Sermons and Preaching
Parable of the Dragnet (Matthew 13:47-50 Teaching Outline)
Introduction: In a sermon on this passage, John MacArthur gives the following sober reminder: Our Lord spoke very much and very often about hell. He said many things about the abode of the damned, the wicked, the Christ rejecters. But of all of the startling, terrifying things that Jesus ever said, perhaps the most startling was when…
Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl of Great Price (Matthew 13:44-46 Teaching Outline)
Introduction: In the past weeks we have examined four of the seven kingdom parables contained in Matthew 13. We first looked at the Parable of the Sower, which described the reactions that could be expected to the good news about the kingdom, and we saw that there would be many who would not truly believe.…
Parables of the Mustard Seed and of the Leaven (Matthew 13:31-35 Teaching Outline)
Introduction: John MacArthur illustrates well the primary point made by these two parables: Small things can have, ultimately, very large effects. All music, all symphonies, concertos, oratorios, hymns, songs, all music comes basically from eight notes. All the profound words that have ever been uttered or written in the English language come from 26 letters.…
Parable of the Wheat and the Tares (Matthew 13:24-30; 36-43 Teaching Outline)
Introduction: The December 18, 2001 entry of Our Daily Bread seeks to apply this parable for us. I want to quote it in full in order to illustrate an important issue when seeking to interpret this parable correctly: For 11 years, an official at a Michigan community college impressed fellow workers as a highly qualified…
Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1-9; 18-23 Teaching Outline)
Introduction [After having read all of verses 1-23]: I recently read a testimonial from someone who attended the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. Here is a part of that testimonial: I have, for a long time, been passionate about making the Bible relevant in contemporary culture and talking to people where they are at. So…
Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders (Matthew 7:24-27 Teaching Outline)
Introduction: The Sermon on the Mount, like most sermons today, has both an introduction and a conclusion. The introduction consists of the thought-provoking and heart-penetrating Beatitudes, but the conclusion consists of a simple illustration intended to drive home the crucial choice left to the hearers. And it shows us that we have been brought by Jesus…
Al Mohler on the Importance of Expository Preaching
Recently Al Mohler has written an excellent series of articles highlighting the importance of expository preaching. In this series he seeks to encourage Evangelicals to recover the centrality of expository preaching in their churches. Here are the links to all three articles: Expository Preaching—The Antidote to Anemic Worship — In this article Dr. Mohler rightly concludes that “The…
James White on the Reality and Blessing of Apostasy
I’m sure none of this blog’s readers would be surprised to see a message posted here entitled “The Reality of Apostasy,” but you may be surprised to see a message entitled “The Blessing Apostasy.” Well, I encourage you to listen to both of these messages from Dr. White, who offers both strong warning and great encouragement to…
John MacArthur Adresses the Issue of Multisite Churches
Once again I find myself in agreement with John MacArthur. In fact, I also see it as a real problem today that so many professing Christians are willing to substitute listening to or watching videos of sermons for actually assembling together with other believers to personally hear the word preached. What do you think?
Free Audio And Video Series From R.C. Sproul
Ligonier Ministries is offering many of R.C. Sproul’s audio and video teaching series online for free here. The many series available for free include his classic Biblical and theological teaching on being chosen by God, the holiness of God, the providence of God, justification by faith alone, and the Trinity. There are also many series…