“Sloth is as inexcusable in a minister as sleeping in a sentry” (Watson, as quoted in Hughes, Expository Preaching With Word Pictures, p. 252).
He At Least Knew
“Jesus professed to work miracles; he cannot by possibility have been deceived on the subject; and so, either he did work miracles, or he was a bad man. Against his character all the objections to miracles must shatter, like surf against the rock. And this is not arguing in a circle; not proving the miracles …
Double Categorization
Nancy and I are reading through Richmond Lattimore’s translation of the New Testament, and yesterday we came to Luke 21. This is the place where the disciples were gawking at the Temple, and Lattimore says that the Temple was done up with “fine stones and dedications.” That made me wonder what the word underneath “dedications” …
Schism and Heresy
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #132 “For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may …
Hammer and Fire
“The Word preached is the engine God uses to effect repentance. It is compared to a hammer and to a fire (Jer. 23:29), the one to break, the other to melt the heart” (Watson, in Hughes, Expository Preaching With Word Pictures, p. 252).
For Is That Not My Brand?
My new goal is to think inside the box, which is increasingly hard these days. At the same time,because so many people are trying to think outside the box, I get a lot of time to myself. On top of that, I begin to suspect that those who have decided to think outside the box …
A Glimpse of the Old David
Introduction As we begin to work through this passage, we see that David is still far too passive, far too trusting. Even though he is forgiven for his sin, he is forgiven in a palace. It is not until he is walking toward the wilderness, barefoot, as a seventy-year-old man, that we see the stirrings …
No Real Bottom
The word apostasia is used twice in the New Testament. In the first instance, it is of a sin alleged (Acts 21:21), where it is said of Paul that he was teaching Jews to “forsake” or “fall away from” Moses. He wasn’t really, not the way they claimed, but the allegation was that he was …
Decorum and Decency
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #131 “Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse” (1 Cor. 11: 17). Paul here returns to the subject of the Lord’s Supper, …
Washing the Devil’s Face
“When we are advocates in a bad cause, pleading for any impious, unjustifiable act; when we baptize sin with the name of religion, and with our oratory wash the devil’s face, this is to be servants of men” (Thomas Watson, as quoted in Hughes, Expository Preaching With Word Pictures, p. 213).