There is a growing trend, not a new one, but one continually growing and seemingly out of control. . .everyone is a victim! It doesn’t seem to matter what the issue is, there is always someone else who is to blame. It is not that people in authority and those who make decisions should not be held accountable for poor…
Author: <span>Matthew Johnson</span>
This past Sunday, God allowed me to communicate His Word to His people concerning thankfulness from Romans 1:18-32. (You can listen to the sermon here). I was greatly challenged by the Word of God concerning the dangers of being ungrateful. As I studied Romans 1, I came to the conclusion that the root cause of natural man’s descent into further…
We have been working for some time on a web ministry for Grace Baptist Church. A place on the internet where we can podcast the sermons preached at Grace Baptist as well as articles written by members of Grace and a place for Christians to find encouragement and resources for living. We still have more work to do, but we…
Dr. Dave Doran has an excellent post over at his blog about “Christian Movements” and specifically the “Fundamentalist Movement.” Check it out! Here is a snippet from his post. The center of God’s will for this dispensation is in the local church (1 Tim 3:15). That’s where the unity of the Spirit is to be preserved in the bond of…
In our adult Bible study at church we spent last week looking at leadership within a NT church. I am distinctively baptist because I believe the Scriptures most clearly articulate what baptists have historically believed. Therefore it would come as no shock to anyone that I strongly believe in two offices within the local church body. However, I have discovered…
In considering the Biblical call for expositional preaching, the classic text is Nehemiah 8. We see a tremendous account of the power of exposition. Picture this scenario. The entire congregation of Israel-men, women, and children (all that had understanding) gather together while Ezra opens the Book of the Law of Moses in the sight of all the people. Standing behind…
In the previous post, I said that this one would be practical concerning the presentation of exposition. I am going to deviate a little bit here because I think that I missed an important point concerning why we should be committed to exposition as undershepherds, and why the people of God’s pasture should desire and demand expositional preaching. Need for…
Preaching an expositional sermon is a lot different than studying for one. A lot of times, I can know what the text says and have discovered great implications (at least I think they are great because they have encouraged and/or convicted me); but struggle with how to present the text in such a way that is meaningful and understandable for…
Preparing to preach an expositional sermon on the Lord’s Day is nothing to be taken lightly. Then again, it is not just for pastors to be expositional. We should be expositional in our devotions, our Sunday School lessons, our evangelism, and every time we open the Word of God. Therefore, exposition is not just for pastors, but I believe that…
Expositional Preaching is the simplest form of preaching, yet one of the most arduous tasks for the pastor. Basically, exposition consists of explaining the meaning of a specific Biblical text and showing the spiritual implications that the text has on the listener’s lives. Exposition is simple in that the main idea of the sermon is nothing more or less than…