He’s had a tough day at work, with deadlines to meet, the boss on his case, clients unhappy about anything and everything. On top of all that, he’s not sleeping well because of stress, and he’s gained 15 pounds in three months because, well, he just owes it to himself to eat what he likes. … Continue reading Expectation is premeditated resentment
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I had my first meeting yesterday after church with fourteen men and young men who want to learn about the calling and the work of preaching. We enjoyed lunch around the table in a classroom and for 90 minutes discussed the first eight chapters of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones' classic work, "Preaching and Preachers." I hadn't … Continue reading The Primacy of Preaching
In his classic, "Preaching and Preachers," Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones writes, "The New Testament preachers, the Apostles, did not have to go round the houses and urge people to come to the services. The difficulty confronting the Apostles was to send them home!"
Paul said the reason he wrote the first letter to Timothy was "that you may know how to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and the ground of the truth." (1 Tim. 3:15) This says to me, even at first glance, that Timothy was … Continue reading The Pillar and the Ground of the Truth
J. Mark Fox 