By Michael Adams Do’s and don’ts of Street Preaching “Let all things be done decently and in order” I Cor. 14:40 FIrst of all as Corinthians says we are to be in order and with a decent message when preaching in the streets. Keeping yourself and team in order is a key in being successful […]

Trevin Wax Grace and Truth Beyond the Elephant Room Let me say at the outset that I’m honored and humbled to blog about this event. I realize I’m just a 30-year-old guy who loves Jesus, wants to resource His Bride, and carry His mission forward. And the fact that some of the men involved in […]

Trevin Wax The explosive growth of Christianity in Africa and South America has led many observers to speak of this demographic shift as creating a new Christendom. Unfortunately, the teaching that has fueled growth in these areas has been tainted by an American-style prosperity emphasis that focuses on health and wealth at the expense of […]

The below is excerpted from “Taking Out the Trash,” chapter 5 of Real Marriage and the sermon topic this week. 1. Forgiveness is not denying, approving, or diminishing sin that is committed against us. We cannot say we are fine, that it was no big deal, or that, since it was in the past, we’ve […]

The below is excerpted from “Taking Out the Trash,” chapter 5 of Real Marriage and the sermon topic this week. 1. Forgiveness is not denying, approving, or diminishing sin that is committed against us. We cannot say we are fine, that it was no big deal, or that, since it was in the past, we’ve […]

Adapted from a sermon by Matt Chandler at the San Jose Boot Camp in June 2011. The Moralism Pitfall Preacher: The Gospel must be explicit in your teaching – it cannot be assumed. If you assume it, you will build out what Christian Smith called, “Christian Moralistic Theurapeutic Deism.” If you don’t make the Gospel […]

Observers weigh in on participating in or watching sports and violence. Joe Carter, Ted Kluck, and Matt Morin | posted 1/25/2012 It’s Imprudent Joe Carter is a Marine Corps veteran and an editor at The Gospel Coalition. A century ago, a novel called In His Steps convinced generations of Christians that Jesus would, among other […]

Vespers Vespers is the sunset evening prayer service in the Western Catholic, Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran liturgies of the canonical hours. The word comes from the Greek ἑσπέρα and the Latin vesper, meaning “evening.” The term is also in limited use in some Protestant denominations (such as the Seventh-day Adventist Church) […]

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By any sinful desire; for he continually desireth the holy and perfect will of God. and any tendency to an unholy desire, he by the grace of God, stifleth in the birth. — John Wesley (Sermons, On Several Occasions-Sermon 1)

Many a prayer is too long by twenty lines. It is smothered under a bed-full of words. There are times when a Christian man can pray from hour to hour; but it is a great mistake when brethren measure their supplications by the clock. The great matter is not how long you pray, but how […]

“I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” – Joshua 1:5 The consolation given to Joshua would be exceedingly suitable in the presence of his enemies. He had spied out the land, and he knew it to be inhabited by giant races, men famous both for stature and strength. The sons of Anak were there, […]

Walk more closely with God, get nearer to Christ and seek to exchange hope for assurance. Seek to feel the witness of the Spirit more closely and distinctly every year. Lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily besets you. Press towards the mark more earnestly. Fight a better fight, and war a […]

Surely the witness of Matthew and Mark, and Luke and John, and Peter and James and Paul, is as good as the witness of Julius Caesar or Tacitus, and it is rendered the more trustworthy from the fact that they died for adhering to it, which neither Caesar nor Tacitus were made to do. Besides, […]

But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. — 1 John 2:20 Definition: unction noun [mass noun] 1 formal the action of anointing someone with oil or ointment as a religious rite or as a symbol of investiture as a monarch. short for extreme unction 2 archaic treatment with […]

A sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ to give spiritual aid and comfort and perfect spiritual health, including, if need be, the remission of sins, and also, conditionally, to restore bodily health, to Christians who are seriously ill; it consists essentially in the unction by a priest of the body of the sick […]

Do you not understand it? Christ bore the wrath of God, instead of those who trust him. Jesus Christ took the sins of all who trust him, and was punished in the room and stead of every believer, so that God will not punish a believer, because he has punished Christ for him. Christ died […]