Recently, I posted a review of Michael Horton’s Christless Christianity. In that book, Horton makes many references to liberalism and to J. Gresham Machen’s classic book Christianity and Liberalism. Horton inspired me to pick up this nice little book by Machen, and I am indebted to him for doing so. The blurb on the back …
I had to read Thom Rainer’s The Book of Church Growth as an assigned read for a project I’m working on right now. To be honest, I was not motivated about it. After devouring it in three days, however, I have to say that I was wrong. This book is great. Not only is it …
J.D. Greear addressed five obstacles to effective evangelism at the South Carolina Baptist State Evangelism Conference yesterday. Greear used 1 Corinthians 9:19-26 as his text and I think he did a great job. I’ve listed his five obstacles below. 1. Being satisfied with Biblical faithfulness and not effective ministry (v. 22). 2. We don’t know …
“As we will see a little later, apostolic boldness is something people are not likely to understand until they actually hear it, and then they are not exactly sure that it is what they wanted after all!” -Roger Wagner, Tongues Aflame: Learning to Preach From the Apostles (Ross-shire, Great Britain: Christian Focus, 2005), 40. HT: …
“There will be very few people who are honest enough to say, ‘I don’t like your message, I don’t like to submit to this God. Yes, what you’re saying is in the Bible. But I reject the Bible because I don’t want God’s authority over my life.’ A thoroughly honest person like that is more …
Preaching that avoids head engagement will lead to blindness, and preaching that ignores heart engagement-the emotive realm of the believer’s existence-does so at the cost of boredom and dullness, which prevents the result of an engaged hearing for a transformed life. -Source: Robert Smith Jr., Doctrine That Dances
We have posted a new article by Craig Thompson, Is Vision Really Necessary In The Church?, that we would encourage you to read. In this article, Craig examines the necessity of casting vision in the church to move forward into new directions. Here’s a very short excerpt: Because the old systems have failed, it is …
Today we are sharing part two of a recent interview that Passion for Preaching (P4P) held with Michael Horton, author of Christless Christianity, which we reviewed here recently. Dr. Horton has some wonderful insights into the world of popular American Evangelicalism. 5. You name the illness of the church moralistic, therapeutic Deism (p. 41). How …
Today and tomorrow we will be sharing a recent interview that Passion for Preaching (P4P) held with Michael Horton, author of Christless Christianity, which we reviewed here recently. Dr. Horton has some wonderful insights into the world of popular American Evangelicalism. 1. What prompted you to write Christless Christianity? Michael Horton (MH): Lots of …
“Doctrinal preaching certainly bores the hypocrites; but it is only doctrinal preaching that will save Christ’s sheep. The preacher’s job is to proclaim the faith, not to provide entertainment for unbelievers–in other words, to feed the sheep rather than amuse the goats.” -J. I. Packer, A Quest For Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian …