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Regular Reading List

Here are some links to a few sites that I visit regularly for reading and listening.

 

Preach It Full

“I will preach it full!” D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

I think this may be among the most humbling statements a preacher could hear. In a day where the appeal to the local church, ministry, or pastor is to employ nearly every idea man could dream up to fill up a church, it’s easy to set down this duty of preaching and fill the church with people who love everything/one before God and to not care for preaching.

I recently heard this quote from Lloyd-Jones in a regular podcast I listen to by Jason Allen, president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, on Reasons why Sermons Fail. I was stopped in my tracks when I heard this. I was encouraged that this labor in the Gospel is a preaching labor. Yes, pastoring has more duties, but the duty at the gathering location on the Lord’s Day is to faithful, biblical preaching.

I think it is best to see that the goal is not to “fill”, the goal is faithful to the duty biblical preaching. If God is to fill the church it be upon the duty of faithful biblical preaching. If God is to empty the church let it be the result of faithful biblical preaching. It is God’s work to fill the church, it is my duty as a shepherd to faithfully preach biblical sermons.

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Dear Fellow Preacher,

Let’s commit to set down every distracting methodology of men and pick up the pulpit duty of faithful biblical preaching. If God is to fill our churches, let it be upon the preaching of His word. I’m praying for you as you prepare to preach this coming Lord’s Day.

To our pulpits; PREACH!

A recent sermon from Isaiah:

 

Public Bathroom Use Is Not the Issue

Who’s America are we living in? What is happening right before our very eyes? I have many things to say and all of them are being said by many others as well, but what woman in the nation, in her right thinking mind would feel safe in a public shared bathroom at Target? And what parent thinks it would be a good idea?

Is our government really spending time writing laws to give men the right to use women’s bathrooms and changing rooms?

Are public schools really giving confused boys permission to use girls bathrooms?

Well, this is our America and it is reason for the church to be the church.

I just finished reading a very good article by Jason Allen, president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, entitled “5 Keys to Cultivating Biblical Manhood in Your Church.” I highly recommend for you to take the time to read it. You’ll be encouraged by what Dr. Allen has to say. Send a link of this post to your pastor in case he hasn’t read it yet.

Here are a few short excerpts to show you why you need to read this article. Share this with as many pastors you know. Thank you Dr. Allen for this good article and ministry you give to the local church.

“…as Christians our primary concern is not the country or the culture—it is the home and the church. If the latter are healthy, the former will be healthier.”

“The Corinthian church had men – or rather, males – but not MEN. And it was ruinous. When men don’t act like men, the church’s spiritual infrastructure collapses.There is a defined role of leadership, authority, and protection men in the church must play. For them, and their roles, there is no substitute. When they are absent from the call of duty, disaster follows. That is why the church must work to strengthen its men and seek to cultivate biblical manhood within the congregation.”

“…as preachers, we must be committed to preaching the text of Scripture—whatever it calls us to say—and preaching it with authority. Men need an authoritative word. Weak preaching makes weak men. Small preaching never moves men to great commitment.”

“…as preachers, we must maintain clarity in our churches in relation to gender roles. This clarity should accompany both form and function.”

“Can society flourish with a diminishing masculinity and the virtual disappearance of men?  I think not. More urgently, can the church flourish without the reappearance of men?  Absolutely not. Brother pastors, let us recommit ourselves to raising up a generation of godly men, ready to lead and serve the bride of Christ.”


– See more at: http://jasonkallen.com/2016/04/5-keys-to-cultivating-biblical-manhood-in-your-church/?utm_content=buffer33c6e#sthash.74JTa4h2.dpuf

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