Give us your attention, brethren, while we next attempt to point out the utility of this heavenly grace throughout the Christian life.—Truly this is beyond expression. If hope in general is of so much, use
Should Our Joy Depend on Our Circumstances? In this post, the author makes this claim that seems contrary to what we've been told, "When I was a young pastor, a church elder detected my discouragement
If we were inquiring into the nature of believing, it might be necessary to examine the testimony; if of trusting, we must ascertain wherein consists the promise; and so, if we would form just conceptions
Why We Need to Hear Sermons in Person In this piece, Joe Carter asks, "Does it matter whether people hear sermons in person at church or in private on a computer screen? Why are sermons
Who died in the sixty-third year of his age, on March 13th, 1791. And is my much-respected friend no more?How painful are the tidings to my heart!And is that light extinguished which so longHas burned
Parents Are Key to Youth Ministry "Parents and youth ministers both know youth ministry can’t merely be about what students want; it must give students what they need. What if, far from ruining youth ministry,
My dear brother, I have chosen this passage, on the present occasion, as expressing not the whole of your work, but an important part of it—preaching the gospel. For the discharge of this, an apostle
When the Sermon Fizzles Instead of Sizzles Here, Tim Challis notes something that is not abnormal writing, "The sermon fizzles instead of sizzles. The text seems to become opaque rather than clear. The illustrations fall
It has been observed that sinful propensities are commonly, if not always, the original propensities of human nature, perverted or abused. Emulation, scorn, anger, the desire of property, and all the animal appetites, are not
Preaching that Moves the Heart "If preaching to the heart of the people means the preacher’s own heart must be reached by the text, then part of preparing to preach is taking time to savor