The Church Has Only One Thing To Offer
This article, as part of my sabbatical, is a reminder of content you may have missed in 2012. Last year I got fed up with the Church trying to offer the world tamer versions of popular culture. Here’s...
View ArticleThe Gospel Is Beautiful
This article, as part of my sabbatical, is a reminder of content you may have missed in 2012. In this post I looked to St. Chrysostom to help comprehend just how marvelous the message of Christianity...
View ArticleA Gospel-Centered Eulogy
This is the final article of my sabbatical. I have a lot of new content I’m excited to share with you in the next few weeks. Death is powerful. I’ve heard it said that the Surgeon General should issue...
View ArticleWhy I Believe The Resurrection Is Historical Fact
Why are you a Christian? Why is the building you attend church standing there? Why do we have centuries’ worth of hymns and books? Why is the Bible the best-selling book of all time? Because we believe...
View ArticleThe Typology of Good Friday
The cross wasn’t Plan B. It wasn’t God’s attempt to fix a plan spiraling out of control: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual...
View ArticleYou Do What You Love
This post is part of a series about the gospel’s power for sanctification: How to use the gospel to kill sin. How to use the gospel to pursue holiness. How to use the gospel to pursue holiness (part...
View ArticleThe Gospel Isn’t About You
When we think about the gospel or gospel-centered preaching and Bible study we most frequently focus no the cross and the theme of redemption. But redemption is not an end in itself. God did not save...
View ArticleWhat Is Typology?
Typology is very important to gospel-centered Bible study. It is probably the main thing people think about when they hear “gospel-centered.” But what is typology? Typology – A hermeneutical concept in...
View ArticleWhy Your Gospel-Centered Sermons Fail
Have you connected your passage to the cross but don’t know what to do with that info? Are you standing there saying, “Hey look, this passage points to Jesus,” and your audience asks, “So what?” You...
View ArticleYour Gospel-Centered Outlook Is Too Small
This sounds heretical in gospel-centered circles: We might preach about the cross too much. Or, put another way, not every gospel-centered sermon must be a cross-centered sermon. Before you stone me,...
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