How Can Expository Sermons Avoid Being Wooden and Uncreative? (Colin Smith, The Gospel Coalition)
There is a kind of preaching that reflects the disciples’ spirit: dutiful, disciplined, and faithful, but also wooden, joyless, and predictable. What we need is more preaching that reflects the spirit of Mary.
Walking with our children through suffering (Sarah Walton, ERLC)
What do we do when suffering strikes in our kid’s lives? How do we prepare our children for a world that involves disappointment, pain and loss?
Learning from the Christmas Lights We Hang (Dillon Mack, Unlocking the Bible)
Christmas lights can teach us something significant about how to share the good news of the gospel this time of year. In fact, the Bible itself uses lights to describe how we can evangelize people all year round.
Which Old-Testament Promises Apply to Me? (John Piper, Desiring God)
How can we discern if warnings or promises directed towards Israel are applicable to other nations, the body of Christ in the global church, or even to ourselves as individuals?
Incredible Indian Christianity: A Special Report on the World’s Most Vibrant Christward Movement (Jeremy Weber, Christianity Today)
“Many Americans think nothing is happening among Christians in India….We have to change that opinion.”
The post Key Connections (November 30, 2016) appeared first on Unlocking the Bible.