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Pastoral Care As Sermon Preparation

For those of you who don’t know it yet, Tim Keller, Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City […]

“We must affirm with Martin Luther that the preaching of the Word is the first essential mark of the church.

This past week, I preached at my church’s “Traditions” worship service on Sunday evening geared toward our older generation. I

“People who don’t like Christians are all around us. Only a strange providence keeps our churches from being bombed. It

How do we address those who are outside of Christ in our sermons? Over at the 9Marks blog, Mike Mckinley,

“It is generally true that until we see what the teaching of the gospel looks like in someone’s life we

“Preachers like Paul, who realize their own desperate need and the Spirit’s almighty power, will saturate their ministry of the

Yesterday, I posted a review of Words of Life, by Timothy Ward. Though this is a book on the doctrine

“You all have by you a large treasure of divine knowledge, in that you have the Bible in your hands;

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I am concluding a series on the Sermon on the Mount that has been ongoing since March. It has been

“Faith is not built by preaching introspectively (constantly challenging people to question whether they have faith); faith is not built

“What has exceedingly hurt you in time past, nay, and I fear, to this day, is lack of reading. I