God reigns over the universe as a magnificent King whose resplendent royalty fills every corner of creation. We see this especially in the psalter, which reads like a collection of coronation hymns. The book of Psalms glorifies God as King and...
One of the missing ingredients in so much preaching today is what John Piper calls a manifest allegiance to the Word of God. As Piper writes:
Our authority as preachers sent by God rises and falls with our manifest allegiance to the text of...
Think about it. Endless translations and editions of the Bible, conferences, blogs, mp3 downloads, live streams, video sermons, books, Christian music, CDs, podcasts, radio shows, social media, and the weekly classes and sermons we take...
“Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching” (1 Tim 4:13).
Augustine said that when we listen to the reading of Scripture, it is as if the Lord is present among us. For all the talk...