David Prince on the essence of “Christ-centered, Gospel-focused expository preaching” that does not fall into an overall message of moralism and ‘try harder’. The meta-genre of Scripture is gospel story and we must read the entire Bible with that genre awareness. Christ-centered, Gospel-focused expository preaching will not mute the call to obey the moral and …
Songs of preparation: O LORD, Our Lord, In All The Earth (Psalm 8) and He Walked On Earth (Behold The Lamb Of God) . Call to worship: Praise: Holy, Holy, Holy. Corporate Prayer of Confession: Song of assurance, confession of faith, doxology: Lord I Come Before Your Throne Of Grace (What A Faithful God); The …
Kent Hughes writes about the power of public prayer and advocates preparation by those who lead God’s people in prayer. The Power of Public Prayer The book of Acts tells us that it was after a mighty corporate prayer for boldness (Acts 4:24–30) that “the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and …
The grace that saved us is the source of the change that takes place in our lives as saved people: The spiritual growth of progressive sanctification concerns something vastly deeper than a greater allegiance to God’s rules. It requires God working to fix what sin has broken, and that brokenness exists in our hearts. Only …
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