Book Review: Making Sense of the Bible, by David Whitehead
Review by Graham Michael | 12.04.2014This book ultimately falls short of delivering a consistently reliable resource for beginning readers to achieve a balanced grasp of the overall form and content of the Bible.
Book Review: Roman Catholic Theology and Practice, by Gregg Allison
Review by Leonardo De Chirico | 11.19.2014My hope is that this landmark book will re-orientate evangelical theology away from its attraction towards a shallow ecumenicity with Rome towards a serious dialogue based on the Word of God.
The Wilberforce Test: Preaching and the Public Square
By Owen Strachan | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 11.18.2014The pastor who preaches for the transformation of his people is equipping them for service in this life that will echo into eternity.
On the Art & Practice of Preaching
By G. Kell, M. Dever | 11.03.2014Is expositional preaching the only kind of faithful preaching? Are personal illustrations useful or unacceptable? How can preachers encourage obedience without veering toward moralism? In this wide-ranging interview, Garrett Kell talks with Mark Dever on the art and practice of preaching.
Blessed Are the Persecuted
By Greg Cochran | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 10.28.2014As we contemplate persecution—and the persecuted—we realize that blessedness is something more than (and something strangely different from) what we had imagined.
Book Review: On Preaching, by H. B. Charles
Review by Garrett Kell | 10.27.2014I wanted a resource to both improve my preaching and to pass on to young preachers. I didn’t come away disappointed.
The Drama of Preaching
By Murray Campbell | 09.11.2014What are we signifying when we preach the Word of God to God’s people?
Steve Jobs and the Goal of Preaching
By Matt McCullough | 08.28.2014Jobs said it’s not enough to offer customers what they already think they need. He wanted Apple to be a transformational influence, exposing and then meeting needs that customers didn’t realize they had.
The Good News of the Father’s Conditional Love for the Son
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.28.2014At the very center of the universe, and the greatest love in the universe, is the divine Father’s conditional love for the divine Son. That should give us hope.
Book Review: Big God, by Orlando Saer
Review by William Wolfe | 08.28.2014Does the idea of a God who is in complete control, yet chooses to act through our free actions, paralyze or empower you to make decisions?
Biblical Theology: Ballast for Preaching (Part 1 of 3)
By D. Helm, J. Miles | 08.27.2014Our goal in this series of three posts is to introduce tools of biblical theology so that you might put some bulk in your preaching.
Biblical Theology: Ballast for Preaching (Part 2 of 3)
By D. Helm, J. Miles | 08.27.2014Good preaching will require the facility to rightly recognize both typology and analogy.
Biblical Theology: Ballast for Preaching (Part 3 of 3)
By David Helm | 08.27.2014The Charles Simeon Trust has created an interactive online course called Preaching and Biblical Theology.
The Word Works, Even When It Doesn’t
By Matt McCullough | 08.26.2014The Word is profitable, Paul insists, even when the results have been discouraging. So there’s nothing to do but to keep on preaching that Word, in season and out of season.
Preaching for the “Home Run”
By Mike McKinley | 08.22.2014Most sermons are “base hits.” The preacher presents the meaning of the text, teaches and applies it faithfully, and the congregation receives it gladly.