Around the Horn (July 12)
How to Discourage a Grieving Friend Perhaps your words of encouragement and your advice are not as helpful as you believe them to be. What worked for you in your grief may not hold the
John Calvin on Glorying in Simple, Unpolished Preaching
It was that, being puffed up with ambition, that they might secure for themselves the admiration of the people, they recommended themselves to them by a show of words and mask of human wisdom. From
Andrew Fuller Friday: Fuller on the Causes of Declension in Religion and the Means of Revival
The first thing that we shall request you to make inquiry about is, whether there is not a great degree of contentedness with a mere superficial acquaintance with the gospel, without entering into its spirit
Around the Horn (July 5)
Pastor, Hold Fast Until Relieved At times the pastorate can be discouraging and, as Jared Stacey argues here, humiliating. He goes on to make the case that the battles in which the pastor fights are
True Preaching is Indispensable! What is it?
In September 1967, D. M. Lloyd-Jones gave an address for a student conference at Westminster Theological Seminary on the topic, What is Preaching? The address is included in the Banner of Truth book Knowing the
Andrew Fuller Friday: Fuller on the Love of Country
Seek the peace of the city. The term here rendered peace (שלם) signifies not merely an exemption from wars and insurrections, but prosperity in general. It amounts, therefore, to saying, Seek the good or welfare
Around the Horn (June 28)
The Most Damaging Attitude in Our Churches Perhaps we are guilty of it and don't even realized it. We think we are offering "constructive" criticism, yet what we are actually doing is engaging in cynicism. Like
Book Review: Mere Hope: Life in an Age of Cynicism
Duesing, Jason G. Mere Hope: Life in an Age of Cynicism. Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 2018. 172 pp. INTRODUCTION “Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.” With these words the
Andrew Fuller Friday: Fuller on Our Attitude Toward Godly Service
“For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches
Around the Horn (June 21)
Hermeneutics: Knowing and Living the Text Coming to the Scriptures should not reflect a picture of coming to a self-service gas station, filling up our tanks, and driving away, while never interacting with others. No,