Essays on Preaching (6)
  1. Matthew’s gospel speaks the truth in love, and the truth it speaks is the dead and living Lord Jesus exclusively, and all nations, Jews and Gentiles, inclusively.
  2. In His defeat at the hands of our sin and death we are granted victory over sin and death. The location of that victory is the cross. So, we do well to honor it, cherish it, indeed, boast in it.
  3. No matter what direction you choose to go, preach the Word to deliver the Christ!
  4. To be found in Christ is to be found in the One who the angels and archangels and all the company of Heaven praise evermore in their glorious song.
  5. This is one of the earliest bits of New Testament literature, and the words of this relative of our Savior are inspired and useful for teaching and reproof, for correction and training in righteousness.
  6. If you find yourself preaching through epistles for multiple weeks, maybe, just maybe, your hearer will find something familiar from last week in what you are talking about this week which piques their interest, and even whets their appetite for what else might be coming.