“Preachers like Paul, who realize their own desperate need and the Spirit’s almighty power, will saturate their ministry of the Word with prayer–for their hearers, themselves, and each other–and will urgently seek the support of others’ prayers.” -Dennis E. Johnson, Him We Proclaim: Preaching Christ From All The Scriptures (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2007), 92.
I have copied the article below from Kevin DeYoung’s fine blog. I realize it is lazy to paste this here in entirety without comment, but I believe that his treatment is good and worth your while in considering this most important doctrine. If any doctrine makes Christianity Christian, then surely it is the doctrine of …
In the Video below, you will see a crash test between a 2009 Chevy Malibu and a 1959 Chevy Bel-Air. The head to head test was created and performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to highlight the advances that have been made in vehicle safety over the past fifty years. Practical wisdom would …
In his classic collection of essays, God in the Dock, C.S. Lewis emphasized the importance of reading old books. He compared reading only new or recent books to joining a conversation at 11:00 pm that actually started at 8:00 pm. I do not know about you, but I have embarrassed myself numerous times walking up …
Many hearers lose much blessing through criticizing too much, and meditating too little; and many more incur great sin by calumniating those who live for the good of others. True pastors have enough of care and travail without being burdened by undeserved and useless fault-finding. We have something better to do than to be for …
Elevation Church in Charlotte has put together a great music video to Johnny Cash’s God’s Gonna Cut You Down. I enjoyed it and thought you might as well. Trying to figure a way to work it into a worship service at Malvern Hill. “God’s Gonna Cut You Down” Support Video from Elevation Church on Vimeo. …
Yesterday, I posted a review of Words of Life, by Timothy Ward. Though this is a book on the doctrine of Scripture, there is some good writing on preaching as well. After all, it is very difficult to separate any serious study of the Word from the delivery of the word through preaching. Ward has …
It is probably true that nothing in American Christianity during the Twentieth Century was as important as the battles over the Bible fought in nearly every denomination. The results of those battles seem to be clear as well. Evangelical denominations that agreed on the authority, infallibility, and inerrancy of the word of God have continued …
I wonder how many of us take the job of encouragement seriously? Are you intentionally aiming to encourage the people around you on a regular basis? Are you making solid attempts to encourage your pastor and your church? Encouraging pastors and churches is a high calling in my life. I am fortunate that Malvern Hill, …
Do you know anyone who seems to know something about everything? I suspect that Thomas Mann is one of those guys. After completing The Oxford Guide To Library Research, I am compelled to ask how a person can know so much about such a wide variety of subjects and why. I may one day ask …