Piper on Preaching

The Goal of Preaching:  The Glory of God
The Ground of Preaching:  The Cross of Christ
The Gift of Preaching:  The Power of the Holy Spirit


The implication of preaching is plain:  When God sends His emissaries to declare, "Your God Reigns!" His aim is to ravish our affections with irresistible displays of His glory.


Gotta love Piper!

John Owen

To preach the word, therefore, and not to follow it with constant and fervent prayer for its success, is to disbelieve its use, neglect its end, and to cast away the seed of the gospel at random.

Quote: Nathan Sasser

The Apostle John is not concerned with the metaphysics of atemporality.


Hmmmm......


RFB

Jerry Bridges on the Spiritual Disciplines

Grace does not make our effort unnecessary, but it makes it effective.

Jerry Bridges on Preaching

If you are going to be true to Scripture you must preach the imperatives.  But always remember to use the “two book ends.”  Our righteousness in Christ (Gospel) and the power of the Holy Spirit. 

We cannot be perfect and obey these imperatives, but we are clothed in the righteousness of Christ.  Jesus paid the price for our sins and they are all forgiven.  Also, we can never obey on our own, but only through the power of the Spirit.

Never assume the gospel, make it loud and clear.  Never bring in the imperatives of Scripture without explicitly stating the gospel.

Jerry Bridges Favorite Book

Time to get out my copy of Charnock, Jerry Bridges states it is one of his favorites.

Quote: Jerry Bridges

Jerry Bridges is teaching us this week on Gospel based, Spirit dependent transformation.  In class he just said:

The gospel is the foundation and the motivation by the goal is Christlikeness.

Amen!  Our class is looking forward to a great week!