As you read the Bible cover to cover, you will find that God uses different genres such as history, poetry, prophecy, dialogue and narrative. Within each of these various writing skills of composition such as the form, style and subject matter. The human authors God used came from a variety of backgrounds … education, family […]
The most important issue at hand when studying the Bible is to remember that the Bible is nothing other than God’ inspired, inerrant, infallible and authoritative Word. That is foundational. This mean that all opposition to and every attack on the Bible is not opposition to and attacks against the Christian Church and Christians in […]
Where my desire was to write Notes on the Book of Esther, after much prayer I have decided to write on the Book of Genesis. I have preached through Genesis a few times over the last forty years and will not use my sermon notes as my desire is to be fresh. Genesis is an […]
One of the greatest hymn writers, poets and authors was a man by the name of William Cowper. He struggled with severe depression and anxiety (https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/depression-fought-hard-to-have-him). The reason I mention him is because the article John Piper wrote is called “Depression fought hard to have him.” Recently I experienced the “darkest night” of my entire […]
I would like to share two stories with you today. The first relates to a pastor who was the pastor of a family member. He was paid a salary higher than average coupled to good perks. He spent most of his time running his own business with his wife, neglecting the Church. His spiritual ministry […]
I have learnt over the years of ministry that one needs to try as hard as you can to win a soul. Lots of prayer, love, friendship, bridge building and discussion about Jesus and His claims are required. You persevere and persist because you don’t know how near or far that soul is from believing […]
Years back we had a saying in the Church … “use it or lose it.” By this we referred to spiritual gifts. The Holy Spirit distributes a gift mix to each new born in Christ. Should these not be developed and used … you shall lose this gift mix. It’s like the piano student learning […]
Is it not amazing how Scripture proves Scripture true? We could think of the foretelling of John the Baptist who would announce the Messiah and prepare a people for Him. We could think of the many prophecies about the Messiah that are fulfilled through Jesus Christ. We could think of God’s promise to Abraham to […]
Every preacher will have a mixed reception when it comes to his sermons (teaching). Some people will enjoy the message and others will dislike, reject or even hate the message. Some will be neutral. In modern days many people are Churched … meaning they attend Church because it’s the right thing to do, without listening […]
One of the greatest cautions for any pastor, myself included, is to understand that we are not God! By this I mean that we must never become angry or frustrated because people don’t respond to the Gospel … or better still, they don’t respond to the Gospel the way we want them to. One of […]