Moses, the Stand-up Guy, and Jesus, the Superior One

Moses, the Stand-up Guy, and Jesus, the Superior One

I’m at the place in ministry where I can see some very strong parallels between Moses’ ministry and being a pastor. Different people, same problems. Not everyone, but enough of the same issues to warrant a comparison. So I like Moses a lot. I understand...
Debunking the Preacher’s Urban Legends

Debunking the Preacher’s Urban Legends

Trevin Wax has a great blog post – Urban Legends: The Preacher’s Edition. He states that there “are a number of urban legends that get repeated in sermons,” and that “some are more pervasive than others, even appearing in commentaries and...
John Bunyan on Praying in the Spirit…

John Bunyan on Praying in the Spirit…

“There is no man nor church in the world that can come to God in prayer, but by the assistance of the Holy Spirit. “For through Christ we all have access by one Spirit unto the Father” (Eph 2:18). Wherefore Paul saith, “For we know not what we should pray for as...
John Bunyan on Praying in the Spirit…

David Wilkerson is w/ the Lord…

David Wilkerson, of The Cross and the Switchblade fame, went home to the Lord today. Sources say his death involved a car crash. A giant in the faith, and an extremely influential Pentecostal pastor. He will be missed, though we celebrate his life and ministry…...
John Bunyan on Praying in the Spirit…

John Calvin on the Death of Christ

“The Creed next mentions that he “was dead and buried”. Here again it is necessary to consider how he substituted himself in order to pay the price of our redemption. Death held us under its yoke, but he in our place delivered himself into its power, that he...