Marks of Maturity in the Ministry (Part 3)

Dictatorship or leadership. A sixth mark of maturity is this: distinguishing between dictatorship and leadership. Churches rise or fall on leadership. Certainly it is true that all believers are one in Christ; but it is also true that God has set some believers over the local church as spiritual leaders. The church is an organism; […]

The All You Can Eat Buffet

There’s an incredible emphasis these days on the food we eat. If you go in a grocery store, you’ll find health conscious moms reading the ingredients on everything from Frosted Flakes to Granola. You would think they were reading the Torah. We are obsessed with health in America. Although we are the most obese nation […]

Eutychus: Priming the Preacher

The most valuable lesson I learned in seminary was imparted to me by a professor who stole the idea from John Henry Jowett at an unguarded moment when Jowett was combing his moustache and not paying attention. “If you have trouble getting a sermon from a text,” he advised, “just try to imagine how some […]

Darwin’s Leap of Faith

Exposing the False Religion of Evolution –John Ankerberg and John Weldon Harvest House Publishers. Darwin’s theory of Evolution is arguably the single most profound theory emphasized by science in the last century. It’s impacts and implications are far reaching. The authors argue that evolution is not an indisputable fact but rather a belief that people […]

The Descent of Christ

Ephesians 4:7-11 and Traditional Hebrew Imagery – W. Hall Harris III This is one of several books in the Biblical Studies Library from Baker Books. This volume gives a meticulous and thorough analysis of a very difficult passage. This series offers paperback editions of original monographs of proven academic merit. These works are built around […]

"Christ chose this weapon (the Word) out of all the others, and used it in His earliest conflict, so, too, He used it when no man was near. The value of Holy Scripture is not alone seen in public teaching or striving for truth, its still small voice is equally powerful when the servant of the Lord is enduring personal trial in the lone wilderness. The severest struggles of a true Christian are usually unknown to any buy himself. Not in the family do we meet the most subtle temptations, but in the closet, not in the shop so much as in the recesses of our own spirit do we wrestle with principalities and powers. For these dread duels, 'It Is written' is the best sword and shield. Scripture to convince another man is good; but Scripture is most required to console, defend and sanctify our own soul." - C. H. Spurgeon, Spurgeon's Expository Encyclopedia, Vol.15, p. 222

"The Bible not only explains God, it explains the world in which we live, it explains not only things that are right, but things that are wrong." - Oswald Chambers

"Men do not reject the Bible because they find faults in it, but because it finds faults in them." - Winston Churchill

"We believe that the most scientific view, the most up-to-date and rationalistic conception, will find its fullest satisfaction in taking the Bible story literally." - Winston Churchill

"God's Word is such perfect truth and righteousness that it needs no patching or repair; in its course it makes a perfectly straight line, without any bends in any direction." - Martin Luther

"We have the truth and we need not be afraid to say so." - J. C. Ryle

"If you want to understand the Bible, get on your knees.... You will learn more in one hour of prayerful communion with the Spirit than in a thousand years in all the schools of human culture." - A. T. Pierson

"The Holy Spirit who inspired the Scriptures will expect obedience to the Scriptures, and if we do not give that obedience we will quench him." - A. W. Tozer

The Bible

Biblical Authority & Conservative Perspectives

–Viewpoints from Trinity Journal, Douglas Moo, General Editor, Kregel Publications. This is Volume One in the Biblical Forum Series. Dr. Woo is professor of New Testament and director of the Ph.D. in Theological Studies program at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. This volume addresses the challenges to biblical authority and responds to the contemporary challenges to […]

One Place

www.oneplace.com For those of you who view your computer as a ‘full service’ ministry tool, check out www.oneplace.com OnePlace, Ltd., has been in operation since 1998. They offer a quality site with Christian audio content online. From this site, you can access over 50 different Christian radio stations across the country. You will be able […]

Sermon Search

www.SermonSearch.com We never recommend that a minister pull his sermons off the Internet. However, the sermon sites available through the web can provide great resources and supplemental material if used properly. One such site is found at www.SermonSearch.com. Presently there are over 8,000 sermons available through this site. You are required to set up an […]