Preaching Christ Crucified
Charles H. Spurgeon’s sermon on preaching Christ-crucified is full of pastoral wisdom. Below I provide some excerpts and headings from this amazing message. He exhorts us to preach Christ alone, and to do so boldly,
Christ + Something Brings Bondage and Destroys Community
Galatians 2:3 is not the kind of verse people often crochet on a pillow or display on the refrigerator at home, but it is one we would do well to cherish: “But even Titus, who
Okay, these are crazy times, but let’s not forget why we are here—The Great Commission
In the biblical narrative, the “many stories constitute a single Story” as Stephen D. Dempster has noted (Dominion and Dynasty: A Theology of the Hebrew Bible, 231). The story begins with God as the creator-king
You Aren’t as Smart as You Think You Are . . . So Don’t Manuscript Your Sermons: A Friendly Response to Jason Dees
My good friend, Jason Dees, pastor of Valleydale Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama, wrote a short piece in an outstanding edition of the 9 Marks Journal (Expositional Preaching Spring 2015) entitled “You Aren’t as Smart
Jesus: The Savior of Singing in the Church
The following is an excerpt from Church with Jesus as the Hero. Our Hero Saves Us from Singing Identically When we sing with Jesus as the Hero, we remember that the expanse of the kingdom
Our Interpretive Mistakes are Worse than those of the Church Fathers
In his book Life in the Trinity: An Introduction to Theology with the Help of the Church Fathers, Donald Fairbairn evaluates and defends the interpretive methodology of the church fathers in a way that is
What the SBC Annual Meeting Has to Do with the Paul Finebaum Show and Your Crazy Uncle
I have a friend who describes the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention to newbies as “part revival meeting, part business meeting, and part carnival.” That description is pretty fair. I left this
The real problem of evil and suffering: Why do good things happen to bad people
When something difficult or tragic happens to you or you fail at something, what thoughts go through your mind? Is it, what am I being punished for? What have I done wrong? What can I
Church with Jesus as the Hero is now available
I am thrilled that Church with Jesus as the Hero, written by me and my church ministry team, is now available for purchase (order here). This simple and short book is the fruit of a
Andrew Fuller on Seeking the Will of God in the Word of God
I am constantly amazed and helped as I read Andrew Fuller’s (1754-1815) Christ-centered pastoral sensibility. Below is a portion of Fuller’s sermon “On an Intimate and Practical Acquaintance with the Word of God.” The section