In November 2013, my life changed: I was called by a normative sized local church,...
Expository Preaching: Scripture and the Church
Recommended Books on Biography, Pastoral Counseling, Pastoral Ministry, and Preaching
This season at Servants of Grace, we’ve been discussing the primary place of...
Fighting Doubt as Virtue with the Word of God
Doubt in our day is in fashion. In fact, it is viewed as a virtue in our culture. Tell...
12 Faithful Men An Interview with Jeff Robinson
Dr. Jeff Robinson (Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is a senior editor for The Gospel Coalition. A native of Blairsville, Georgia, he also pastors Christ Fellowship Church in Louisville, Kentucky, and serves as senior research and teaching...
Answering Two Important Questions About Expository Preaching
Many people today hear preachers talking about preaching, and they get lost in the fog of ambiguous theological language. When a congregation hears a pastor reference expository preaching, often there are members in attendance who have no idea what...
The Importance of Preaching in the Christian Life
Recently I’ve noticed a trend among some Christians who don’t regularly attend church, as well as those who do attend regularly, but suggest that they don’t need to hear a sermon weekly because they’ve “moved” past that stage of their Christian life. I...
Reading and Interpreting the Old Testament An Interview with Jason DeRouchie
Jason DeRouchie (Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is a Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology at Bethlehem College & Seminary in Minneapolis and an elder of Bethlehem Baptist Church. His resource website is...
Christians and the Public Square: The Necessity of Apologetics in the Marketplace of Ideas
Acts 17:16-34 is a model of the Great Commission proclamation, matched to an apologetic in defense of Christian truth. In that passage, Paul is standing at the center of apologetic ministry in the first-century city of Athens. Athens was the most intellectually...
Practical Goals for Expository Preaching
Within expository preaching, there are two practical goals worth achieving: conversion and discipleship. As Paul writes in Romans 10:17, people come to faith in Christ through the hearing of the Word of God. In 2Timothy 4:2, he charges his disciple Timothy...