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Colin provides this helpful, pithy prayer: “Lord, keep me from saying words that later need recalling; Guard me, lest idle speech may from ...

Kevin DeYoung at the 9Marks blog: One of the hardest things for any preacher to learn, especially young preachers, is to simply be yourself....

“A ministry that is all prophetic all the time will wear down a congregation. It will eventually defeat a congregation. A ministry that is a...

Jeff Purswell with a brief biblical theology of preaching as the central event in the gathered worship of God's people: Throughout salv...

Today I begin sermon preparation for Gen. 28:10-29:30. What a joy it is to look long into God's word with the privilege of then sharing ...

Our man in Fulham, London , Mike Gilbart-Smith , posts at the 9Marks blog two video sermonsfrom Stuart Ollyott on "How Not to Preach B...

We're almost home, awaiting our fly from the Miami airport. It's been a great trip, refreshing in all the most wonderful ways. Firs...

Today we leave for the God Exposed conference at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. I'm looking forward to the trip for a numbe...

All of the pastors I've met in South Africa thus far. But I especially appreciated this tid-bit from Grant Retief. Roughly quoted: Gospe...

I'm on my way to meet Michael Lawrence in Washington, D.C. to leave tomorrow for two weeks of ministry in South Africa. We're trave...

Unashamed Workman has a round-up of messages on expositional preaching featuring Steve Lawson, Peter Grainger, Craig Dyer, Iain Murray, and...

Somebody somewhere in the blogosphere recently plugged The Puritan Reformed Journal. It prompted me to dig out an old issue of the journal....

Perhaps the most rewarding thing a pastor receives from the Lord is some sense or evidence that his preaching is bearing fruit with his peop...

Colin tips us to an uncharacteristically hilarious sermon introduction from Mark Dever. Worth the 6 minute listen .

Iain Murray records an interesting aspect to Lloyd-Jones' preaching. Or more accurately, the cultural context into which he began his pr...

Here's what's up so far: A Minister That Gaurds Against Heresies Pastor Eric C. Redmond A Sign From God Pastor Eric C. Redmond The A...

This year's theme was "Spreading the Gospel," expositions from the Book of Acts. Audio is here . As is the case every year, th...

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Ronald Alexander, son of the Rev. Eric Alexander, has built a website in honor of his father's preaching and teaching ministry. (HT: Cha...

Driving home from Bible study Wednesday night, my wife and I began discussing a pastor friend who is encountering significant resistance to ...