NT Commentary Helps For the “Average Christian”
A friend requested that I suggest some excellent New Testament commentaries by members of the church for busy Christians who need to get to the heart of things quickly and well. Since no one has...
View ArticleLet Love Abound
Studying the prayers of Paul is a life transforming experience! Philippians 1:9-11, while brief, packs a great punch as Paul prays for the church at Philippi. It should be noted 1:9-11 is one long,...
View ArticleGreat Preachers of the Past: Johnny Ramsey
The first time I met him he said, “Why don’t you sit down and tell that man (my future father-in-law, who also was sitting in the room) exactly what your intentions are concerning his daughter?” Then...
View ArticleThe Great Need For Strong Churches
If to have seen Jesus was to have seen the Father, the clearest, radiant and beautiful picture of what the Father is really like (John 14:8-9), then to see the church should be to see a clear and...
View ArticleHis Great Holiness
It has well been said, “What health is to the heart, holiness is to the soul” (John Flavel). Of all the attributes of God, holiness is arguably the most comprehensive and significant. No other...
View ArticleThe Lord Our Shepherd
Introduction How many truly satisfied people do you know? It may well be one of the most elusive qualities in the world! Philippians 4:11 – “learned” to be content; Ecclesiastes 5:10 – “He that loves...
View ArticleRespect for the Word of God is Right
What a wondrous thought! God has a special group of people He calls His own (1 Pet. 2:5-9; Titus 2:11-14), and He has given us divine communication for knowing how to become His people. All are...
View ArticleIt’s Only a Month Until PTP!
How do you describe PTP? It’s one part workshop, one part summer camp, one part pray-cation and one part incredible life experience. It may well just be the one week that helps you get through the...
View ArticleThe All-Sufficient Christ
The book of Colossians beautifully and powerfully indicates that you really cannot add anything to Jesus and His gospel without subtracting from them. Christ is preeminent – He is before all and above...
View Article10 Things You Must Do at PTP!
It’s only a little over 2 weeks until PTP! The amount of time, energy and prayer that goes into planning an event of this magnitude each year is simply mind-boggling. And Christians everywhere are...
View ArticleFalse Teaching 101
It is fascinating in studying the book of Colossians to notice, that while some form of false teaching was threatening the church, Paul repeatedly stresses the preeminence and sufficiency of Jesus and...
View ArticleWhen ‘Conservative’ Isn’t Sound
Being religiously “conservative” is not necessarily the same as being sound in the faith (Titus 1:13; 2:2). The two are not synonymous terms. Without any doubt, there are many areas in which Christians...
View ArticleFive Questions for Dan Winkler
Dan Winkler recently retired after 47 years of local work. However, far from being sedentary, he continues teaching at Freed-Hardeman University, where his classes are always full, as well as preaching...
View ArticleIronies of the Arrest and Trials of Jesus
Irony is a literary technique by which the full significance of one’s words and actions are clear to the audience or reader but unknown to the character. A state of affairs occurs that seems directly...
View ArticleWhat a Fellowship!
The word fellowship carries with it the idea of a common bond and commitment in Christ to the will, work and walk of God. There is a profound sense of identity (“a common bond and commitment”),...
View ArticleJesus: Our Peace
For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create...
View ArticleWhy Church Fights? (Or Extending the Right Fist of Fellowship)
Church fights almost always are the result of at least someone being too friendly with the world. At least, that’s what James 4:1-6 says. If envy, jealousy and selfish ambition fill the hearts of...
View ArticleReflections on 300 Plus Funerals
It’s not about being morbid, sad or cynical. It is an important but often neglected area of preaching. In 35 plus years of full-time preaching, the count stands at 342 – funerals, that is. I’ve done...
View ArticleTheology and Doxology
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 1:3). Blessed, blessed, blessed! Ephesians 1:3-14...
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