As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“To my chagrin, I found indisputably that the illustration could never have happened. Sometimes when we research illustrations, they are at least plausible, if not absolutely verifiable. This particular story could not have happened and simply never did happen.” - Don Johnson
“I’ve been preaching and teaching to the same congregation for more than a decade and have had to deal with this issue many times—from the ending of Mark’s Gospel to the ending of the Lord’s Prayer.” - TGC
“We launched the church with 1 Timothy. And I would encourage any pastor, whether planting or replanting, to start by preaching through the Pastoral Epistles” - TGC
“Here are seven types of sermons that can render a preacher’s labors ineffective.” - TGC
Reprinted with permission from As I See It, which is available free by writing to the editor at dkutilek@gmail.com.
Reviewed Edition – Grand Rapids: Baker, 1977 reprint of 1911 edition. 243 pp., paperback.
Martin Lloyd-Jones: “The preacher must never be dull, and he must never be boring…there is something radically wrong with dull and boring preachers.” - Cripplegate
In this excerpt from his book, Preaching and Teaching from the Old Testament, Walter Kaiser explains why the Old Testament should be emphasized more in local churches:1
Let it be affirmed right away that the central theme of both the Old and New Testaments is Christ. Did not our Lord rebuke the two disciples on the road to Emmaus on that first Easter Sunday afternoon for their failure to understand that he was the one to whom all the Law, Prophets, and Writings pointed (Luke 24:25–27)?
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