Mark Dever on the destructive influence of not having the Gospel preeminent and clear in the preaching. …Martin Luther, when once asked why he was preaching on justification by faith alone for the twentieth time, he said it was because people didn’t remember it after the nineteenth. Keep preaching the gospel. We need to persevere …

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Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 35 Chapter 21 – Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day (Cont.) Paragraphs 4-6 IV. Prayer is to be made for things lawful, and for all sorts of men living, or that shall live hereafter; but not for the dead, nor for those of whom it may be known …

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Peter Adam provides a succinct list of fourteen questions that need to be addressed by preachers before they deliver their sermon. Here are numbers 6 to 11: 6. Have I reflected on and applied the passage and the sermon to myself, and responded with repentance, faith, and obedience? 7. Have I prayed for the people …

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