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Spurgeon Reminds Me to Pray for the 07SR

Certain jobs are impossible without suitable tools. Nails are not well driven by tissues and breaking up concrete with a toothpick is ill-advised. So ministry without prayer must likewise be frustrated. In Lectures to My Students, Charles Spurgeon advises pastors of their particular duty in chapter 3, “The Preacher’s Private Prayer.” As I […]

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A Five-Point Ministry Strategy for Nobodies

I’m rereading John MacArthur’s book Hard to Believe with a few ministry leader friends. The following is found in chapter three and is a great summary of the apostle Paul’s ministry strategy from 2 Corinthians 4. The gospel is hard to believe, and the people who bring it to the world are nobodies. The plan […]

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The Theologian’s Task

Commenting on the previous post, Andy made the following request: Please keep before us this year the reminder from John Glass about the great changes made by King Josiah and John Calvin based on just a little truth given to them. Okay. Here is a write bite from John Calvin to get us started: The theologian’s task is not to divert […]

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Preaching for Affection

I love preaching. It is a privilege to speak as an ambassador for the King, an adventure to fashion fresh descriptions of His glory, and thrilling to introduce thirsty souls to the Living Fountain. And I love camp preaching maybe the most. Though camp provides its own set of distractions, the typical media and time-wasting […]

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Preaching Perfectly Tailored for Moms

This is not an endorsement of all things Mark Driscoll, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading a recent interview of Driscoll in Christianity Today titled, Men Are from Mars Hill. While you can read the rest of it for yourself, I particularly appreciated this: What are some of the major blind spots of megachurches? The major blind spot […]

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How to Make a Man of God

A couple weeks ago, I was at an early morning meeting with my good friend the Wayfarer when I found out that he had not heard How to Make a Man of God. This “program for preachers” is one of my all-time MacArthur favorites. Apparently he didn’t write it, but I heard it […]

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