Month: March 2010

6 Preaching & Teaching Tips for Easter

It it Tuesday, which means that for most of us, sermon preparation is in full swing for the upcoming Easter Sunday.  Mark Driscoll recently posted six helpful tips for consideration as we prepare to proclaim the Word of God on Easter.  Here they are: 1. Keep your Easter message short. 2. Keep your Easter message …

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A Passion For God

“You who are pastors, may God inflame in you a passion for his centrality and supremacy in your ministry, so that the people you love and serve will say, when you are dead and gone, ‘This man knew God.  This man loved God.  This man lived for the glory of God.  This man showed us …

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The Word of Victory

Craig’s March 21st sermon from John 19:30 on Christ’s word of Victory on the cross and ten things accomplished by Christ on the cross. March 21, 2010–The Word of Victory from Malvern Hill Baptist Church on Vimeo.

The Word of Anguish

March 7, 2010 The Word of Anguish from Malvern Hill Baptist Church on Vimeo.

The Word of Suffering

Sermon from March 14, 2010 on Christ’s shortest cry from the cross, “I thirst.” March 14, 2010–The Word of Suffering from Malvern Hill Baptist Church on Vimeo.

Zac Smith’s Story

Zac Smith may have just celebrated his last Christmas with his family, and yet he still sees the goodness and glory of our God. The Story of Zac Smith from NewSpring Media on Vimeo.

Personal Work=Soul Work

Pastor, what role does personal, one on one work play in your ministry and in the ministry of your church?  Henry Drummond, contemporary and disciple of D.L Moody held that preaching is not the most important work ministers do with souls. Far better, he argued, is personal work, for it is only at this level …

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A Season For Work

“Some pastors and preachers are lazy and no good.  They do not pray; they do not read; they do not search the Scripture…The call is: watch, study, attend to reading.  In truth you cannot read too much in Scripture; and what you read cannot be read too carefully, and what you read carefully you cannot …

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Knowing Our Book

“It is a sin and shame not to know our own book or to understand the speech and words of our God; it is a still greater sin and loss that we do not study languages, especially in these days when God is offering and giving us men and books and every facility and inducement …

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It is Finished

I just thought that we could all stand to be reminded that when Christ said it was finished upon the cross, he meant it. Pastor, it is not your job to save, redeem, ransom, or atone. It is not your calling to be sacrificed–it would do no one any good anyway because you are sinful. …

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