My dear brother, I have chosen this passage, on the present occasion, as expressing not the whole of your work, but an important part of it—preaching the gospel. For the discharge of this, an apostle
When the Sermon Fizzles Instead of Sizzles Here, Tim Challis notes something that is not abnormal writing, "The sermon fizzles instead of sizzles. The text seems to become opaque rather than clear. The illustrations fall
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It has been observed that sinful propensities are commonly, if not always, the original propensities of human nature, perverted or abused. Emulation, scorn, anger, the desire of property, and all the animal appetites, are not
Preaching that Moves the Heart "If preaching to the heart of the people means the preacher’s own heart must be reached by the text, then part of preparing to preach is taking time to savor
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If our Saviour had been going to some unknown place, where we must not follow him, we might well be unhappy; but “whither I go ye know.” It is true we know nothing of an
How Spurgeon Got His Congregation “By the time of his death, the membership at his church, the Metropolitan Tabernacle, was over 5,300. But as gifted as Spurgeon was, it’d be wrong to think the thousands
The Israelites went forth, not only by Divine authority, but under a Divine promise; and the same is true of Christian ministers. God spoke unto Abraham, saying, “I will give unto thee, and to thy
There have been several takes on how the Southern Baptist Convention AnnualMeeting (SBC AM) should respond to the Executive Committee’s removal ofSaddleback Church as a cooperating member of the SBC. I want to offer a