The Eager Anticipation of Glory
In the summer of 1941, C.S. Lewis was asked to give an evening sermon at the Oxford University Church of Saint Mary. His sermon was titled, “The Weight of Glory.” In his sermon, he described the...
View ArticleThe Prayers of the Spirit
Yesterday I had the privilege of preaching Romans 8:26-27 as we continue to walk through the eighth chapter of Romans. The text is centered upon the subject of prayer and Paul explains how the Spirit...
View ArticleWhat If the Church Today Followed the Message of Ezra?
As I grew up in an evangelical setting, specifically in a Southern Baptist Church, I would hear the preaching of pastors and evangelists thundering the need for revival. I can remember when the...
View ArticleWhy all Pastors Should Look to Epaphroditus as a Worthy Example
When you visit a baseball park for a game, it’s common to see boys and men wearing their favorite player’s jersey. Complete with their ball cap, glove, and jersey—they enjoy the experience of watching...
View ArticleThe Thrill of Worship Through Biblical Preaching
At the end of my first full year of seminary, after having moved away from our family and church family in Georgia, while sitting in our small apartment in Louisville, Kentucky on the campus of The...
View ArticlePixilated Sermons With Poor Audio Quality Are for Your Good
We are living in unique days as a human race as we navigate through this global COVID-19 pandemic. The church of Jesus is likewise faced with added challenges and obstacles throughout this entire...
View ArticleG3 Expository Workshops
I n 2019, G3 Ministries unveiled a new area of ministry that will focus on the pulpit of the local church with the goal of producing more healthy churches for the glory of God. The G3 Expository...
View ArticleWhy Expository Preaching Is Jesus Centered
At the center of Christian worship stands the pulpit. Anything less than authentic Christian preaching causes enormous and catastrophic problems in the life of the local church. The first mark of an...
View ArticleUnsound Teaching Produces Unsound Churches
The calling of the pastor is to lead the church through a faithful teaching ministry. His doctrine must be healthy or it will have a negative impact upon the entire church. This is why Paul instructs...
View ArticleGod’s Plan for the Church Is Authoritative Preaching
All through the Scriptures we see shepherding analogies. We find the relationship between God and his people described in such terms. As it pertains to the church, the people of God are called God’s...
View ArticleIf God Didn’t Mean What He Said, Then Why Didn’t He Say What He Meant?
Upon hearing a whimsical sermon, the little boy asked, “If God didn’t mean what He said, then why didn’t He say what He meant?” A simple question, but it speaks to the heart of the sufficiency of...
View ArticleShould a Pastor Address Racism From the Pulpit?
Over the past year, I’ve received several questions on the issue of ethnicity. Some ask, “What should I do? I think the elders at my church have gone woke.” Others ask, “What should I do? My church is...
View ArticleImmediate Context &“Falling from Grace . . .”
The 1689 London Baptist Confession states of eternal security: True believers “can neither totally nor finally fall from the state of grace, but shall certainly persevere therein to the end, and be...
View ArticleThe Impact of Syntax
When I worked in the legal field, I quickly discovered: words matter, phrases matter, sentences matter, and paragraphs matter. The way you organize them matters, too. I learned this most profoundly...
View ArticleDoes God Really Care About Syntax?
My 11-year old son told me his friends got bored last weekend. They decided to disassemble a microwave. Parts were scattered all over their driveway. I suppose they then re-assembled it. It must have...
View ArticleThe Syntax of Psalm 1
Lately, I’ve been pounding at the anvil of syntax. Few people write about syntax today because it is a technical topic. It doesn’t generate many re-tweets, re-posts, or shares because it doesn’t...
View ArticleDoes Jesus Care About Syntax?
Does Jesus care about syntax? We need only to look at the parable of the prodigal son to see that He does. We tend to read His parables as their own, isolated units. Yet, often more is going on...
View ArticleWord Meanings Matter
My mother said at supper one night, “Eat your potato chip.” I love potato chips, but I didn’t see any. I looked at my sister’s plate. I looked at both my brothers’ plate. I looked under the table....
View ArticleWhy Don’t You Wear a Head Covering?
Our interpreter greeted us in Nigeria by holding my hand. I felt a little uneasy about that. I attempted to pull back my hand, but he wouldn’t let it go. He kept holding it as if he hadn’t a care in...
View ArticleScripture Interprets Scripture
Many are surprised to learn the allegorist, Origen, held (rather loosely) to two interpretational parameters: (1) the analogy of Scripture (analogia scriptura) and (2) the rule of faith (regula...
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