One final quote from Thomas Manton’s Farewell Sermon. There is something in a man’s words that should cause us to pause and listen when that man is… Read more “Holy Self-Suspicion”
Category: Preaching
Politicing With Doctrine
Sermons should have real teaching in them, and their doctrine should be solid, substantial, and abundant. We do not enter the pulpit to talk for talk’s sake;… Read more “Politicing With Doctrine”
Teachers
Do We Need Teachers? In 1 John 2:27 we are told, “But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not… Read more “Teachers”
The Duty of Pastors & Teachers
What are the principal duties of the pastors or teachers of the church? (1)To be examples unto the flock in faith, love, knowledge, meekness, patience, readiness to… Read more “The Duty of Pastors & Teachers”
Self-Confidence & Preaching
…..from one of the greatest preachers of the nineteenth century, James Henley Thornwell: “It is a great matter to understand what it is to be a preacher,… Read more “Self-Confidence & Preaching”
Authority in Preaching
What is authority in a preaching ministry? It is a consequent of unction, and not of office. The scribes had an outward call to teach in the… Read more “Authority in Preaching”
Fuller on Preaching
Though expounding the Scriptures be an important part of the public work of a minister, yet it is not the whole of it. There is a great… Read more “Fuller on Preaching”
So You Wanna be a Preacher
This was posted today over at The Oak Log blog by Jude St. John: Six New Testament metaphors for preachers In chapter four of Between Two Worlds ((Stott, John… Read more “So You Wanna be a Preacher”
What Qualifications Do You Have?
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,… Read more “What Qualifications Do You Have?”