“There was a man who gave out his text and said: ‘That is my text. I am now going to preach. Maybe we’ll meet again the text and I, and maybe not.’ He was not going to preach at all; he was just going to talk” (G. Campbell Morgan, Preaching, p. 63).
Republicans As Abusive Former Boyfriend
So, then, it appears that the electorate remains surly. And it also appears that the unpleasantness is being manifested by means of internecine conflict within the Republican party, at least to this point. The old guard politicos are, to use the technical jargon, freaking out. The most striking example of this was the defeat of …
What the Gospel Humiliates
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #12 “But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord” (1 …
The Kind of Grapes That Make Vinegar
“Sins are like grapes, and come in bunches” (Fidelity, p. 46).
Hard to Amble With Power and Authority
“A text gives definiteness to the message. Limitation creates power. The fact that we are only taking that paragraph, verse, statement, perhaps phrase, gives this limitation. In preaching there is a tendency to generalisation and discursiveness. That is checked when a sermon is really true to its text” (G. Campbell Morgan, Preaching, p. 62).
What Floats on the Surface of our Hearts
There are three basic ways to relate the authority of the Church to the authority of the civil magistrate. The first is the route taken by ultramontane jesuits, in which scheme the final authority is held by the church, with the pope at the head of it. The second is that of Erastianism, where it …
And God’s Solutions Are Always Best
“In fact, just a few verses down, Paul shows that one important way to flee fornication is to run into the arms of a woman (1 Cor. 7:2)” (Fidelity, p. 45).
Provided the Man is Not on a JumboTron
“Read a book, and we have the truth, perhaps, but in preaching you have the truth plus the man” (G. Campbell Morgan, Preaching, p. 57).
Slippery and Slipperyier
Solomon tells us that all the human basics are cyclic. They go around, and come around around again. He is not referring to the invention of gadgets, but he is talking about what makes civilizations tick. This is why so much of the discussion about “modernity” and “postmodernity” is just pretentious. What we call Enlightenment …
Regular Wine That Got Here Remarkably
When Jesus is teaching Nicodemus about the absolute necessity of the new birth, Nicodemus does not understand what He is talking about. In response to that bafflement, Jesus says this: If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things (John 3:12)? Catch …