Through the years there is kind of a running discussion about how to preach and when you preach, what you should say and how you should say it. And I’m outside the box of kind of most contemporary discussions about preaching and I often have to sort of defend myself. The criticism is this, MacArthur is biblical, he’s just not relevant. MacArthur is biblical, he’s just not practical. MacArthur is good on interpretation, he’s…
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Spurgeon writes… What a gracious attainment! There is no boasting in this declaration; Paul only spoke what was literally the truth. The ESV Study Bible adds this This does not mean God will bless whatever a person does; it must be read within the context of the letter, with its emphasis on obedience to God and service to God and others. Thomas…
I decided to take a break from the James study and share a few reflections I have been thinking about in the past week. I am currently going back to school for a music education degree and I am daily inundated with music. From practicing the piano many hours a day, singing in the college choir, attending concerts, to just walking the halls of the music building, I am in contact with music. I…
By John Piper October 3, 2001 Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Practically speaking, when we read or hear “the word of God,” we sense ourselves pierced. The effect of this piercing is to reveal whether…
by Jonathan Edwards The first and worst cause of errors that abound in our day and age is spiritual pride. This is the main door by which the devil comes into the hearts of those who are zealous for the advancement of Christ. It is the chief inlet of smoke from the bottomless pit to darken the mind and mislead the judgement. Pride is the main handle by which he has hold of Christian…
by Jonathan Edwards-from Grace Gems Humility may be defined to be a habit of mind and heart corresponding to our comparative unworthiness and vileness before God; or a sense of our own comparative lowness in His sight, with the disposition to a behavior answerable thereto. A truly humble man is sensible of the small extent of his knowledge, and the great extent of his ignorance, and of the small extent of his understanding, as…
We who are called to be Christian preachers today should do all we can to help the congregation to grow out of dependence on borrowed slogans and ill-considered cliches, and instead to develop their powers of intellectual and moral criticism, that is, their ability to distinguish between truth and error, good and evil. Of course, we should encourage an attitude of humble submission to Scripture, but at the same time make it clear that…
This morning I need to go to Him who sits on His throne, With Christ my Savior and my God! Isaiah 41:10 ‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ Romans 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for…
Articles, Sermons, web-sites and thoughts from other people I’ve read through out the week. To help edify you in your walk with Christ. Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification. Romans 15:2 Be Slow to Speak- from Portraits of Grace-By John MacArthur From The Christian Soldier, or Heaven Taken by storm-The Thomas Watson Reading Room A Letter from George Whitefield to the Rev. Mr. John Wesley -From…
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