Habitual Devotedness to the Ministry “Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing
In Love with the Life You Don’t Have "How many of us can truly say with C.S. Lewis’s character in Shadowlands, “You know, I don’t want to be somewhere else anymore. I’m not waiting for anything
Elijah lived in a time of great apostacy. His history is more particularly related than that of most of the other prophets, and is very interesting. The most distinguishing event of his time was a
Preaching is Different on a Screen "But I do think there is something necessarily different about listening to sermon in person and watching it on a screen. That isn’t to say it is wrong to
“But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.”—Deut. 4:29. There is a mixture of mercy
A Homiletic of Help: How Love Writes a Sermon "If you rush into the what of preaching without reminding yourself of the why, my guess is that your sermon will show it and your people will know it.
Affectionate Concern of a Minister for the Salvation of His Hearers “We were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted
The Power of the Ordinary Moments "Few realized the Christ would come, not in pomp or power, but in humility, frailty, and infancy. Even fewer realized the Christ would conquer, not by army, sword, or
“Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us;
Pew Warming Prohibited: Serve the Saints "Some Christians act like they are going to the movies. As if to say, “I’ve paid my entrance fee in the offering box, now I want to sit back