It doesn’t matter which side of the political spectrum one falls upon, there is certainly some who are willing to hack up God’s most holy Word, run it through the grid of what they think it should say, and then publish it for all to cringe over. See the latest in attacking the authority and inerrancy of God’s Divine Word.…
Category: <span>Doctrine</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…
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 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…
“Christian theology differs from every other branch of knowledge, by being the outcome of divine revelation. Consequently the interpretation of Scripture is the very first work of the theologian. When man constructs a system of philosophy, he must look into his own mind for the data; but when he constructs the Christian system he must look in the Bible for…
It may be that I am lazy recently but I have seen so much good writing on some other blogs, that I don’t have much to say. I was turned toward the blog reformation 21 by Dave Doran’s Glory and Grace (see side links). Carl Trueman has an excellent (albeit lengthy) post on the new tool of post-modern debaters called…
There is a grave danger within fundamentalism to want to shoot those on the same team or to want a pound of flesh (like old Shylock) from those we disagree with. I am convinced that unity can exist where agreement does not, therefore; I have resisted in my public ministry from lobbing critical grenades at those who are on my…