On first glance the second half of our text tonight doesn’t seem to have much to do with the first story, but I think there is. Jesus moves from a house in the city to a beach, people keep following Him, and He keeps teaching them, He calls Levi, who’s better known to you and me as Matthew, a ta...

I appreciate that that's a big claim (it's somewhat reduced and relativised by the fact that we're talking about 'me' - who really cares about what I've learned...), and I don't want to minimise all the other things I've had to learn (and continue to learn) but the reality is that they flow from thi...

It is a great thing to do and be everything that God has created you to be.  After all, it is He who knew us, created us, gave gifts to us; and it pleases him when walk boldly in the manner he has so designed.   I have a friend who is a powerful man of God.  You see it in his overall presentation...

I have the immeasurable blessing of preaching to softness. There is hardly a Lord's Day that goes by when I do not see the tears of tender people in direct response to the preached Word. It is something that never ceases to amaze me. I know that it is not the preaching. There are far more gifted and...

In the ancient world people associated sickness and sin very closely. People thought that if a man was ill then he must be cursed by God. People thought that these people who sat at the side of the road and begged for a few pennies were not worth bothering with. They thought that God had put them th...

It has long been my contention that those who push ONE style of preaching (exegetical, expositional, dialogic,  need-driven, etc.) are wrong in the very nature of their argument.   The sermons we find in scripture do not follow one model.  It was with delight, then, that I found ...

Phil Johnson speaks out against crude talk in the pulpit. “There’s a group called xxxchurch who say they are targeting porn addicts and people who work in the so-called adult entertainment industry. They sponsor a booth at the major porn conventions—where they say they are doing evange...

I’m scanning through John Piper’s Brothers We Are Not Professionals.  I resonate deeply with some of what he writes, then disagree with other elements – I suppose that makes for an engaging read.  Anyway, here’s an “I resonateâ€� for us all to ponder in relation to preaching ministry: â€...

Jeffrey Bruce ponders why what happens Sunday morning doesn’t extend beyond the door of the church: What has happened? The man attends a fantastic church. The worship is Christ-exalting, the preaching is expositional and practical, and the members are outgoing and genuinely concerned with each...

I know a preacher that tells people it's wrong to use birth control, says that the use of birth control is what's wrong with the church today. YET while they are busy populating the bayou with their "Holy" seed, over 100 million Orphans world wide need families or financial support so they can stay ...