“George Whitefield believed in preaching and gave his life to it. By this preaching God did a mighty work of salvation on both sides of the Atlantic. His biographer, Arnold Dallimore, chronicled the astonishing effect that Whitefield’s preaching had in Britain and America in the eighteenth century. It came like rain on the parched land [...]
Archive for February, 2009
25 Feb
The Glory of the Ministry
In 1911, in his book The Glory of the Ministry, A.T. Robertson quoted James Denney: “There always have been men in the world so clever that God could make no use of them. They could never do His work; they were so lost in admiration of their own. God’s work never depended on them, and [...]
24 Feb
Preaching to Suffering People
In the book Feed My Sheep: A Passionate Plea for Preaching Pastor John Piper writes, “It is true that we must be bold in the pulpit and afraid of no man but courageous as we contend for the truth. But it is just as true that our boldness must be a brokenhearted boldness, that our [...]
21 Feb
True Preaching
David Wells, in his new book The Courage to be Protestant: “Preaching is not a conversation about some interesting ideas. It is not the moment in which postmoderns hear their own private message in the biblical words, one unique to each one who hears, and then go their own way. No! This is God speaking! [...]
19 Feb
The Preacher of God’s Word.
Pastor Steve J. Lawson contributed the following chapter in the helpful new book John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion Doctrine & Doxology. Lawson points to 10 Distinguishing Marks of Calvin’s pulpit ministry. 1. Calvin’s preaching was biblical in substance. 2. Calvin’s preaching was sequential in its pattern. 3. Calvin’s preaching was direct in its message. [...]
18 Feb
Seeker Leader Resigns
The big religious news story in my neck of the woods is not a really good one friends. For a number of biblical reasons the band of brothers that make up Expository Thoughts have not been in favor of the Church Growth Movementthat Bill Hybels has led. Nevertheless, this is a very sad news story. [...]
16 Feb
Driscoll’s missed opportunity…
…came at the end of his interview with D.L. Hughley at CNN: DL: The thing about religion, I come from a very religious background. You had to go to church all the time. My wife is very religious. I am not an atheist. I certainly believe in God. But I’ve seen so much hypocrisy and [...]
16 Feb
The Primacy of Preaching
In his opening chapter The Primacy of Preaching from the book Feed My Sheep: A Passionate Plea For Preaching Dr. Al Mohler wrote, “Evangelical pastors commonly state that biblical preaching is the hallmark of their calling. Nevertheless, a careful observer might come to a very different conclusion. The priority of preaching is simply not evident [...]
14 Feb
Happy Valentine’s Day from Mark Driscoll
I wrote a short article for ET on Mark Driscoll back on January 10th. Because it dealt with such a controversial and complicated Pastor/ministry it was of course a well read and commented on blog post. Overall my article did not do much to advance the conversation that has already been had at various Christian blogs around [...]
20 Feb
Biased NT reductionism: Matthew 16:21 as a test case
Posted by Paul Lamey in commentaries, Hermeneutics, New Testament, NT Preaching. 1 Comment
During my sermon preparation, I generally read through commentaries last. It is often a helpful exercise but it can also be frustrating. I never ceased to be amazed at the imaginative lengths some commentators will go to be accepted by their peers rather than useful to the church. Many commentaries are essentially commentary on the [...]
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