“The greatest deficiency in contemporary expositional ministry is powerlessness; in other words, preaching that is devoid of the vitality of the Holy Spirit” (Arturo Azurdia, Spirit Empowered Preaching, p. 12).
Wisdom at Home
“Shrewdness is wisdom in a homely setting . . . A wise professor might tell you not to take on more than you can handle. A shrewd uncle would tell you not to become a baker if your head’s made of butter. A lofty bit of advice might be to do your work right the …
Yet Another Den of Thieves
In the debate about the repeal of Obamacare, there are people who understand the principles involved, and there are the wafters. The wafters can blow either way, depending upon the prevailing breezes in their district, but wafters they are — whether they blow to the right or to the left. If they blow in the …
The Callihani
The latest guest to join our Logos Benefit Concert is now posted. And while I have your attention I should mention that we have some really exciting news about the concert that we will roll out in a day or so.
So Let’s Try Multi-Media!
“Strangely enough, a generation after Cicero was taken out of the curriculum of the typical American school our preachers began to have a hard time holding the attention of a congregation” (Hughes Oliphant Old, The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures, Vol. II, p. 396).
One Way or the Other
“But to be tender of everyone in a fallen world is actually to be cruel. To be tender of the lambs is to be tender. To be tender to the wolves is to be cruel to the lambs. This is why Christ was tender of the little children who were brought to him, and He …
Full of Surprises
Not having said anything about the monkeyshines of the erstwhile CO, Captain Honors, of the U.S.S. Enterprise, allow me to do so now. Since the videos that cost him his command were a few years old, the first thing that occurs to me is that he was probably done in by some competitor. We can …
Parenting Young People I
INTRODUCTION:When it comes to parenting, you have often heard me say that our parental responsibility does not consist in getting young people to grit their teeth and conform to the standard. The task before us is to bring up our children in such a way as to love the standard. This is not possible to …
Whether Rough or Smooth
One of the traps we fall into is that of defending ourselves both coming and going. We tell others that “all we ask” is that if someone has a problem with what we are doing, that they simply come to us with it. Talk to me, we say, and not about me. And there is …
Eating Grace By Grace
One of the glories of the new covenant is that we get to eat and drink our salvation. In the Garden of Eden, our first parents were privileged to eat their communion with God in the tree of life. And after our fall into sin, it is significant that the gospel is presented to us …