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.
Gill’s Spiritual Hunger | Christopher Ellis Osterbrock
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.
Gill’s Preached Spirituality, Part II | Christopher Ellis Osterbrock
Spirituality expressed in obedience John Gill sought to show his people a piety connected to and yet born out of the Spirit’s work in salvation. Such a piety would enable a fixed assurance, yet not contradictory to the work of sovereign grace. Of this Christian...
Gill’s Preached Spirituality | Christopher Ellis Osterbrock
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.
For the Love of His Church | Ryan Parsons
Will we be pastors, my brothers, or pulpiteers? For whom will we labor and spend all our years? Is it love of His flock that compels us to preach? Is it shepherd-like care for His blood-bought sheep?
Singing Psalms in Public Worship | Ron Miller
God has placed a large book of sacred song in the middle of our Bibles, and we ought to continue using it!
Resources for Studying the Law and the Gospel | Jon English Lee
A proper understanding of the relationship between the law and the gospel is crucial for any minister hoping to be effective in his preaching and counseling.
Biblical Support for Creeds and Confessions | Jon English Lee
Confessions help clarify biblical truth by affirming and negating the validity of various interpretations of scripture.
1689 10:1-4 Of Effectual Calling: Its Instrumentality | Sam Waldron
Only the key of the gospel fits the lock of the human heart. And it takes the power of the hand of God to turn the key and break the rust off the lock of the human heart and bring it to salvation.
1689 10:1-4 Of Effectual Calling: Its Efficacy | Sam Waldron
Effectual calling actually and powerfully saves all those to whom it comes!
-transparent+cropped.png)