[Editors Note: This post provides a summary and evaluation of Sidney Greidanus's approach to Christ-centered preaching. If you are already familiar with Greidanus's method you could skip ahead to the evaluation.] Sidney Greidanus is professor
This year at the church I pastor, Ashland Avenue Baptist Church, we are reminding each other to be where your feet are. In other words, be a fully engaged follower of Christ in the life
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834–1892) was a British Baptist preacher who is still known as the "Prince of Preachers.” In his lifetime, Spurgeon preached to around 10,000,000 people, often up to 10 times a week at
I want to offer a word of warning and exhortation to those burdened by the need for gospel-reflecting, multi-ethnic churches that are, at minimum, as diverse as their ministry context. The exhortation is “let us not
[Editor’s Note: This post provides a summary and evaluation of Bryan Chapell’s approach to Christ-centered preaching. If you are already familiar with Chapell’s method you could skip ahead to the evaluation.] In
If I could only have one book other than the biblical text to use for sermon preparation it would be probably be Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament. The book provides
On the 42nd anniversary of the legalization of abortion in America we need some honesty. The failure today of the Republican controlled House of Representatives to pass an election campaign promised bill banning most abortions
Edmund Clowney died in March of 2005 at eighty-seven years of age. He was ordained to the preaching ministry in 1942; and, from 1952 to 1984, he served as professor of practical theology at Westminster
“I couldn’t face my God much longer knowing that His black creatures are held separate and distinct from His white creatures in the game that has given me all I own.” Those were the words
"Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers." – Harry S. Truman. It is essential that people involved in leading ministries be readers—whether that ministry be preaching, student ministry or leading a small