As I write these words, our home has descended into the silence of sleep on a Saturday night, and I … More
Tag: Preaching
Some implications of an empty pulpit
Whether your cup is half empty or half full in the current global crisis, whether you credit or descry online … More
A Certain Sound through Preaching
How are we to answer the exigencies and anxieties of the hour? What tone of voice and approach should we … More
An uncertain sound
There is a famous anecdote about a church producing some signage for the gable wall of their building, with the … More
The loneliness of the long distance Pastor
At the moment it seems like everything is interim. The decisions that we were agonising over a fortnight ago about … More
Brothers, shall we weep?
As Christian ministers we are vulnerable to the twin temptations of activism and stoicism, of deploying our energies or cutting … More
Reverse engineering the logic of Scripture
I believe that the systematic expository preaching of Scripture is not the only means of teaching the gathered church, but … More
Why God’s people need their elders to teach them
If we were charged with helping a new Christian to develop spiritual disciplines for their growth in the faith, what … More
Why I am not theologically sound
We lay great emphasis on the soundness of preachers we listen to, and authors whom we read. For many of … More
Preaching hard texts in hard times
In the second week of March 1941, Martyn Lloyd-Jones delivered a series of lectures in the Assembly Hall of the … More
