It wasn’t long after God called me to preach that someone gave me a set of cassette tapes with different preachers preaching through the Word of God. At the time I was living in Boaz, AL and commuting to Jacksonville State University. I made the hour long drive and back five days a week and [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Preach the Word and Make it Fully Known
I have long sought to follow Paul’s command to Timothy in 2 Timothy 4:2, “Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.” Yesterday I quoted JC Ryle on the value of preaching doctrine, but you may wonder if it is really necessary to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »It is Monday, but Sunday’s Coming!
It is Monday, but Sunday’s coming! I wake up with that fact ringing in my ear every single Monday. I love what God has called me to do, but the pressure of Sunday is always upon me. It doesn’t matter how good the sermon may have been yesterday…I know several hundred people will show up [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Please, Just Preach the Word of God!
During the middle of my senior year of college God called me to preach. His call was simple and yet thoroughly understood…I was going to preach the Word of God. I finished the last semester of college in the Spring of 1989 and enrolled at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in the Fall of 1989 and [...]
Read the rest of this entry »A Most Dangerous Job
Recently I saw an article on the Ten Most Dangerous Jobs in America. I didn’t read the article…just noticed the title, but I did stop and think about what would be the most dangerous job. If you define dangerous as something that is able to cause harm or injury then you would have any number [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Aug 22, It is Monday, but Sunday’s Coming!
I wake up every single Monday with the realization that “It is Monday, but Sunday’s Coming.” I love the process of taking God’s Word, studying it, praying over it, and seeing it develop into a sermon. Once the manuscript is written I find myself pouring over it, changing it, adding to it, taking away from [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Aug 13, A Definition of Preaching
Recently the Christian world met the news that John Stott had left this world and entered the presence of the One he faithfully served for years. Dr. Al Mohler published an interview he had done with Dr. Stott years ago and in the interview we find the following definition of preaching: Mohler: You have staked [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Aug 2, Resolved to Preach the Word
As I told you yesterday I visited four churches last month—three were in Birmingham and one was in Jackson Hole, WY. All four churches were different in their worship styles. All four were friendly. One was small, one was over a thousand and certain to be one of the larger churches in Birmingham, one was [...]
Read the rest of this entry »