Why Preaching MIGHT Be a Walk in the Park How much effort do most pastors make in living with a sermon, mulling it over, taking a walk with it? How often is this step ignored

All Excuses are Lame Excuses  Every believer is guilty of offering lame excuses for a lack of spiritual commitment at one point or another, but each and every excuse is lame. They just don't amount to anything.

12 Spurgeon Quotes on Preaching Charles Spurgeon, known as the Prince of Preachers, obvious had much to say about preaching. This post brings together a number of the more powerful quotes. He Stayed Home to

Four Ways Your Whole Bible Points to Jesus The Bible's subject and theme is Jesus Christ, which means that every passage, in some way, points to him. In this post, Bryan Chapell explains how that

4 Reason Why I Appreciate Expository Preaching Few Christians will ever have a hermeneutics class, yet it is the church's role to teach believers how to study the scriptures. In this post, Meredith Cook reminders us

The 1 Thing I'd Say to Christians about Politics and Public Life As Bruce Ashford notes in this short piece, there are numerous things that could be said about Christians and public life, but there

When Passivity is Pride There is a danger lurking in the pastoral position. It is the danger of applause and people pleasing to gain that applause. This article highlights the damage that this attitude causes

Are You a Drunk Preacher? As noted in this post, a drunk man often needs to lean on something for support. His inebriation means he cannot stand well on this own. Sadly, that is how

John Calvin as an Intellectual Model for Pastor-Theologians If pastors are to be theologians there are certain characteristics that they must embrace. John Calvin modeled a number of these characters, but perhaps the most important

Why Bother with the Bible In this post, Sike Osinuga, writing for The Gospel Coalition Africa Edition, talks about the absurdity of following Christ at the exclusion of reading and knowing Scripture. Yet, she argues that