When Christ is not preached
In Preaching for Revitalization, Michael F. Ross describes one of the symptoms of a congregation that has lost its love for Christ:
First, human personalities begin to take preeminence in the life of
Jonathan Edwards on our duty to the poor
From a sermon on Deuteronomy 15:
It is the duty of the visible people of God to give for the supply of the needy, freely, and without grudging…
This is a duty to
Steve Mathewson on preaching God-centered sermons
Steve Mathewson, author of The Art of Preaching Old Testament Narrative, is blogging on how to preach God-centered sermons at the Preaching Today blog.From part one: "The vision of God is
The temptation of relevance
In Preaching to Convince, Ben Patterson speaks of five deadly temptations in the ministry, the last of which is to try to "make Scripture relevant" in our preaching:
This particular temptation
Highlights from a full weekend
* I spent Friday and Saturday with my mother, brothers, sister, and their families at the Nottawasaga Inn. The older we get, the rarer these weekends become. I loved every minute.
* On Sunday we