.
Mark Dever on the Gospel. Good news indeed!
The Winner of the first P4P book giveaway is Norm Brock. Norm will be receiving copies of Doctrine That Dances by Robert Smith Jr., Transforming Grace by Jerry Bridges, and Searching for God Knows What by Donald Miller. Congratulations Norm. We hope to do another book giveaway soon, I hope that you all will be …
The first book in Crossway’s Theology in Community series is Suffering and the Goodness of God edited by Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson. If this first book is any indicator, Crossway has knocked a home run with a theology series that is both approachable and practical. The question of suffering and the problem of evil …
“All Christian preaching springs from the truth that God has spoken in word and deed, and that He has chosen human vessels to bear witness to Himself and His gospel. We speak because we cannot be silent. We speak because God has spoken.” -R. Albert Mohler, Jr., He Is Not Silent: Preaching in a Postmodern World (Chicago, …
” There is a double trajectory in preaching. One trajectory is from God to us. This is the prophetic trajectory. The other trajectory is from us to us. This is the priestly trajectory. The ministry of the priest is preferred to that of a prophet because the prophet afflicts the comfortable and the priest comforts …