“Properly speaking, ‘exposition’ has a much broader meaning. It refers to the content of the sermon (biblical truth) rather than its style (a running commentary). To expound Scriptured is to bring out of the text what is there and expose it to view” (Stott, Between Two Worlds, pp. 125-126).
Siloam Means Sent
This last weekend Nancy and I had the privilege of visiting the saints at Riverwood Presbyterian in Tuscaloosa. We were shown wonderful hospitality there, and were greatly encouraged by the trip. During one part of the visit we toured the area demolished by the tornado this last spring (and the picture below represents a miniscule …
Study?
“Instead, tragic to relate, many [preachers] are essentially administrators, whose symbols of ministry are the office rather than the study, and the telephone rather than the Bible” (Stott, Between Two Worlds, p. 124).
Not Just Instruction
“A good shepherd’s care of his sheep is four-fold — feeding, guiding (because sheep go easily astray), guarding (against predatory wolves) and healing (binding up the wounds of the injured). And all four of these activities are aspects of the ministry of the Word” (Stott, Between Two Worlds, p. 120).
Priests and Preachers
“Those with knowledge of the etymology of English words are aware that ‘priest’ is simply a contraction of ‘presbyter’, meaning ‘elder’. But it is also used to translate the Greek word hiereus, a sacrificing priest, which is never used of Christian ministers in the New Testament” (Stott, Between Two Worlds, p. 117).
Seldom If Ever
“More often than we like to admit, the pew is a reflection of the pulpit. Seldom if ever can the pew rise higher than the pulpit” (Stott, Between Two Worlds, p. 115).
Deaf Church Dead Church
“A deaf church is a dead church: that is an unalterable principle. God quickens, feeds, inspires and guides his people by his Word” (Stott, Between Two Worlds, p. 113).
Three-Fold Filling
“My heart was filled with love, my eyes with tears, and my mouth with arguments” (John Wesley, as quoted in Stott, Between Two Worlds, p. 106).
A Word Declared With Power
“Like a hammer it can break stony hearts, and like fire it can burn up rubbish. It illumines our path, shining like a lamp on a dark night, and like a mirror it shows us both what we are and what we should be. It is also likened to seed causing birth, and milk causing …
Not Where They Should Have Been
INTRODUCTION:God is sovereign and God is gracious, and this means that God takes you from where you are, and not from where you should have been. If we were standing around where we should have been, we wouldn’t need salvation. If we need salvation, we are not where we should have been. A godly response …