You may have heard certain types of Christians use the phrase “TULIP”, usually in praise if they are Calvinists and in derogatory terms if they are Arminian. I wrote out this summary for my own purposes a while ago, and thought you might find it useful: TULIP is an acronym used by Calvinists to represent [...]
Read More»This is from The Valley Of Vision, A Collection Of Puritan Prayers & Devotions. Basically a Puritan prayer book. I pray this with the author: Self-Deprecation O Lord, My every sense, member, faculty, affection, is a snare to me, I can scarce open my eyes but I envy those above me, [...]
Read More»"What is it to be a Christian?" 1. To be a Christian–is to depart from iniquity. 2. To be a Christian–is to deny yourselves and take up the cross and follow Christ. – Samuel Davies, ‘The Sacred Import of the Christian Name‘"
Read More»In the previous two posts on this subject I have described a personal testimony about how expository preaching has played a significant roll in my own life followed by a look at precisely what is expository preaching. I now want to turn my attention to why expository preaching is important. I have thought of five [...]
Read More»As a Christian I am concerned with the right understanding of scripture. The theological term for interpreting scripture is hermeneutics. What follows would challenge even the most able theologian’s hermeneutics because of exceedingly poor translation/ paraphrasing. I personally use the ESV, although for a long time I used the KJV (mainly not only) and was [...]
Read More»This video is also one of my favourites from times past. Its various clips of Leonard Ravenhill, a gospel preacher who died in 1994. Stand by for another scalding. It is titled: The Worst Thing To Happen To A Preacher
Read More»This is still one of my YouTube video productions. Watch it, especially if you love solid preaching, that is convicting and in this case scalding. The preaching appears to be on the text of Matthew 7:21-22, which is possibly the most scary verse in the New Testament
Read More»“Defend the Bible? I would just as soon defend a lion. Just turn the Bible loose. It will defend itself.” Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Read More»Yesterday I wrote about how Expository preaching played an important roll in my life and God’s mercy in bringing me to a church that preaches in that way. Read that article here. And the next question there is what exactly is expository preaching; how do we define the phase and what does the words mean? [...]
Read More»This issue is one that is very personal to me. About two and half years ago it was one of the central things in my mind at the time, I was think about it constantly. Why? because I was seeking a new church and the number one thing I was looking for was expository preaching. [...]
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