Confession, Catechism and Christ-Centered Preaching
As much as so-called Christ-centered preaching seems desirable (who’s against Christ?), it is anything but desirable (as I summarize in four prior essays). It is
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Update on “Gospel Preaching” Series of Critiques
As on reader noted, I am focusing on a specific type of Christocentric preaching. One gentleman called it “Covenant Preaching,” others call is “Gospel preaching.”
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Trueman, Kaiser, Vos and Christ-centered Preaching
My three-part series on Christ-centered or “Gospel preaching” (sermons that always have an explicit message of Christ as “integral,” the “climax”, and the last thought
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No Posts Until after Christmas
I apologize for all you readers wanting more of my Gospel-only series. I have been out of the practice of regular postings for too long.
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Did God Give us Gospel Only? A Practical Response to “Covenant Preaching”
Have you heard the story about the Christian fundamentalist? When asked what was grey, furry, and lived in a tree, he responded: “It sounds like
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Did Christ Practice “Gospel Preaching?” Another Response to “Covenant Preaching”
As I summarized in my previous essay, a series of articles (“Covenant Preaching”) describe “gospel preaching” as: Christ should be “integral” to the sermon; sermons should
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Did Calvin preach anti-Christian sermons? A Response to “Covenant Preaching”
I preached through Deuteronomy a couple of years back. And Calvin’s sermons were a great help. They were doctrinal, applicable and Christ-honoring—even when the sermons
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Jehu’s America
[From my fellow pastor and friend, Jason Wallace] Jezebel is (politically) dead. Her war on Christ’s church is apparently over. For many, Donald Trump is
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God Broadened Trump’s Narrow Path to Victory
His road to the White House was by all human accounts impossible. The field of contenders was formidable. The media were arrayed against him. His
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Fear and Loathing during the Election of 2016
Fear is a God-givin response to danger. And loathing is a natural response to distasteful things. And this election is overflowing with both. But not
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