Dr. Lloyd-Jones believed preaching involved communication through personality” (Sargent, The Sacred Anointing, p. 187).
Probably There By Now
“Take life as it comes. There it is. And here you are. I had a delightful picture of the meaning of Ecclesiastes just a few months ago. I was looking at the road which runs by the front of our property, and a fellow in a pick-up truck was headed industriously south. ‘Well,’ I thought. …
Each Sermon Should Be a One-Off
“The summary was especially for the benefit of those for whom the address would be a one-off and not part of a series. Each sermon had to be self-contained and able to stand on its own feet, even though it was part of a prolonged series” (Sargent, The Sacred Anointing, p. 183).
Your Doctrine is Too Small
J.B. Phillips famously wrote the book Your God is Too Small, and I would like to do a little riff off of that. Your doctrine is too small. What is that supposed to mean? Often particular doctrines are set forth in a way that contains enough of the truth to annoy unreasonable people and not …
Not About the Ducks
[On Eccl. 11:1] “The business of generosity is governed by the Lord with predictable results. Casting your bread on the water is not about feeding the ducks” (Joy at the End of the Tether, p. 102).
Almost an Abomination
“But what of Lloyd-Jones’s system? Here, we must be careful. He eschewed methods and was curtly dismissive of homiletics. Before forty ministerial students, he unveiled his suspicions when he put up the rhetorical question — ‘What can be said for homiletics?’ His revealing reply was ‘Not much’! On another occasion he was to refer to …
More Recent Vintage
This one was recorded within the last year — my one and only basement tape. {audio}Watch_the_Sun_Down.mp3{/audio}
That’s the Way You Do It
One of the things I used to do in the Navy was let the guys know, as soon as I got to a new assignment, that I was a Christian. I figured that if I did that right off, they would help hold me to it. So somehow, some way, on the first day, I …
Champion of Our Freedoms
There is a crucial point to be taken away from Peter Hitchens’ last chapter in the The Rage Against God. This issue of whether God must be recognized by us collectively is at the heart of the culture wars, and culture means generations, and generations means that the education of the next generation is right …
Which is Hard to Do
[On Eccl. 10:15] “Some are overwhelmed by nothing. We see here some more understatement. That boy could get lost on an escalator” (Joy at the End of the Tether, p. 100).