Introduction Today is Resurrection Sunday, our annual commemoration of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus from the dead. We mark this annually, but it is important for us to remember that we also mark it weekly—every Lord’s Day is a celebration of the resurrection. But what exactly are we celebrating when we do this? The …
Metaphors Install
“A lecture may connect a teacher’s notebook with a student’s notebook, but a sermon must connect God’s mind and heart with the mind and heart of the listener. It’s when we penetrate the imagination with metaphors that we assist the listener in ‘putting things together'” (Wiersbe, Preaching and Teaching with Imagination, p. 80).
Compensatory Honor
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #149 “For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should …
Not Everyone Was Thrilled
Genesis 22 contains the famous account of Abraham’s aborted sacrifice of Isaac. But in the aftermath of that event, there was apparently some drama going on in the background. What did Sarah think of all this? After Abraham came back from the mountain, he lived in Beersheeba. “So Abraham returned unto his young men, and …
Relationships: Bedrock Discipleship
Introduction On Palm Sunday, we remember the Lord’s entry into Jerusalem shortly before He was betrayed, condemned, and executed. As we reflect on this moment in His mission, we should take care to remember what that mission was. His mission was not just to save people, it was also to save a people. The Text: …
Well, Yeah, There’s That
“One great reason why many ministers find expository preaching difficult is, that they have not been sufficiently accustomed to study the Bible” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 308).
And It Should Be . . .
“But unity in an expository discourse is by many preachers never aimed at” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 304).
Two Kinds of Unity and One Kind of Growth
Introduction We should always want to turn to Scripture for instruction on what to do where we are. We ought to minimize the study of Scripture that focuses on what might happen to us some other time. Application should always be now, obedience should never be a matter of postponement. The Text: “I therefore, the …
With Some Passages as Cities of Refuge
[Expository preaching misunderstood] ” . . . as some quaint old preacher expressed it, if he is ‘persecuted in one verse, he can flee to another'” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 301).
Noahic Clickbait
So no, I haven’t seen the movie, and no, this is not a review of it. Aside from that resulting in a couple of hours that I couldn’t get back, there would be the problems caused by the possibility of me writing a review of an Aronofsky film that might run counter to the analysis …