Saturday Links
The Key to a Strong Marriage: Humble Repentance
Wherever your marriage is today, break up the ice by initiating humble repentance.
- Planting a replica church
- Planting a reactionary church
- Planting a romantic church
- Planting a restorationist church
- Planting a reductionist church
If as church planters we would give 5% of our time – day after day – tending to the health and wellbeing of our personal lives and ministries, the preventive maintenance would pay huge dividends.
To Increase Productivity, Remember the “Two C’s”
As much as we love doing a lot of things for as many people as possible, that fact is that we only have enough time in a day to do three things. It’s our job to identify our three critical tasks and balance them with the time people need to feel “taken care of.”
My Top 12 Quotes from Tim Keller’s “Center Church”
Out of my 132 Kindle highlights, here are my top 12.
If Seinfeld works this hard to writes jokes about nothing, shouldn’t I work harder to write sermons about the most important thing?
How to Preach the Gospel from Every Part of the Bible
It is not the preacher’s job to find creative and inventive ways of running from the text to the gospel … A more responsible approach simply seeks to understand the passage in its canonical flow and to treat it accordingly.
Gospel-Centered Application of the Word
Moralism leads to man-centered “rededication” as opposed to gospel-centered repentance and faith. One is driven on the performance of man; the other is driven upon the performance of Jesus. Just so that we can see the difference and highlight gospel-centered application, consider the following…
Spurgeon on the Plain Preaching of the Gospel
The gospel plainly preached will gain an audience, convert sinners, and build up and sustain a church.
