The Sermon

My friend Richard Bewes is putting together a helpful resource over at The Sermon. Read more

How Can You Know The Bible Is True?

“They who strive to build up firm faith in Scripture through disputation are doing things backwards… Read more

Should We Press People To “Decide For Christ”?

“The Puritans insisted that the ultimate effectiveness of preaching is out of man’s hands. Man’s task is simply to be faithful in teaching the Word; it is God’s work to convince of its truth and write it in the heart. Read more

Skull-Caps and Tiaras

From chapter 12 of Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables:

“Just as there are bigwigs elsewhere, there are big mitres in the Church. Read more

Sniffing Glue

In trying to commend Christ to our non-Christian friends, should we be trying to be more like him, or more like them? Read more

Does Your Evangelism Look Like This?

An extract from J. I. Packer’s superlative Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God:

“We need to bring under review all our evangelistic plans and practices–our missions, rallies, and campaigns; our sermons, talks, and testimonies Read more

Guard the Front Door

“It becomes the disciples of the Saviour to guard well the door of admission into their fraternity. Upon their fidelity, in this respect, depend its efficiency, prosperity, and safety. Read more

What is the Gospel?

“The gospel is integrally tied to the Bible’s story-line. Indeed, it is incomprehensible without understanding that story-line.

God is the sovereign, transcendent and personal God who has made the universe, including us, his image-bearers.

Our misery lies in our rebellion, our alienation from God, which, despite his forbearance, attracts his implacable wrath. Read more

This Is My Friend

My song is love unknown,
My Saviour’s love to me;
Love to the loveless shown,
That they might lovely be. Read more

The Gunpowder Plot

“They are not our best friends, that stir the pride of our hearts by the flattery of their lips. Read more