If you go to church tomorrow I hope you won’t be subjected to Bible teaching that emphasises your moral improvement, but rather you’ll hear about God’s salvation through Jesus. Ed Stetzer makes a point worth repeating over and over again: The simple fact is the Bible is not just a collection of stories with morals …

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Received this post from both Buzzard’s own blog and Moody Publishing. The point is one I continue to need to work on in preaching. The answer is always ‘Jesus’, but there’s a skill in trying to help people see that their how their lives are asking a question that he alone can answer. I don’t …

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Over the course of a month in our pastoral prayers, MGPC consistently mentions the local congregations in this city, usually praying for one and its leaders. We pray for fruit for their work of sharing God’s Word, the Gospel contained therein, and for wisdom in those who lead. This article from Eric Bancroft gives five …

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D.G. Hart had this great quote from J.Gresham Machen’s Christianity And Liberalism in a post at his blog. Weary with the conflicts of the world, one goes into the Church to seek refreshment for the soul. And what does one find? Alas, too often, one finds only the turmoil of the world. The preacher comes …

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