The Great need for Biblical Exposition
ex·po·si·tion
1. A systematic interpretation or explanation of a specific topic
2. A statement or rhetorical discourse intended to give information about or an explanation of difficult material.
As you can see from the definitions above exposition is a hard and grinding task but one that I believe to be essential for Church life in every [...]
Calvin on Preaching
Here’s a statement made by John Calvin that is as relevant to Pastors and Preachers today as it was when he said it:
‘Let the pastors boldly dare all things by the word of God… Let them constrain all the power, glory, and excellence of the world to give place to and to obey the divine [...]
Our Response to Haiti
I’m sure that all of us have seen the disturbing, life-shattering pictures and reports coming out of Haiti since the earthquake last week.
For all the power man believes they have, there is nothing that the human race can do to prevent events such as these, we are completely at the mercy of God. In light [...]
Wisdom for Suffering
I think often that when you hear things from personal experience or you sing songs about the greatness of God it can often arouse a real passion within you about the nature of God.
I feel this with John Piper’s book Job. His aim is just to try and show people what Job’s vision of God [...]
Why Me?
Why Me? by Roger Carswell is a book containing 8 short stories of people who’s lives have been hugely changed and affected by horrible circumstances they have been through. From disabled and dying children to murdered spouses, this book will move you as you read it.
Instead of writing a work of Christian Apologetics about suffering [...]
Disciplined for God
I have just been reading some more of Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cures by Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones. It has taken me a long time to read it mostly because I have had a lot of things on but also because of my own laziness!
Out of the chapters I just read one of them was [...]