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Right on Schedule
“He that is ashamed in small things, will extend his pusillanimity to greater” (Herbert, The Country Parson, p. 110).
Romantic Rationalism
“The warm emotions are kept from exhaling, and becoming vapory and obscure, by the systematizing tendency of the logical faculty, and the hard, dry forms of logic are softened, and enlivened, by the vernal breath of the emotions” (Shedd, Homiletics and Pastoral Theology, p. 233).
A Central Part of the Labor
“The Country Parson, if there be any of his parish that hold strange Doctrines, useth all possible diligence to reduce them to the common Faith” (Herbert, The Country Parson, p. 89).
Snowflakes and Hell
Hell is certainly a terrible thing to envision, and for many Christians it is a difficult doctrine even to defend. Many believers resolve it at the end of the day by deciding we need someplace to put the Hitlers and the Stalins, and then deciding to not look too closely at it thereafter. But God …
Getting to the Inside
“When once all have learned the words of the Catechism, he thinks it the most useful way that a Pastor can take, to go over the same, but in other words: for many say the Catechism by rote, as parrots, without ever piercing into the sense of it” (Herbert, The Country Parson, p. 83).
Curiosity Killed the Preacher
“Curiosity in prying into high speculative and unprofitable questions, is another great stumbling block to the holiness of Scholars” (Herbert, The Country Parson, p. 67).
Both Ways
“In order that the human faculties may work with the greatest harmony and energy, the heart must be in the head, and the head in the heart” (Shedd, Homiletics and Pastoral Theology, pp. 227-228)
Liturgical Confession
Introduction: As part of our emphasis on practical Christian living, we have emphasized the importance of confession of sin for many years. We have taught (and continue to teach) that confession is nothing less than full honesty before God, and that such honesty is always to be ongoing and immediate. But something else we do …
No Perplexity At All
We know that when we sit down to partake of this meal, we are partaking of our forgiveness. The broken body and blood of Christ are the meal, and our resurrected and forgiving Lord is seated at the head of the Table. We also know that when we partake of this meal we are partaking …