William Knibb lived in a time when the prevailing atmosphere could have discouraged him from calling out sin and opposing evil. Instead, Knibb preached the gospel, opposed slavery, and loved and served his church.
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Biblical ecclesiology crumbled my world, but it also built me up again.
There are at least three things the Church Fathers model for us exceptionally well in the midst of a hostile culture.
Where did the idea of going to church originate? Some of the typical culprits suggested are Constantine, American business models, old people, or pastors desperately in need of jobs. But whose idea is it, really?
How exactly should we understand the plural “you” in the NT letters? It’s complicated.
The mediums we choose can shape our worship in subtle ways.
If you are a young Christian, a Christian who doesn’t have access to “solid, evangelical preaching,” or a Christian who simply wants to grow in your love for God’s Word, I commend Spurgeon’s sermons to you.
Expositional preaching, no matter how homiletically astute, is dead when it lacks holy passion.
The kind of joy God wants our people to experience as they hear from his Word every Sunday is deeper than our sense of humor can go.
This is the fourth in a series of four articles on the design of a corporate worship gathering.
Pastoral ministry can sting as well as soothe, especially since pastors are called to “reprove, rebuke, and exhort” (2 Tim. 4:2). But this is not the kind of hurt I’m concerned about.
This is the third in a series of four articles on the design of a corporate worship gathering.
This is a good example of how one pastor taught his church about corporate worship and liturgy design.
