Around the Horn (April 25)
4 Reason Why I Appreciate Expository Preaching Few Christians will ever have a hermeneutics class, yet it is the church's role to teach believers how to study the scriptures. In this post, Meredith Cook reminders us
Book Review: Budgeting for a Healthy Church
Dunlop, Jamie. Budgeting for a Healthy Church. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2019. 169 pp. Introduction Finances are a barometer of one’s heart. This is why Jesus talked about them so much. Our wallet helps reveal what
Humble Soil and the Implanted Word
“Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word which is able to save your souls.” James 1:21 I have been studying through the book of James with my
Andrew Fuller Friday: Fuller on Mediocrity in Wisdom and Virtue Satirized
Mediocrity in Wisdom and Virtue Satirized Eccles. 7:15–19 There have been various opinions on the advice of the wise man, “Be not righteous over much,” &c. Great numbers have produced it with a view to
Quietly Content to Use the Means for Saving Souls, without Seeing them Saved? No!
A dying plea from Horatius Bonar in 1889 was, "Please don't write a biography of me." He knew that people would be interested in his life but he always wanted to point men to Christ,
Around the Horn (April 18)
The 1 Thing I'd Say to Christians about Politics and Public Life As Bruce Ashford notes in this short piece, there are numerous things that could be said about Christians and public life, but there
Andrew Fuller Friday: Fuller on the Power and Influence of the Gospel
“What is the true meaning of those parts of the New Testament which declare the gospel to have a powerful operation in the souls of men, especially in believers? See Rom. 1:16; 1 Cor. 1:18,
Around the Horn (April 11)
When Passivity is Pride There is a danger lurking in the pastoral position. It is the danger of applause and people pleasing to gain that applause. This article highlights the damage that this attitude causes
Andrew Fuller Friday: On Sowing to the Flesh
Let us begin on the subject of sowing to the flesh, and observe the relation which the future punishment of the wicked will bear to it. The fruit which arises from sowing to the flesh
Around the Horn (April 4)
Are You a Drunk Preacher? As noted in this post, a drunk man often needs to lean on something for support. His inebriation means he cannot stand well on this own. Sadly, that is how