Dipsticks: Efficient Ways to Check for Understanding— The teaching suggestions in this article for better understanding should have some preaching applications. The Importance of Persuasive Preaching— One of the preacher’s jobs is to persuade people away from worldly ways of thinking toward a biblical worldview. We are called to convince people that what the Bible says …
Six Keys to Disciple-Making in the Local Church— Thom Rainer offers some helpful instruction on this essential activity within the church. Ann Coulter and our Mission— Russ Moore posted this last week, but if you haven’t seen it yet, you need to read it. Christians are more than culture warriors. Ann Coulter is not our …
Homosexuality, Divorce, and the Biblical Family— We are losing the conversation on homosexuality and we are losing our opportunity to speak into the lives of those who struggle with this sin. We are losing it, in large part, because we have unbiblically identified homosexuality as the only sin affecting the health of marriage in our culture …
Twins Add Undrafted Pitching Prospect With 100-mph Fastball— You can’t help but pull for this guy. He has gone from truck driver to MLB pitcher nearly overnight. 9 Things You Should Know About Hamas— The ultimate military goal of Hamas is genocide of the Jewish people. As stated in their charter: “Hamas has been looking …
Feelings are Real, but they are Not Always the Truth— I love this. Every believer should share this. Feelings are real but they are not necessarily the truth. Feelings are a poor barometer of the truth. We walk by faith and not by feelings. Is It Arrogant to Tell Other Christians to Imitate Your Example?— Here …
When We Best Learn the Bible— “But sound Bible study is rooted in a celebration of delayed gratification. Gaining Bible literacy requires allowing our study to have a cumulative effect — across weeks, months, years — so that the interrelation of one part of Scripture to another reveals itself slowly and gracefully, like a dust …
10 Things no one Ever Told me About Having a Daughter— There is an indescribable, kinetic ferocity that gets into your bones. I can remember walking white-knuckled through a crowded farmer’s market with baby girl in the stroller, unable to enjoy myself for the visions of violence I was prepared to mete out upon any member …
Do you Pervert the Grace of God?— Do you have a growing desire to “reject authority” (verse 8), and have you become suspicious of any perceived authority that would constrict your autonomy? If even archangels are happily under God’s authority (verse 9), how much more should we be as the redeemed? Are you eager to ascribe …
God Made Me This Way— Philip Jensen draws some connections that I have never noticed on the nature vs. nurture debate. The Kindness that Will Kill Your Church— But kindness and love are not the same thing, and whenever we separate kindness from love, we unleash a vice that masquerades as a virtue. Kindness apart from …
Sustainable Preaching— This is the first in a series of posts by Dan Doriani on creating a sustainable preaching model in your church. This series looks promising. Not your Stereotypical Pastor’s Wife— Kathy Keller granted an interview about her ministry at Redeemer. The last quote is fantastic, “Devoting myself to the support of Tim’s ministry …