Always Consistent, Never Predictable

“Do not say what everybody expected you would say. Keep your sentences out of ruts. If you have already said, ‘Salvation is all of grace’ not not always add, ‘and not by human merit,’ but vary it and say, ‘Salvation is all of grace; self-righteousness has not a corner to hide its head in.’ . …

Egg the Pudding, But Don’t Overegg the Pudding

“It is well that there should be a goodly number of illustrations in our discourses. We have the example of our Lord for that: and most of the greatest preachers have abounded in similies, metaphors, allegories, and anecdotes. But beware of overdoing this business” (Charles Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students, p. 136).

Friendship Evangelism

INTRODUCTION: For various reasons, evangelism is a difficult subject for many Reformed Christians. Some die-hard Calvinists may have glanced at the title of this message—friendship evangelism—and asked, “What’s evangelism?” Or, if they are really die-hard Calvinists, perhaps they asked, “What’s friendship?” But this attitude is not what the Bible teaches, not what the tradition of …

Restitution: The Forgotten Duty

This last Lord’s Day, I preached on the forgotten duty of restitution. You can take a listen here. “Forgiveness of sin is forgiveness of sin, not redefinition of sin (Rom. 13:8-10). ‘Christians aren’t perfect, just forgiven’ contains a glorious truth. But, misapplied as it frequently is, it also represents a travesty of biblical living.”