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Bible Meditation
Bible Meditation
Bible meditation is not necessarily Bible reading, not necessarily Scripture memory, not reading good books and commentaries, not listening to good sermons, not prayer nor singing...
Homiletics: Eisegesis Is Not a Light Matter (Part 5)
Homiletics: Eisegesis Is Not a Light Matter (Part 5)
When the preacher's sermon preparation leads him to commit eisegesis and he reads his own idea and meaning into the text, it is not a light matter.
Following the Course of This World (Part 2)
Following the Course of This World (Part 2)
This world is a system with a mindset that has a force and power of darkness behind it. It has such a hold over us that if God doesn't come and deliver us we will be swept away by it.
How Dead is Dead? The Five-Fold Fallenness of Man (Part 1)
How Dead is Dead? The Five-Fold Fallenness of Man (Part 1)
When we were lost, we were dead in trespasses and sins. It wasn't that we transgressed against God every once in awhile. All we ever did was sin and trespass...
Christ Died to Bring Us to God
Christ Died to Bring Us to God
Jesus Christ suffered, the just for the unjust, not so you might know a Book; but to bring us into a living fellowship and relationship with God.
Paul Washer’s Recent Heart Attack
Paul Washer’s Recent Heart Attack
No doubt most have heard by now that on Monday night brother Paul Washer suffered a heart attack and was in critical condition.
Knowing God Both Intimately and Intellectually
Knowing God Both Intimately and Intellectually
Do you know God both intimately and intellectually? Jesus Christ didn't die just to give you doctrine and insights into the nature of God; He died to bring us to God Himself.
Homiletics: Asking Questions of the Text (Part 4)
Homiletics: Asking Questions of the Text (Part 4)
When studying the Bible for sermon preparation you must ask questions of the text. Then when preaching bring some of those same questions up to the listener.
Giving: Considering the Poor
Giving: Considering the Poor
Consideration for the poor will not buy us pardon for our offenses against God, but it is the unfailing evidence of the person who has the grace of God in his heart.
Parents: Train Your Children at Home
Parents: Train Your Children at Home
Parents must consistently train their children at home in order for them to behave properly during a church service. Having family devotionals is an excellent time for that training to take place...
Paul’s Struggle for the Unity of the Saints
Paul’s Struggle for the Unity of the Saints
Disunity is a very discouraging thing. But what strength comes from unity. Like the little wires, all knit together, make the strength of the cable, so it is for the church.
Homiletics: Rightly Handling Scripture (Part 3c)
Homiletics: Rightly Handling Scripture (Part 3c)
When it comes to rightly handling the Scriptures we want to seek for perfection. The preacher's goal is to articulate the truth of God exactly as it is and to not make clumsy statements.
Homiletics: The Preacher’s Prayer Life (Part 3b)
Homiletics: The Preacher’s Prayer Life (Part 3b)
Those who are not disciplined and do not give priority to prayer in their life should not be preaching. Their prayerlessness is a statement that they have not yet grasped...
Homiletics: The Preacher’s Holiness (Part 3a)
Homiletics: The Preacher’s Holiness (Part 3a)
When it comes to a study on sermon preparation we must not neglect the topic of the preacher's holiness. If there is unholiness in the preacher's life...
Let Go and Let God?
Let Go and Let God?
I don't think I hear this from any of you folks, but you know people say, "Let go and let God." And you know we can talk about abiding in Christ and we have to be careful that we don't see...
Church, The Reigning Christ is For You
Church, The Reigning Christ is For You
Paul says that Jesus Christ has put everything under His feet and been appointed as head over all for the church. Christian, do you realize what is being said?