Why Discipleship is War The preaching of the word of God is a key way that God has ordained to shape men and women into the image of his Son. Hence, preaching is much more

No Excuses for Preaching Bad Sermons In the modern world there are tools all around that will help us in sermon preparation. Therefore, there are no excuses for bad sermons. However, relying too heavily on those tools

Real Sermons are Not Lectures or Moral Stories In this podcast (and accompanying transcript), Burk Parsons makes a clear argument that by preaching the pastor is serving his congregation, which means it is vital to

Pride and the Preacher Preaching has the potential to promote a sense of pride in the preacher. Preachers can often hear praises from their hearers and can be viewed as the people with all the

Center Your Sermon on Spurgeon's 3 R's  There are a number of methods for ensuring you present the Gospel fully when you preach and evangelize. According to Jeff Robinson, Spurgeon had a 3 R's method

Getting "Unhitched" from the Old Testament? Andy Stanley Aims at Heresy Pastor Andy Stanely continues to show a pattern of dangerous thinking in his approach to Scripture. He continues to treat the Old Testament as less

What the Bible Says About Leading Difficult People We've all said it, "That person is annoying." The problem with describing someone as annoying is that annoying is a not a character trait someone can have.

The Character of Martin Lloyd-Jones' Preaching Ministry Martin Lloyd-Jones is a revered preacher. His ministry still has an impact today. Why? What made his preaching so notable? Why did his preaching stand out when the

Can Your Soul Survive Twitter and Facebook? In this article, Russell Moore makes a connection between the social media pack mentality and how we are to interact with one another inside the church. He makes

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