To complement yesterday’s post on the need for preaching from Old Testament texts (which means not using them as illustrations for points in New Testament sermons or using scattered verses as proof texts for a sermon on “Five things to do and Five things to avoid on the subject of *you fill in the blank*) …
Michael Bird was the first to link to this article by Jason Hood on the Christianity Today website: CT – “Heresy is Heresy, Not the Litmus Test of Gospel Preaching”. The basic thesis is that the notion popularised by Martyn Lloyd-Jones, that faithful preaching of the Gospel should draw a charge of antinomianism and that preachers …
Is the Old Testament disappearing from pulpits? And if it is present, are the sermons more likely to be of the “Top Five Leadership Principles David Learned While A Shepherd” or ‘Daniel’s Good Eating Plan” or “Eliminate Your Credit Card Debt – God’s Prosperity Purpose For You in Jeremiah” variety than expositions which unfold God’s …
Trevin Wax describes nine false Gospels he considered before selecting six to focus on in his new book, Counterfeit Gospels. Therapeutic Gospel: Sin robs us of our sense of fullness. Christ’s death proves our worth as humans and gives us power to reach our potential. The church helps us find happiness. Formalist Gospel: Sin is …
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