“Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in,” said C.S. Lewis, “aim at earth and you will get neither.”  Having goals is one thing, having the right kind of goals is something altogether different.  Many have successfully climbed the proverbial ladder only to reach the top and realize it was leaning on the wrong wall.  The epitome of failure is to succeed at those things that make no difference in eternity.  That is why we need to maintain the course of our lives with spiritual pursuits.  Call it what you will–resolutions, objectives, pledges, or goals–such endeavors help us …

“The blessings of God are always because of His grace. When my identity is found in my performance rather than His grace, I can develop an unscriptural sense of worth that is not based on my new birth in Christ” –Paul Chappell

“Grace treats people not as they deserve but better than they deserve. Grace preempts accusation, freeing both parties. When we extend grace to our enemies, they receive a shockingly unexpected glimpse of the kingdom. And, at precisely the same time that our adversary is released, we are as well. Why would anyone wish to go around carrying

The Good News to an unbeliever is not good until it is actually news.  The gospel is divinely sanctioned to be heard.  If faith cometh by hearing (and it does), then the preacher should be speaking those things pertaining to the gospel.  How else, as Paul contends, can the unregenerate believe?

I love expository preaching.  And I love enthusiastic preaching.  Furthermore, I love evangelistic preaching.  The world needs me to love it, and God commands me to do it.  Evangelistic preaching is not only the call of New Testament Christianity; it is the heartbeat of the church.  A church that …

Any preacher who captures the heart of his congregation must have his own heart captured by the Word He is preaching.  Nothing is better than hearing a man of God who is altogether and convincingly sold on the message he proclaims.  Nothing is worse, however, than hearing someone speak who lacks passion and possession of the Holy Spirit of God.  The half-hearted man who enters the pulpit with a half-hearted message needs to sit down until the other half if ready.

Doing the work of exposition must be coupled with enthusiastic fervor.  No one uncovers a buried treasure without an …

The Lord God created the sun, the moon, and the stars to give us the precious gift and commodity of time.  From His eternal, incontrovertible presence, time was set into motion.  And though He is not bound by time, nor subject to it, His omnipresent qualities permit Him to exist within the calendar of our world while simultaneously existing in the world eternal.  What a profound thought: God is not in eternity; rather, eternity is in God.  Therefore, all things exist for His ultimate glory, even time.  The Lord initiated the clock of history, and humanity has heard the perpetual …