I rather choose to term grace invincible, than irresistible. –John Newton John Newton is not alone in his desire to retitle the doctrine of irresistible grace. Many after Newton have preferred the phrase “effectual calling” simply because calling grace “irresistible”… Continue Reading
Imagine, you’re driving by a terrible accident on the highway. Do you look? Or do you turn away? I’m the guy who looks. When you tell me not to look down I can’t help myself. When you say, “Gross, look… Continue Reading
It’s Friday morning and the sweet lady who does the church bulletins is hounding you for a sermon title. You’re still laboring over the text and not quite sure what shape the sermon will take. You’ll have something by that… Continue Reading
In his book, Preaching to a Post-Everything World, Zack Eswine asks a very good question. “Could I now reach who I once was?” He goes on to say this: Each preacher is a human being who once was a child… Continue Reading