Preaching and Prayer
Mike McKinley just posted this fine quote (below) regarding the importance of prayer in faithful preaching. Obviously the pastor who prays is not a wimp! To pre...
Category: To Preach
In the list below, you will find sermons recorded at the Beacon Communities, the church I now serve, as well as sermons by other men that I thought were worth sharing.
Preach Like Calvin
In April of 2010 I was scheduled to attend the ReFocus Canada conference at Willingdon Church in Burnaby, BC, but then, when my relationship with the church boa...
Odds and Ends
I had a good long sleep on Sunday night. After 10 days co-hosting a youth street missions team called Street Invaders (from the Apostolic Church of Pentecost de...
John Stott to Pastors: We Cannot Hide What We Are – Desiring God
I love the simple truth of this Desiring God blog quoting from John Stott: The late John Stott writes, The sincerity of a preacher has two aspects: he means wha...
How Long Should My Sermons Be? | 9Marks
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"God, make them not throw tomatoes this time, for your glory…"
Okay, maybe that’s not what preachers should pray as we step into the pulpit, but most of us do pray something as we walk to the front of the room. I read...
Go into all the world and kill the wicked?
Aren’t you glad the mission of Christians isn’t simply to fulfill things God has promised to one day do Himself? Otherwise genuine Christians might ...
Putting the REACH back in Preach
I recently wrote my seminary graduating essay on the topic of an evangel-driven (Gospel-driven) model of ministry that can help churches steer a middle road bet...
The Law & the Gospel | The Resurgence
“The Gospel is the message, the salvation-bringing proclamation concerning Christ that he was sent by God the Father…to procure eternal life. The Law is c...