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Book Reviews | Review: Dictionary Of Scripture And Ethics – The Gospel Coalition While granting that biblical interpretation isn’t always easy, this volume seems to go out of its way to stress that Scripture doesn’t speak directly to our ethical … Continue reading →

Preaching God and example | The Proclamation Trust This avoids moralism.  It also helps avoid same-y expressions of good biblical theology that might pay too little attention to the details of each particular narrative. Is it Ever Legitimate to Complain … Continue reading →

Be prepared to receive them! You can be sure that they’ll come. There are so many out there that have been brainwashed into thinking that counseling must be done by a “professional” psychologist or psychiatrist that they rebel when they’re told that a preacher or laymen is doing counseling. You can understand their objections, and you should respect them for voicing them. At least they‘re concerned! You should have less respect for those who talk behind your back and are not man or woman enough to come out and challenge you. It’s the “Sauls” of Tarsus who, when converted, turn out to be “Pauls.” Learn to respond, cheerfully, cogently and challengingly. Those are the people we are especially concerned to win over to the truth.

Here’s a place for a few laughs, where some pastors are sharing stories of embarrassing moments in the pastoral ministry.

It reminds me of a funeral I did. This lady was a long-time former member who had moved away and they brought her body back for burial. Her daughter and son-in-law were kind and gracious people who sat in the front row of the auditorium for the service where I preached one of my funeral sermons.

One of the first people to pass by me as they filed by the casket at the end was a member of our church, who had been in the church long enough to know everyone for multiple decades. She was the go-to person for names, identities, and history.

A Letter from an Elder Completing His Term – Kevin DeYoung To be an elder implies the possession of at least a modicum of biblical wisdom and insight The eldership seems to not only encapsulate the gospel but to heighten … Continue reading →

And the most notable era of Scottish preaching was in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, they had great power. In fact, the strongest reformational preaching going on in Europe at that time was in Scotland, the great preaching of the Reformation in Scotland. For two centuries it lasted. And Blakey writing in 1888 points out that what made the difference in the sixteenth and seventeenth century in the preaching in Scotland was that the preachers viewed themselves…I like this, I never heard the phrase before…as warrior preachers…warrior preachers. And he says by that they meant that they believed that they were guardians and that any place where an assault came against the truth, they went to battle. They went to battle. I always wondered where I got this.

This Sunday marks 50 days since Easter Sunday. Historically this Sunday has been remembered as “Pentecost Sunday”. Pentecost being the festival and time recorded in Acts 2, after the Ascension of Christ, when the disciples received the Holy Spirit and … Continue reading →

                              What: STAND for the Gospel 2013 bible conferenceOn: Finding Assurance (messages from 1 John)Who: Thabiti Anyabwile and other speakersWhen: 16-18 August 2013Where: Howick Baptist Church, Auckland, NZ |  Printable Brochure  |  Conference … Continue reading →