Seven pitfalls to avoid when preaching expositional sermons…. Continued at Source: Expositional Imposters An interesting article on how many fail at good Expository Preaching. The word exposition simply means “a setting forth or explanation.” So expositional preaching is the explanation of Scripture that is based upon diligent study and careful exegesis (critical explanation or interpretation … More Expositional Imposters
JUST ANGER Be angry, and sin not – Ephesians 4:26 He… looked round about on them with anger – Mark 3:5 I was very angry – Nehemiah 5:6 He that will be angry and not sin, must not be angry but for sin. – John Trapp It is not a sin to be angry, but … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 17 February
{Do you have S.O.S.; Stuck on Stupid Disease?} Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. (Prov. 12: 1) The ear that listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise. (Prov. 15: 31) Heavenly Father, I’ll never tire of thanking you for the joy of calling you Father— Abba, Father. … More February 17 A Prayer for Being a Little Less Stupid
PRIDE AND OTHER SINS Pride hath budded – Ezekiel 7:10 Pride and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth – Proverbs 8:13 Pride is the very image of the devil. – Thomas Boston Arrogancy is a weed that never growth in dung hills. – George Swinnock The wind of pride is the life … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 16 February
February 16 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and … More A Prayer in View of the Brevity of Life
The College of Contentment For I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. Philippians 4:11 These words show us that contentment is not a natural propensity of man. Weeds grow easily. Covetousness, discontent, and murmuring are as natural to man as thorns are to the soil. We do not need to sow … More A Devotional For February 16, 2017
PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE Ye should have harkened unto me, and not set sail for Crete. and have gotten this injury and loss – Acts 27:21 (R.V.) It is more easy to exclude sin than to expel it. – Thomas Adams It is better to be innocent than penitent. – William Secker MERCY He … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 14 & 15 February
SIN IN THE BEST David did … right in the eyes of the Lord … all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 1 Kings 15:5 If a best man’s faults were written in his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes. – John … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 13 February
Our trials and tribulations… that many have had to endure… become the stepping-stones… to receive so much more…. Continued at Source: Our Trials and Tribulations… Become Stepping-Stones
THE GOSPEL The everlasting gospel – Revelation 14:6 The thunder of the gospel made Satan fall like lightening. – John Calvin The waters of the sactuary only run through the channels of the gospel. – Stephen Charnock AMBITION Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king– 1 Kings 1:5 Diotrephes, … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 11 & 12 February
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