Monday Musings

Monday Musings

A few quotes from John Broadus for your Monday: “In every age of Christianity, since John the Baptist drew crowds into the desert, there has been no great religious movement, no restoration of Scripture truth, and reanimation of genuine piety, without new power in preaching, both as cause and as effect.” “Brethren, we must preach …

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Prayer in Preparation

“Use prayer as a boring rod, and wells of living water will leap up from the bowels of the Word….Prayer will singularly assist you in the delivery of your sermon; in fact, nothing can so gloriously fit you to preach as descending flesh from the mount of communion with God to speak with men.  None …

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Preachers Are Word Merchants

“You and I, as preachers, are dealers in words.  Words are all that we have to do any important work.  Like some of the psalms of lament, I want both to thank God for speech and to blame God for speech being so difficult.  And I want to fall in love with language, over and …

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God Keep Us Humble

“Ministry itself can create a mask of performance, the projection of success.  Everyone wants to be a winner.  In contrast, Jesus never used his power to show off.  He used his power for love.  So he wasn’t immediately noticeable.  Humility makes you disappear, which is why we avoid it.” -Paul E. Miller, A Praying Life …

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Message You Share = Message You Bear

“The apostle Paul was consistent.  Paul desired “that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel” (Ephesians 6:19).  When he said hard things he was able to remind those who knew him how consistent his life was with the gospel (Acts …

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The Gospel Is Practical

“The healthy evangelist is asking these questions and looking for answers so as to guard the gospel.  Here is the critical test.  Could you have preached that sermon if Christ had not died on the cross?  Could you have developed that Christian leadership principle had Christ not been crucified?  I’m not saying be impractical-the Bible …

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The Powerful Word

“The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold on me.” -Martin Luther, quoted in Mark Dever, What Does God Want Of Us Anyway (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2010), 21.

The Burden of the Text

“God gives life through his Word.  He created the world through his Word, and he recreates his people through his Word (Gen. 1:3-4; Ezek. 37:1-10; Rom. 10:14-17; 2 Cor. 4:1-6).  Therefore, good preaching is nothing more or less than speaking the burden of God’s Word, relying on the Spirit to impress this message into the …

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The Power of God For Pastors – God’s Word!

“Here, then is the sovereign power with which the pastors of the Church, by whatever name they be called, ought to be endowed.  That they may dare boldly do all things by God’s Word; may compel all worldly power, glory, wisdom, and exaltation to yield to and obey his majesty; supported by his power, may …

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Don’t Preach A Counterfeit Gospel

“True response to the gospel has not happened where repentance is lacking.  One preacher described faith in Jesus without repentance as a hundred dollar bill with print only on one side.  It may look like genuine currency, but what it lacks invalidates the whole.” -Thabiti Anyabwile, The Gospel For Muslims (Chicago, IL: Moody, 2010), 82.