Providential hindrance is a term used to encompass a broad array of reasons that a person might not be able to attend the stated meetings of the church. Some of these reasons are valid, but many are not. I’d like to bring some clarity to what it means to be truly hindered from coming to church providentially.
I am convinced few things can more quickly enrage a believer to righteous indignation than a poorly preached funeral sermon.
The Scriptures are crystal clear about God’s call to men to be servant leaders. Men, will you devote yourself to following your Lord in these most important ways?
What use is a seminary at all? Why can’t I just use Google? Or to run the other direction, if ministry is inevitably personal and relational, how can seminary education even be done remotely?
When leading a college-level course on Spiritual Formation, I’ve heard the response a few times: “Why write...
Reading wisely helps us avoid the infection of error. Reading widely deepens our perspective. Reading wisely deepens our convictions.
One of the wonderful benefits of preaching consecutive, expository sermons through a book of the Bible is that you get to beloved texts in their context and are forced to exegete them accordingly.
Spiritual hunger is described as an appetite for virtues: fortitude, zeal, mercy, joy, wisdom, humility, etc. Gill believes we should seek to discern these if we desire to see to our own sanctification and to experience the love and provision of Christ here now.
Spirituality expressed in obedience John Gill sought to show his people a piety connected to and yet born out...
John Gill lays out a rich experiential approach to spirituality that ought to be recognized. Not only does he examine more than twenty spiritual characteristics in A Body of Practical Divinity, but Gill preached on these characteristics to his congregation in his biblical, applicable manner.