Theology That Bites Back
Introduction: We have all shared in the event, right? And the event will not last forever; there will come a time soon when it is ensconced in the history books. In the course of this event, there ...
Sermon Video Introduction: The church is the “worshiping assembly,” and her mission is to call the nations to worship God. But worship is not only our goal; it is also one of the chief assigned ...
“And thus the stage was set for Maria to go through several days of dark anguish and exquisite joy, alternating back and forth like a small reciprocating two-cycle engine.”
“The preacher’s purpose is directed first of all towards God. He preaches in order that God may be glorified. The very act of declaring the Gospel is a praising and exalting of God in his mighty acts.”
Parker, Calvin’s Preaching, p. 46
“In time the amorphous aim will dwindle until neither truth nor personality remain and the sermon will become what it all too often is today, the third-rate conveyance of fourth-rate opinions.”
Parker, Calvin’s Preaching, p. 45
“This poor woman’s poetry . . . was the kind of poetry that focused on how the poet felt. True, there was not much here to distinguish it from the vast watery sea of how all the other poets felt, but Taki-Smith had a peculiar genius for it. Her volume of verse that had won the Pulitzer Prize was not titled The Pale Parabola of Joy, but it might as well have been.”
Jesus Grabbed the Eschaton (Easter Drive-in Service): https://www.facebook.com/ChristKirk/videos/233224377884505/ Full sermon: https://www.christkirk.com/sermon/easter-2020-drive-in/ As Bold as a Lion: https://www.facebook.com/ChristKirk/photos/a.280474308662523/2917725358270725 A Whale Road: As always, more here. This Guy Just needs a hug: Hatred Breaking Out All Over: Seething bigotry and you know the rest of the drill.
