Come to the Waters
“Study of the Bible must be the consuming passion of a believer’s life,” James Montgomery Boice exhorted worshipers in one of his fourteen sermons through Psalm 119. His congregation at Tenth Presbyterian Churc...
Let the Earth Hear His Voice
Bottleneck 3: Faulty Text Selection
Preachers make decisions about what text or texts to preach for all sorts of reasons, often the most powerful one being the sort of preaching they have heard. Most of us w...
The Kingdom of God
Scholars have debated for years whether or not it is possible to point to a unifying theme that binds the whole Bible together. Many have argued that the search for such a theme is fruitless: it is better just ...
Evangelical Theological Method
Is there a right way to approach theology?
The question of methodology is increasingly one of interest among theologians, who recognize that the very manner in which we approach theology informs both the que...
Counting the Cost
Impatience results when we are bad at math. When we fail to count the cost of a particular endeavor or situation—the cost to our time, to our wallets, or to our egos — our patience ends up in the red. Any time ...
The Gospel and the Formation of a Christian Worldview
The gospel of the crucified and risen Jesus (see 1Co 15:1-11) is the core message regarding the climactic events central to a Christian worldview. To understand the Christian worldview, we must start with the ...
The Cross and Apologetics
True to the cross of Jesus, Christian persuasion has to be cross-shaped in its manner just as it is cross-centered in its message.
OsGuinness, Fool’s Talk
1 CORINTHIANS 2:1–5: The Cross and Apologetics
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Preaching a Biblical Sermon
The last twenty-five years has seen the development of some very good preachers. Perhaps you have experienced the preaching of Timothy Keller or David Platt or Francis Chan. Keller is calm in presentation and f...
5 Lessons I’ve Learned from Martyn Lloyd-Jones’s Preaching
A Ministry-Shaping Life
I owe more to the ministry of Martyn Lloyd-Jones than I can put into words. In what follows, I try to summarize some of the most life-changing lessons I have learned from his preaching....
Monocultural vs. Multicultural Ministry
A monocultural church is wholly different than a multicultural one. In a multiethnic, multicultural church, knitted relationships are the glue that keeps the congregation united. When you drill down, you will l...