Sublime

PREACHING

If it’s unwise to do discipling without a church, it’s worse to do church without discipling. Yet isn’t that the case with many local churches? Christians join churches, and no one comes alongside them.

Christian elders,

As Western culture increases its speed in the race away from Christendom, as hostility to orthodox and evangelical Christianity increases and becomes increasingly legislated, we will eventually see a separation of the men from the boys. Which pastors will cave to worldly wisdom in fear for their own livelihoods and comfort, and which will fear God,

Though Mr Grimshaw often preached to great numbers, he was a no less attentive servant to a few. When any were willing to hear, he was willing to preach, and often cheerfully walked miles in the winter, in storms of wind, rain or snow, upon lonely unsheltered moors, to preach to a small company of aged, decrepit people in a cottage.25

Contrast these descriptors with the overwhelmingly dominant way the New Testament describes believers.

This past year, I started reading the 30-plus volumes of Andrew Murray's collected works. Their impact on me has been profound. Through his writing, I have gained more than any other book I read this year and feel like I have been mentored by someone who knows Jesus in a way I have yet to encounter.

This year, I also had William Carey, Howard

We all tend to be blind to how much our own culture and temperament shape how we do gospel ministry, but careful attention to the remarkable diversity of gospel ministry in the Bible can broaden us.