Sermon Video Introduction: Although the church at Thessalonica was a remarkably healthy church, it could not be said that there were no disorders there. At the conclusion of this second letter, ...
Patience in Work That Waits/2 Thessalonians 5
The Kind of Man to be Ordained
“We may set him apart from other men with what solemn ceremonies we may please, but he will be just like other men still, unless the power of the work to which he looks forward has entered into him during his careful preparation and made him different”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 50
Nobody Came to Watch You Meander
“The preacher must know where he is going”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 259
Jack Bradley, RIP
The world is a beautiful place, but with many ugly scars. The world is a beautiful place, but has suffered many wounds. We have gathered together here today in order to grieve, and that grief ...
And a Wet Sponge Won’t
“Nothing but fire kindles fire”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 47
The Desire is Not the Call
“There is far too little discrimination in the selection of men who are to preach, and many men find their way into the preacher’s office who discover only too late that it is not their place”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, pp. 45-46
In Other Words, What is the Point?
“The first thing for you to do is to see clearly what you are going to preach for, what you mean to try to save men from”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 42
The Holy Spirit and a Sound Mind/Pentecost 2021
Sermon Video Introduction: One of the common mistakes that Christians make as they think about the Holy Spirit—who was poured out upon the Church at Pentecost—is the mistake of depersonalizing ...
Don’t Forget the Point
“. . . preaching about Christ as distinct from preaching Christ. There are many preachers who seem to do nothing else, always discussing Christianity as a problem instead of announcing Christianity as a message, and proclaiming Christ as a Savior”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 35
Overstated, But Only Slightly
“Where application begins, there the sermon begins”
Charles Spurgeon, as quoted in Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 251