What Gives Preaching Its Power?

Commenting on a famous Thomas Chalmers sermon, Sinclair Ferguson notes, “The implication here is that preaching should always move from understanding the meaning of the words of the text to seeing through the text to the reality to which it points so that its implications can be absorbed into our mind, will, and also affections, by which our understanding is existentially connected to the text and we appropriate the reality it reveals and illumines, so that in his light we see light (Psalm 36:9).”

Thank the Lord for the Hard Stuff

“I don’t believe it’s possible for us to experience pure joy unless we’re also expressing real gratitude. So, how do we reach the sort of spiritual plane where we are capable of being grateful for the hard stuff in our lives? Our vision needs to be different. Not just a slight shift, but a completely, radically different way of thinking about the things that happen in our lives.”

Where is Jesus in the Psalms? How Hebrews Helps us See Him

“And as the author looks to the Psalms to proclaim the message of Jesus, we are met with one of the many mysteries of Hebrews: How does the author see these things in the Psalms? There is certainly a reason why Hebrews can confidently say that this is what the Father says of the Son, but he does not explain the reason to us. At first encounter, Hebrews’ way of reading the Psalms seems so different from ours.”