“Expository preaching consists in the explanation and application of a passage of Scripture. Without explanation it is not expository; without application it is not preaching.”
Parker, Calvin’s Preaching, p. 79
Somebody Has to Do It
“A friend of Trevor’s from the gym downtown was a cop with the reserves, and, of course, if it comes to that, why shouldn’t he have been?”
Basic Tutorials
So here is a new biblical tutorial for you to check out. We have prepared thirty of these babies, and if you go to this link, you can sign up to have them delivered to your inbox. So that you might have some idea of what you would be signing up for, a sample is …
Masking the Masquerade
Introduction: Let us begin by acknowledging several things. When millions of people are doing something, it is not possible to winnow the meaning of that particular thing down to just one meaning. I am speaking here of the meaning of masks. During the time of COVID, there are multiple reasons for wearing a mask. There …
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Psalm 120/A Lament About Liars
Sermon Video The Twelfth Decade of Psalms: Introduction: This psalm is the first in a series of fifteen psalms, called from ancient times psalms of ascent, or psalms of degree. What this means ...
Liberate Idaho
Remarks on the steps of the Capitol in Boise/May 1, 2020 Introduction: It is a great privilege to be here, and a high honor to be able to address you all, and so I thank the organizers of this event. In the kindness of God, I have spoken to many assemblies, congregations, and conferences. I …
Deep Layers in Everything
Shared Responsibility
“It follow that the congregation no less than the preacher have a responsibility towards what is taught . . . They, no less than the preacher, have a duty to see to it, so far as they can, that the message of the Bible shall alone be heard in their pulpit (for the pulpit is the pulpit of the whole Church, not merely of one member, the preacher.”
Parker, Calvin’s Preaching, p. 51
Trimmers
“These were people who just hated being led by trimmers and compromisers, and whose leaders always trimmed and compromised because that is what they thought the people were demanding. They had been let down time and over again by countless leaders who either drifted off into neo-evangelical liberalism like a child’s lost carnival balloon, or who blew up in the old-school conservative fashion via sexual scandals.”
The Content Cluster Muster (04.30.20)
Confess Sin Like Christ is Risen: https://www.facebook.com/ChristKirk/videos/219052982713331 A Public Service Announcement: Imagination Is Dead: Social Distance Activities: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10163557568280261&set=a.10154931607650261&type=3 The Road Goes Ever On and On: