“The love of purely abstract reasoning leads many minds astray as to religious truth” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 195).
Why Children Matter (II)
Nurture and Admonition in the 21st Century Introduction This is a message on “discipline basics.” Remember that we not only want to learn how to discipline our children in a biblical fashion, but that we also want to do so in a biblical context. This means that we are not using the Scriptures as a …
Take and Eat
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #135 “And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me” (1 Cor. 11: 24). This is Paul’s recounting of how …
Looking Through
“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me” (John 5:39). God has given us many gifts — indeed, there is nothing we have that is not a gift. But there is only one gift from Him that enables us to see through things. …
Why Children Matter
Nurture and Admonition in the 21st Century I Introduction A family is a divinely-ordained community. It is a set of defined relationships, with obligations and privileges assigned by God accordingly. It is not an arbitrary collection of individuals, and it is not something that we get to define. God created the family—it was not invented …
The Lord and the Lord’s Supper Were Both Handed Over
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #134 “For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread . . .” (1 Cor. 11: 23). In the verses …
Extra Portions at the Lord’s Table
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #133 “When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper. For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. What? have ye …
He Got to Meddling
“Men can be content to have other sins declaimed against, but if the minister puts his finger on the sore, and touches this sin, their hearts begin to burn in malice against him” (Watson, as quoted in Hughes, Expository Preaching With Word Pictures, p. 273).
The Secret Things
Introduction In the last chapter, we caught a glimpse of the old David. Here, in this passage, he is fading in and out. He is easily duped by Ziba, but he also shows great restraint and humility in the face of Shimei’s taunting. But, for all his stumbles, he remains a clear type of the …
Sermonic Sloth
“Sloth is as inexcusable in a minister as sleeping in a sentry” (Watson, as quoted in Hughes, Expository Preaching With Word Pictures, p. 252).