Integrating Apologetics Into Your Preaching
“Contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.” (Jude 1:3) One of the goals in teaching, as you already know, is to exhort your listeners with sound doctrine, explaining to them what is right. But another goal is refuting those who...
When Was the New Testament Completed?
I was recently on a flight to Philadelphia to teach at a conference on the reliability of the Bible. I had a great conversation with the lady sitting next to me. Monica was her name. She had abandoned her confidence in the Bible some twenty years ago. And now at the...
Success in Preaching is About Pleasing God, Not Reaching Large Numbers
“Do right: when you have done so, the rest lies with God.” –C. S. Lewis A young man had just become pastor of a large church. At a reception given him by his people, one of the gossips, a woman with a dangerous tongue, came up and said, “I do not understand how you...