Book Review: The 12 Essential Skills For Great Preaching In The 12 Essential Skills For Great Preaching 1 Wayne McDill brings the strength of thirty five years of pastoral experience to bear on the task of preparing to deliver sermons from the biblical texts. Currently serving as a professor of preaching at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, he has also written Evangelism in a Tangled… Read More
We Live Like Our Obedience To God Is Optional The Hebrew people revered the name of God and feared breaking the third commandment of taking God’s name in vain so seriously that they worked out a system which prevented them from ever saying His name. “You shall not take the name of the Lord [YHWH] your God in vain, for the Lord [YHWH] will… Read More
Worrying About Your Circumstances Helps No One But Praying About Them Will Bring You Great Peace Do you worry? What will I have for lunch? What will I wear? What did that lady mean when she said, “Yeah, right”? Do everyone’s children misbehave? Will my children ever get a good job? Do you think we will get an income tax refund or will we have to pay? Can everyone predict whether… Read More
Being a Christian Does Not Mean You Will Never Have Any Problems When I was in high school I entered the Public Speaking Contest each year. My classmates had the unfortunate duty of having to listen to me practice my speeches as the contest dates approached. Many of them may remember the introductory line of one of those speeches. “Problems, problems, problems! You got problems, I’ve got… Read More
Book Review: The Doctrine of Repentance In the Doctrine of Repentance 1 Thomas Watson goes to great lengths to impress upon his reader the basis of his thesis that both the gravity of sin and the blessings of repentance dictate that all men everywhere repent at once. He presents his arguments, against sin and in favor of repentance, by attempting to… Read More