Introduction: So it seems to me that we are really in it now. The exact contents of "it" have yet to be revealed but, whatever "it" is, we are in it. I am not making any specific predictions, ...
Elijah Built the Altar Before the Fire Fell
“They should not imagine that even God-given talents can bring people to Christ without the addition of God-given blessing.”
Stott, The Challenge of Preaching, p. 98
All the Way to the Right Tremolo Levels
“‘So you are saying that this was not you?’ The incredulity in Rollins’ voice had already gotten to tremolo levels.”
Tuesday Already
Not a good example of social distancing . . . Letter to the Editor: Thanks for all of your work on these posts. I notice the Lord's hand on this virus. He has done this in a way that ...
That’s Actually Pretty Clever
“No man can bear witness to Christ and to himself at the same time. No man can give the impression that he himself is clever and that Christ is mighty to save.”
James Denney, as quoted in Stott, The Challenge of Preaching, p. 96
Maybe Two Drag Shows
“Dr. Rollins carried more envy around inside his rib cage than you could find at a drag show in San Francisco. And on this occasion, as Jake walked into Tom’s office, you didn’t need to be spiritually sensitive to notice it. You could set your iPhone out on the desk, and it would charge all by itself.”
Contagion, Cooties, and COVID-19
Introduction: One of the things that few people seem to grasp is that we are trying to deal simultaneously with two very different but equally contagious phenomenon. The first is the coronavirus itself, ...
CHEERFUL HEARTS AND GOOD WORDS
Sermon Video INTRODUCTION: We need to begin with the obvious, which is that Scripture teaches that our words affect how we are doing, not to mention those all around us. But this “obvious” truth ...
With an Eye on the End of the Furrow
“Christians preachers are to be neither inventors of new doctrines nor editors who delete old doctrines. Rather, they are to be stewards, faithfully handing out scriptural truths to God’s household. Nothing more, nothing less, and nothing else”
Stott, The Challenge of Preaching, p. 96
The Importance of Prepositions
“They were both stellar students in a stellar theological program (if you don’t count all the unbelief and apostasy), but there were striking differences between the two men. A first-rate education had done into Dr. Tom’s head, while it had apparently gone straight to Dr. Jake’s.”