An American author wrote a book a while ago called “Stop Asking Jesus into Your Heart”. I have a slightly different plea: stop telling people to “ask the Lord to save them”. This 6-word-sentence is a favourite cliché of many a preacher, Sunday School teacher and Bible Camp leader. Closing a gospel presentation the audience […]
What does it take to be effective in the preparation and delivery of sermons that bring glory to God and blessing to men? An unknown author penned the following stirring lines to answer this vital question: Fling the preacher into his office. Tear the ‘office’ sign from the door and nail up the sign, ‘study’. […]
We live in a world characterised by rapid and large scale urbanisation. In the year 1,900, only 15% of the world population lived in cities. By 2007 it was 50%. By 2,050 it is projected to reach nearly 70%. How should we view this phenomenon? Cities represent both a grave danger to the Christian, as […]
Despite being continually mocked, threatened and beaten for preaching the gospel, the apostles refused either to give up or to change tack. Why? Because they had an unshakeable confidence in the Lord and in His authoritative command – the mandate He had given them – which is now commonly called ‘the great commission’. The brevity, […]
J. Sidlow Baxter (1903-1999): “The greatest sermons usually come when we are not looking for sermons but are studying the Word of God for the sake of its own vital truth. “Much depends on our method of study. According to choice, we may study the books of the Bible spiritually, historically, typically, topically, prophectically, dispensationally, […]
Of George Whitefield (1714-1770) a hearer reported: “I found him standing on a table-board…with his hands and eyes lifted up to heaven in prayer; he prayed with uncommon fervency, fluency and variety of proper expressions. He then preached about an hour in such a manner as I scarce ever heard any man preach. Though I […]