“Picture the Old Testament on a single sheet of paper, rolled out on a work bench in front of you. Then take the New Testament as a transparent overlay, and roll it out on top of the Old Testament. Then — if you would learn from Jesus and the apostles — take a nail and …
Cross Plough
“Industriousness lies at the base of pulpit power. We use it here as equivalent to hard study . . . A strong preacher must keep his mental powers in working order. He must be a man of rigid, unremitted diligence. He must plough, and cross plough, and subsoil his own mind, that it may yield …
The Solo Commentator
“Some preachers boast that they never read commentaries or sermons. Their congregations often wish they would” (Murray, How Sermons Work, p. 57).
An F5 Revival
I often tell our people that they must come to the sacrament of the Lord’s Table in “evangelical faith.” But what is that? Men love rituals. Man is a liturgy-making creature. Nothing whatever can be done about it — the only thing that distinguishes one tribe from another is the respective shape of their rituals. …
We Should Think of It That Way More Often
Note on Intellectuals by W.H. Auden To the man-in-the-street, who, I’m sorry to say Is a keen observer of life,The word Intellectual suggests straight away A man who’s untrue to his wife.
Submission and Sacrifice
INTRODUCTION:In these politically correct days, whenever we come across passages like this one, expositors rush to instruct the faithful on what it does not mean. But we can spend a lot of time learning what things don’t mean. What does it mean? How should we live? Let us at least begin there. If we address …
God Tamers
The difference between Heaven and Hell is not a subtle one. When the Almighty God separates the sheep and the goats, at the end of the day, that judgment day, there will be no nuance. Light and darkness are too entirely different sorts of things—and children of light and children of darkness have entirely different …
Not aTier of Loose Knots
This is a Table of promise, and because it is a gospel Table, this means that the promise is what God promises to us. The initiative is entirely His. Now if we receive what God promises us, then we must necessarily have it. We cannot receive His promise without having His promise. We are bound …
An Edifying Clash
Kirk Cameron is on Piers Morgan tonight, and from what I hear, there were some edifying sparks. Check it out if you have a chance.
How Jerks Define the Golden Life
One of the common problems that pastors have in giving counsel to troubled couples is the problem of determining when a particular sin in marriage is “actionable.” How bad does it have to be before the wronged spouse can walk? I am speaking here of sexual sins, which, given the nature of the case, are …