Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages
Book Summary • Haddon W. Robinson, Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages, 3rd edition (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2014) 355 pp. $17.
Read time: 9 min
Plugged in But Not Charging
DEVOTION • “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself… neither can you, unless you abide in me” (John 15:4).
Read time: 2 min
Training Preachers: A Guide to Teaching Homiletics
Book Summary • Scott M. Gibson, editor, Training Preachers: A Guide to Teaching Homiletics (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2018). 294 pp. $10.
Read time: 7 min
A Manual for Preaching: The Journey from Text to Sermon
Book Summary • Abraham Kuruvilla, A Manual for Preaching: The Journey from Text to Sermon (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2019). 317 pp. $21.
Read time: 6 min
Are You Worried about Lack in the Presence of the Provider?
DEVOTION • “Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. . . . Jesus, aware of this, said to them, ‘Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened?’” (Mark 8:14, 17)
Read time: 2 min
Toward an Exegetical Theology: Biblical Exegesis for Preaching and Teaching
Book Summary • Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., Toward an Exegetical Theology: Biblical Exegesis for Preaching and Teaching (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 1981.) Kindle Edition. 317 pp. $20.
Read time: 5 min
How to Write Your Personal Testimony
ARTICLE • Your personal testimony is an authentic and non-intrusive way to share your faith in Jesus Christ with others. This guide helps you structure your story, share the gospel, create opportunities to share in everyday conversations, and draft your 5-minute salvation testimony.
Read time: 11 min
The Gospel: The Only Truly Good News for a Fallen World
ARTICLE • Humanity’s fallen condition is profoundly disturbing, but the gospel’s good news is that redemption, restoration, and transformation are provided through faith in God’s Son. This article (non-comprehensively) lists 64 ways God answers sin’s devastating effects with grace in Jesus Christ
Read time: 9 min
360-Degree Preaching: Hearing, Speaking, and Living the Word
Book Summary • Michael J. Quicke, 360-Degree Preaching: Hearing, Speaking, and Living the Word (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2003). 234 pp. $27.
Read time: 8 min
A Heartwarming Lesson from a Cold Morning
DEVOTION • “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it” (1 Corinthians 10:13).
Read time: 3 min
Christian Higher Education
Book Summary • John David Trentham, “Christian Higher Education,” in Christian Education: A Guide to the Foundations of Ministry, ed. Freddy Cardoza (Ada, MI: Baker Academic, 2019), 327–39.
Read time: 3 min
How to Read the Bible: An Inductive Method
ARTICLE • Many Christians struggle to read Scripture regularly because they lack a method for understanding and applying it. The Inductive Bible Study Method is an effective solution. (Free Reading Guide here).
Read time: 3 min
For the Life of the World: Theology That Makes a Difference
Book Summary • Miroslav Volf and Matthew Croasmun, For the Life of the World: Theology That Makes a Difference (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2019), Kindle Edition. 197 pp. $11.
Read time: 4 min
Self-Justification: The Danger of Feeling Right While Being Wrong
DEVOTION • “The hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God” (John 16:2).
Read time: 2 min
Conceiving the Christian College: A College President Shares His Vision of Christian Higher Education
Book Summary • Duane Litfin, Conceiving the Christian College: A College President Shares His Vision of Christian Higher Education (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004), Kindle Edition. 289 pp. $11.
Read time: 3 min
Taylor’s Protestant Problem: How to Live Coram Deo without Burning Out
ARTICLE • Charles Taylor blamed the Protestant Reformation for the rise of secularism. He alleged that the high spiritual bar set for the average believer in Protestantism has led many to give up on the faith. Does this charge have any merit? How can believers integrate their faith in all of life without caving under the pressure of living as Scripture requires?
Read time: 10 min
The Surprising Comfort of Divine Rebuke
ARTICLE • Job’s heart was transformed by a humbling encounter with God, illustrating that our awe at God’s power and wisdom is foundational to true comfort even in the midst of profound suffering.
Read time: 5 min
Your Marriage Is a Subplot within God’s Story of Redemption
WEDDING SERMON • Human marriages are sacred subplots within God's grand Story of Redemption, finite stories given context and meaning by four master plotlines of the biblical metanarrative: (1) the cultural mandate, (2) the curse on mankind, (3) the conquest of Messiah, and (4) the consummation of Christ’s marriage at the end of time.
12 min
The Writer: A Guide to Research, Writing, and Publishing in Biblical Studies
Book Summary • Nijay Gupta, The Writer: A Guide to Research, Writing, and Publishing in Biblical Studies (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2022). Kindle Edition. 160 pp. $10.
Read time: 4 min
The Convicting Work of the Spirit
SERMON • In John 16, Jesus teaches how the Holy Spirit lays a foundation in our souls that undergirds all further moral convictions: the Spirit convinces us of our sin, of Christ's perfect righteousness, and of divine judgment awaiting those who remain outside of Christ.
47 min