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Experiential preaching is applicatory
Experiential preaching is applicatory. It applies the text to every aspect of the listener’s life, promoting religion that is not just a “form of godliness” but also the “power” of God (2 Tim. 3:5). Robert Burns (1789–1869) says that experiential religion is “Christianity brought home to ‘men’s business and bosoms.’”...
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Developing Good Communication Skills
When you marry, you enter a covenant of companionship. Malachi 2:14 says, “The wife of thy youth” is “thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.” But healthy, God-honoring companionship cannot exist without good communication. As husband and wife, you must seek by God’s grace to develop good ways of...
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Assurance Well-Cultivated Produces Fruits
Westminster 18.3 stresses that assurance produces God-glorifying, delightful fruit, so that the believer’s “heart may be enlarged in peace and joy in the Holy Ghost, in love and thankfulness to God, and in strength and cheerfulness in the duties of obedience, the proper fruits of this assurance; so far is...
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Receiving the Preached Word
King James II of England, when battling the Puritans, sent a proclamation to all the ministers in the Church of England, demanding that it be read to every congregation on Sunday. Knowing that the bill opposed New Testament Christianity as well as the Puritan style of preaching, the Puritans detested...
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Remember the Value of Prayer
The disciples wanted to learn to pray because they saw the place that prayer had in the life of our Lord (Luke 11:1). We should always remember these five truths: prayer is essential for the well-being of your own soul; prayer is essential for you to fulfill your calling in...
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The Blessing of Childlike Faith
There once was a gentleman in New York named Mr. Smith, who said he did not believe in God. He never went to church, of course, and never read the Bible. He did not believe that Jesus is God, or that He died and rose again to save sinners. Yet,...
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Priest in the home
When question 31 of the Heidelberg Catechism asks why Jesus is called the Christ, the second part of its answer is, “to be our only High Priest, who by the one sacrifice of His body, has redeemed us, and makes continual intercession with the Father for us.” Christ’s priestly work...
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Practical Helps for Reading the Bible
If we are going to be successful in attempting to read the Bible, we must discipline ourselves. Lots of people have had good intentions for reading the Bible but have ultimately given up on it. Maybe you’re one of them. Perhaps the reasons we just went over for reading the...
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Examples of Victorious Death
God gives dying grace to His people for death’s hour. Some of His people die with little fanfare. They depart this life quietly, serenely, with barely a sigh. For others, the king of terrors is more violent, but Jesus brings them through in the end and gives them the victory....
