New sermon series: Preaching for Pastors
Posted Oct 28 2008Faithful preachers are among God’s best gifts…
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Pastoring
Expository? Preaching?
Posted Oct 21 2008Wayne Mack gives this sage-but-simple counsel to preachers:
I think there are two really, really basic mistakes you don’t want to make if you are an expository preacher. Yet the crazy thing is, I’m convinced these are two of the most common mistakes preachers make.
The first mistake is not to carefully exposit the passage you […]
A readiness to present the message that is needed
Posted Jul 07 2008Yesterday I finished reading Jay Adams’ little, but very helpful, book Truth Applied. In his typically good-humored and accessible — but practical and powerful — style, Adams lays out in the opening pages the importance of “applying” truth:
When you “apply” pressure to a wound, you make forceful contact with it in order to stop the […]
Full of Goodness
Posted Apr 24 2008by Justin Huffman
Have you ever wondered what made Jesus so effective in reaching out to and helping others? Granted, He knew the Scriptures backwards and forwards and applied God’s Word perfectly to each person’s situation. But what made the people willing to listen to Him in the first place? How did they know they could […]
Take heed to yourself and the doctrine
Posted Mar 24 2008CPBC hosted our annual conference for pastors and deacons Tuesday, March 18 through Thursday, March 20.
The theme for the 2008 preachers’ meeting came from Paul’s instruction to Timothy: “take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine” (1Timothy 4:16). Here we find two of the most important responsibilities of every gospel minister.
We are to first keep […]
