An extended article pointing out how Biblical preaching, even preaching based on Gospel texts can lead people away from fellowship with Jesus through moralistic applications: It is possible to preach only true assertions from the Scripture and yet mislead hearers regarding the truth of the faith because none of the truths of Scripture are meant …
There is usually a lot of preparation taking place on Saturday nights for sermons being preached on Sunday. If you’re a Christian, even if you’re not going to preach, there’s sermon preparation that you can be doing as well. From Ryan McGraw at Reformation21: We should pray for preachers in light of the biblical definitions …
Fleming Rutledge skewers the central conceit behind the supposed superiority of being ‘spiritual’ rather than ‘religious’: they’re both manifestations of the same condition. Humans need neither. What they need is justification through Christ. From Rutledge: Spirituality, too, like religion, is essentially a human activity or trait that stands in stark contrast to faith. To put …
People have asked me from time to time what I thought of the sermon that was given during the recent royal wedding. I have a few observations. One train of evangelical thought is that the preacher gave an introduction to the Gospel, laying down a number of threads that could later be drawn together in …
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