Archive for June, 2010

GBC Sermon Audio – June 20 AM, 2010 Goliath’s had no idea what he was asking for when he bellowed like an out of tune tuba: “GIVE ME A MAN!” Wayne Grudem and John Piper identified and addressed a problem in leadership back in 1991 which is still relevant: “A controversy of major proportions has [...]

I had a homiletics professor in seminary who made a statement that, at first, I did not understand. He said, “You change the illustrations in your sermon and repreach the same outline and your people will never know the difference.” Then I started listening to his audio  sermons and completely understood his statement. His sermons were [...]

Mohler makes a statement in chapter two of He is Not Silent that could be transformational to our preaching: “Preaching is an inescapably theological act, for the preacher dares to speak of God and, in a very real sense, for God.” Therefore our preaching must be Trinitarian which “bears witness to the God who speaks, the Son who [...]

One of the debated areas of engaging culture is pulpit language. Driscoll defends his postion in this clip. There are preachers, however, who disagree with Driscoll’s use of language: Phil Johnson, Tim Challies, and John MacArthur. The following quotes are from MacArthur’s article entitled The Rape of the Song of Solomon: Apparently the shortest route to [...]

GBC Sermon Audio – June 6 PM, 2010 I was recently asked by a church member about Bob Harrington, who was named “The Chaplain of Bourbon Street” by the major of New Orleans in 1963. I had almost forgotten about him. Billy Graham said Bob Harrington was “bringing a witness for Jesus Christ to the middle [...]

GBC Sermon Audio – June 6 AM, 2010 The New South is growing. “Through urbanization and the vibrant growth of southern cities and towns, the South is becoming a center for innovative, intellectual and cultural growth”, reports Advance the Church. Advance the Church also provided some of the following information. This will greatly impact the [...]

GBC Sermon Audio – May 30 AM, 2010 In the 1920s and 30s, the Fundamentalists and the Modernists battled over the essentials of the gospel. Harry Emerson Fosdick, a liberal Baptist pastor, kicked off the controversy by preaching a sermon entitled, “Shall the Fundamentalists Win?”  Among the Fundamentalists who fought for the Gospel was T. [...]