Month: April 2009

Monday Musings

“The more the truth is turned away from, so much the more proclaim it.  God will see to the issue.  ‘So we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.’  Such is the faith of which we are speaking, as of such importance in our ministry.” -Charles P. McIlvaine, Preaching Christ: An …

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Book Review: Spurgeon on Leadership

Charles Spurgeon is one of the best preachers in the history of the church and is arguably the best preacher of the last two centuries.  However, his expositional legacy is not the only thing that Spurgeon taught and left behind.  Larry J. Michael shows in Spurgeon on Leadership, that many of the leadership principles practiced …

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Hard Hitting Preaching

I preach passionately and I often preach very emotionally.  I think this is necessary, for emotions are gifts of God that reveal our personality and our disposition and often enhance a proper understanding of the Word of God as delivered during a sermon.  I have recently seen (click here for an example from Mark Driscoll, …

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