Much of the trouble in the Church today
From God's Ultimate Purpose by Martyn-Lloyd Jones:
The Bible is God's book, it is a revelation of God, and our thinking must always start with God. Much of the
theocentric
Our greatest object
From D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones: The Fight of Faith 1939-1981:
The more I study this New Testament, and live this Christian life, the more convinced I am, indeed the more certain I am, that
Common hermeneutical mistakes
John H. Walton, who teaches Old Testament at Wheaton College Graduate School, describes five common hermeneutical mistakes of children's curriculum. They are equally applicable to preaching, including this common mistake:
Focus
Packer on what young leaders should study
Mark Driscoll writes:
In the lengthy time that Dr. J. I. Packer afforded me to speak with him while we were recently together in Orlando, I asked him which theological issues he would
A sense of God and His presence
What is the chief end of preaching? I like to think it is this. It is to give men and women a sense of God and His presence…I can forgive a man