Monday Musings
“Preaching is not sharing or chatting but rather proclaiming with authority and passion the truth of God’s Word about Jesus.” -Mark Driscoll, Vintage Church (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2008), 91.
Monday Musings
“Sermons should have real teaching in them, and their doctrine should be solid, substantial, and abundant. We do not enter the pulpit to talk for talk’s sake; we have instructions to convey important to the last degree, and we cannot afford to utter pretty nothings.” -C.H. Spurgeon, Lectures To My Students (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, …
Monday Musings
“It is important to remember that bold preaching will surely bring opposition from some. You must be prepared for opposition, even persecution. It is part of the cost that must be counted as you seek to become a better preacher . . . You must be prepared to face the criticisms which bold, confrontational preaching …
The Power of Encouragment
You know, we can all use a Barnabas in our lives every once in a while. As a matter of fact, we might all be better off if we had a few Barnabas’s around on a regular occassion. I know that in my preaching, I benefit from the encouragers in my congregation. Few things in …
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Greg Mathis’s first book, God is Able! But Am I Willing? is a must read for anyone struggling with sinful strongholds in their lives. Writing with quick wit and a pastor’s heart, Mathis gives an autobiographical account of the power of God working in his own life to release him from bondage to gluttony and a …
Monday Musings
Even in little things the minister should take care that his life is consistent with his ministry. He should be especially careful never to fall short of his word. This should be pushed even to scrupulosity; we cannot be too careful; truth must not only be in us, but shine from us. -C.H. Spurgeon, Lectures …
Monday Musings
The biblical preacher is a herald, a steward. He has been entrusted to declare something that would have been true if he had never been born. He is to preach it with a strong view of his own ultimate irrelevance. He is to get into the pulpit and say, “Thus says the Lord…” And to …
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