I’m a bit behind the learning curve, but I have just recently developed an interest in the preaching and writing of Mark Driscoll. He is the pastor of the HUGE Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington. As a pastor and missionary he embodies everything he writes and preaches about by impacting the culture of one …
“Thus dear brethren we have our lesson. We must begin, as well as end with Christ, and always abide in him for the life and power of our ministry, just as for the peace and joy of our own souls.” -Charles P. McIlvaine, Preaching Christ: An Address to Those Entering the Christian Ministry (Edinburgh: Banner …
Some while back I was introduced to Thor Ramsey at a comedy show I attended with a group from the church. He had his book for sale in the lobby, but I waited and purchased it from Amazon. If you are looking for a light-hearted introduction to theology, Ramsey has written a good book for …
As a follow up to our previous post, here is a sermon excerpt from Mark Driscoll. This is from a sermon from the book of Ruth, in which he explained in a little more detail the reasons why he hates religion. Pastors preach the Gospel of Redemption not Religion!
I am becoming increasingly aware of the importatance of biblical theology in the church. I just ran across a list of suggested books on biblical theology from Grace Baptist Church and I’ve added a few of my own. The list can be found be “Beginner” Reading: 1. According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God …
Mark Driscoll has turned out several books in recent years, and Death by Love is one of those that is great. Several reviews can be found for this book on the internet, so I will not waste your time with an in-depth review, but more of a taste and see reccommendation. This book is written …
I was thankful to hear Dr. Billy Graham say, when addressing some six hundred ministers in London in November, 1970, that if he had his ministry all over again he would study three times as much as he had done. “I’ve preached too much and studied too little,” he said. The following day he told …
“You may say a great deal about and around the gospel, and never preach the gospel. Religious truths are not the gospel, except in proportion as, like John the Baptist, they point to the Lamb of God.” -Charles P. McIlvaine, Preaching Christ: An Address to Those Entering the Christian Ministry (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2003; …
Evidently then, my brethren, it is a most serious question to be always studying, how we may so proclaim the truth committed to us in Holy Scripture, that in the sense of the Apostles it may be said of us in our whole ministry, that ‘we preach Christ crucified.’ -Charles P. McIlvaine, Preaching Christ: An …
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