Tag Archives: Preaching

Sermon Preparation: When Bible Reading Becomes a Text Message

Posted on December 7, 2012 by The Editor

2 Timothy 2:15        Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed. A. W. PINK: The Word of God may be taken up from various motives…A few read it professionally―it is their text-book. … Continue reading →

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Religious Deception: Why Protestant Watchdogs Don’t Bark

Posted on November 2, 2012 by The Editor

Isaiah 56:10        His watchman are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. MARTYN LLOYD-JONES (1899-1981): For some extraordinary reason a peculiar flabbiness—intellectual and moral—seems to have entered … Continue reading →

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Rightly Handling the Word of Truth

Posted on October 26, 2012 by The Editor

Matthew 4:5,6; 2 Timothy 2:15        Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for … Continue reading →

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God’s Sovereignty in Ministerial Diversity

Posted on October 2, 2012 by The Editor

I Corinthians 12:4; I Peter 4:11        Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit…        If any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be … Continue reading →

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Academic Degrees & Theological Diplomas

Posted on September 25, 2012 by The Editor

Isaiah 49:2        And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me. JOHN ANGELL JAMES (1785-1869): … Continue reading →

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A Threefold Cord: The Three Strands Fully Braided Together

Posted on July 13, 2012 by The Editor

Acts 20:27; Ecclesiastes 4:12        I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.        A threefold cord is not quickly broken. ROWLAND HILL (1744-1833): True religion is doctrinal, experimental, and practical…If therefore, if we would be … Continue reading →

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A Threefold Cord: Strand #3 – The Experimental (or Experiential) Preacher

Posted on July 10, 2012 by The Editor

Romans 7:24        O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death. C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): I will refer you to the next class of preachers, the experimental—How delightful it is to sit … Continue reading →

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A Threefold Cord: Strand #2 – The Practical Preacher

Posted on July 6, 2012 by The Editor

James 1:22        But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. JAMES DURHAM (1622-1658): The great end and design of all endeavours for knowledge, should not be to rest in speculation, but is … Continue reading →

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A Threefold Cord: Strand #1 – The Doctrinal Preacher

Posted on July 3, 2012 by The Editor

2 Timothy 4:2,3        Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine. C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): It has … Continue reading →

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Preaching with Tears

Posted on June 5, 2012 by The Editor

Acts 19:31        Remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. J. W. ALEXANDER (1804-1859): No man can be a great preacher without great feeling. MARTYN LLOYD-JONES (1899-1981): … Continue reading →

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