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The Future of the Southern Baptist Convention

Posted in Church, Church History, Church Planting, Missions on August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Dr. Al Mohler recently gave an address on the future of the Southern Baptist Convention. It’s about a little over 60 minutes, but well worth your time if you’re interested in this subject. Click here to watch.

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Preaching Defined by Phillips Brooks

Posted in Pastors, Preachers/Preaching on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In his Lyman Beecher Lectures at Yale University in 1877, Phillips Brooks defined preaching this way:
Preaching is the communication of truth by man to men. It has in it two essential elements, truth and personality. Neither of those can it spare and still be preaching. The truest truth, the most authoritative statement of God’s will, [...]

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What is Preaching?

Posted in Church Planting, Lord's Day, Preachers/Preaching on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In my reading, I came across this quote:
Preaching is an open and public instruction in faith and behavior, whose purpose is the forming of men; it derives from the path of reason and from the fountainhead of the “authorities.” Preaching should be public, because it must be delivered openly. That is why Christ says: “What [...]

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David Platt at 2009 SBC Pastors Conference

Posted in Church, Conferences, Missions, Pastors, Preachers/Preaching on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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Preterism, Futurism, and the Olivet Discourse (Part 1)

Posted in Biblical Studies, Matthew, Theology on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In my home church (Grace Baptist Church) we are currently doing an exposition of the gospel of Matthew and are now in the Olivet Discourse (chapters 24-25).  This is Jesus’ final sermon recorded in Matthew’s gospel and its subject is eschatology, or is it?  The Olivet Discourse is a real battle ground of interpretive differences [...]

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