Around the Horn (July 19)
Does the Sermon Sing? Six Classic Piper Lectures on Preaching In 1994 John Piper delivered the Barnard H. Rom Preaching Lectures at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He would later say, “Those 1994 Rom Lectures were very significant
4 Simple Ways to Transform Your Church Worship Services
When I speak at churches I am constantly amazed by how many services are designed and executed in a way that excludes everyone but the twenty-percent of members who are the most active. Worship services
Andrew Fuller Friday: Fuller on the Needfulness of Creeds
It has been very common, among a certain class of writers, to exclaim against creeds and systems in religion as inconsistent with Christian liberty and the rights of conscience; but surely they must be understood
God’s Character in Dying: Even Better Than A Miracle
When the darkness of uncertainty and fear hangs over you, inasmuch as by grace it remains in you, don’t let go of the One you knew in the light. Keep holding on, if only, it
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