“As soon as men depart, even in the smallest degree from God’s word, they cannot preach anything but falsehoods, vanities, impostures, errors, and deceits.” -John Calvin (from his commentary on Jeremiah), quoted in Graham Miller, Calvin’s Wisdom (Banner of Truth, Edinburgh, 1992), 252.
In the midst of all of the controversy surrounding Rick Warren as the minister to deliver the invocation at yesterday’s presidential inauguration, Warren delivered a truly Christian prayer. I was so blessed to see a man of God stand before a mixed multitude and humbly pray to the God of his salvation, the only God…”Yeshua, …
“It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between. If that is too much for you, you should at least read one old one to every three new ones. Every age has its own outlook. It is specially …
Reading old books is important because everything good that has been written was not necessarily written in the last twenty years. I personally keep a copy of Augustine’s Confessions by my bed on a regular basis. It is a classic without equal. Here’s a copy that you can read for yourself. Enjoy! Augustine Confessions Publish …
“Watch your natural gifts and tendencies and idiosyncrasies. Watch them. What I mean is that they will tend to run away with you. It can all be summed up in a phrase — watch your strength. Not so much your weaknesses: it is your strength you have to watch, the things at which you excel, …
“We preach Christ not because Christianity is merely a superior philosophy or worldview, nor because we are smart enough to embrace the gospel, but because we have met the Savior, we have been claimed by the gospel, and we have been transformed by the renewing of our minds. Our preaching is not a matter of …
“The life-giving preacher is a man of God, whose heart is ever athirst for God, whose soul is ever following hard after God, whose eye is single to God, and in whom by the power of God’s Spirit the flesh and the world have been crucified and his ministry is like the generous flood of …
Paul admonished Timothy in 1 Timothy 4:16, to pay close attention to his life and doctrine. Pastors, we must do the same, if we are to be faithful disciples of Jesus Christ, and lead others to that same end. Tim Keller and David Powlison have written a very helpful tool, entitled, “Pastor Self-Evaluation Questionnaire” for …
Robert Smith, author of Doctrine That Dances: Bringing Doctrinal Preaching and Teaching to Life, was recently interviewed by Preaching Magazine. In the interview, Dr. Smith speaks about how in his book, he describes the task of the preacher by using the metaphor of the exegetical escort and the doxological dancer. “The exegetical escort has to do with substance; …
Dr. Andreas J. Köstenberger has compiled his list of the Top 10 books published in Biblical and Theological for 2008. Crossway’s Suffering and the Goodness of God, edited by Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson, which we reviewed earlier this week, came in at # 9. See the entire list of recommendations at Dr.Köstenberger’s website: Biblical Foundations.