7 Ps for Better Preaching
Anyone who faithfully preaches God’s Word always desires to grow in his ability to...
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A Book of Numbers: What the 2019 SBC Annual Church Profile Data Tells us About the Southern Baptist Convention
The 2019 annual church profile for the Southern Baptist Convention came out recently and the...
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When God Brings the Sun Burn
Here’s an old sermon outline that I touched up for a blog post. It’s from Jonah 4:5-11. It has to...
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Pastors, Plagues, and Playing Games
In my GBTS class on ecclesiology the other night, Dr. Jeffrey Johnson told us the story of John...
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4 Conversion Stories
John Wesley I disagree with Wesley on several important doctrinal points. But consider how he...
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9 Reasons to Depart from Iniquity
Today’s post has my name on it, but I didn’t write it. Rather, we turn to our friend...
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When Providence goes Viral
I wrote this post while there were still quite a few unknowns about COVID-19. President Trump had...
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Spurgeon: God is Good and God is Sovereign
God is good and sovereign! The following is taken from Charles Haddon Spurgeon’s Sermon...
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Why Spontaneous Baptism Sunday is Not a Good Idea
Here I am, a Baptist writing a post against baptism. But actually, this post isn’t actually...
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The Aim of Shame
I don’t buy the argument that says Americans are worse today than we were 50 years ago, 100...
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Why so Many Almost Christians?
George Whitefield once preached a message on Acts 26:28 entitled, The Almost Christian. In...
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You Must be Born Again: Make Regeneration Great Again
In God’s kind providence, it was a biblical understanding of the great doctrine of...
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5 Reasons a Historical Adam Matters
Did a man directly created by God out of the dust named Adam really exist in history? Did he...
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Latitudinarianism and the Southern Baptist Convention
Really, part of me is just going for blog title of the year. The rest of me, however, does have a...
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Meeting Jesus, Missing Heaven
Is there a more alarming passage in the Scriptures than Matthew 7:21-23? As He is concluding the...
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The Sinner’s Prayer
The following is an excerpt from my book From Death to Life: How Salvation Works The Reality In...
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A Life of Fear and Trembling
The following in an excerpt from my book, Before the Throne: Reflections on God’s...
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SBC Resolution on A Reformation of Corporate Worship Practices
True, just two years ago I wrote a piece on my apathy toward resolutions. And while I still feel...
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Walking with God — Part 4
Currently, I am preaching through Genesis 1–11 at Perryville Second Baptist Church. In our 33rd...
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Is Male Headship a Gospel Issue?
Men, mean, and misogyny all start with the same letter. Obviously, guys are jerks and need to calm...
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Walking with God – Part 3
Currently, I am preaching through Genesis 1-11 at Perryville Second Baptist Church. In our 33rd...
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Walking with God – Part 2
Currently, I am preaching through Genesis 1-11 at Perryville Second Baptist Church. In our 33rd...
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Jesus in the Garden
Jesus went to a garden once. In Gethsemane, He prayed to the Father as He anticipated His...
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Walking with God – Part 1
Currently, I am preaching through Genesis 1-11 at Perryville Second Baptist Church. In our 33rd...
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Evidences of True Revival
Holiness of life and true revival can not be separated. A so-called “revival” that does not produce holiness is not a work of the Holy Spirit. Here we may offer an important reminder that true revival cannot be manufactured by men. The sign that says “revival next week” doesn’t really communicate what true revival is for true revival is God-sent and according to His plans and purposes, not ours.
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