I am preaching through the pastoral letters and when I recently began 2 Timothy I was reminded of the concern that Paul expresses about how the gospel will be handled after his death. He not only emphasizes the importance and centrality of the...
What is preaching? For many years, I would have answered this question by saying that preaching is helping me to understand Scripture better. But I have come to recognize that this is a very poor answer. After all, how is this view of preaching...
One of the miracles of our salvation is that God makes us into his very own home. Most of us would pass on such lousy building material. But God, being the master builder he is, lays Christ the cornerstone and then transforms rotten lumber into...
A Minister’s Burden What contradictions meetIn ministers’ employ!It is a bitter sweet,A sorrow full of joy:No other post affords a placeFor equal honor or disgrace. Who can describe the painWhich faithful preachers feel,Constrained...
In his Politics According to the Bible, Wayne Grudem distills what a key biblical text teaches about government: God has appointed the authorities who have governmental power (vv. 1-2). This idea is also supported by...
Charles Spurgeon writes, “The doctrine of the covenant lies at the root of all true theology. It has been said that he who well understands the distinction between the covenant of works and the covenant of grace, is a master of divinity. I...