If you have never heard Welsh pastor Geoff Thomas preach then do whatever you can to hear this faithful pastor. He has been used of God for over forty years in the same church in vowel-deficient Aberystwyth, Wales. Earlier this month Martin Downes conducted an excellent interview with Thomas which you can read here and [...]
Archive for May, 2007
31 May
Preaching Proverbs
Steve Mathewson is talking about “Preaching Proverbs.” (HT: Milton Stanely) Our own Randy Mckinion has also been blogging about Proverbs here.
31 May
Review: Preaching and Teaching the Old Testament
3,000 books are published everyday so here’s a review of one of them. Here’s my review of Walter Kaiser’s Preaching and Teaching from the Old Testament. Overall it is an excellent resource and provocative in a number of areas. If nothing else, chapter four on “The Art and Science of Expository Preaching” is reason [...]
30 May
Weather Atheism
I awoke this morning to a thick smoky haze which blanketed our city over night. We’ve noticed it some over the last couple of weeks but today there’s no mistaking that it’s here. I live a couple of hundred miles from the south Georgia wild fires that are currently devastating that area. The winds here [...]
29 May
Power in the Pulpit
On January 11, 1989, President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation from the Oval Office for the thirty-fourth and final time. As he reflected back on the eight years of his presidency, Reagan said something profound: In all of that time I won the nickname “The Great Communicator.” But I never thought it was my style [...]
28 May
Luther and “The Jews”
Should Luther be discarded because of his view of Jews? Here is Christopher Probst’s take on this difficult question.
27 May
Who’s Your Daddy?
What role if any should the Church Fathers have in the development of our theology? Michael Haykin asks, “Why Study the Fathers?” here (also see his article “Benefiting from the Fathers” here). The Shepherd’s Scrapbook offers “Lessons from the Life of John Chrysostom” here.
26 May
Dangerous Ministry
Here in the deep South, things like this can make ministry and pastoral visitation interesting. When you go two-by-two make sure at least one is carrying an assault rifle. Watch your step!
25 May
reader question
An Expository Thoughts reader named Jacob writes, “[A recent] post on your web site reminded me of a question that I have never resolved myself (dealing with the pastor’s library of books and bookshelves). The question is, “Is there a good way to organize these books to make them easier to reference both electronically and [...]
24 May
Themes in JUDE
Jude: The Neglected Epistle It’s been my privilege and joy to spend hundreds of hours studying and mediating on the inspired epistle of Jude. Much of this book work has taken place at home during my personal studies. My first sermon from Jude was preached way back in November, 2005 (no, i am not the [...]
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