The Man from George Street, Part 4
“Now this London pastor was now very puzzled. Twice within a fortnight he had heard the same testimony. He then flew to preach in the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in…
Philip Ryken
Correction
I have been kindly and I hope reliably informed that Ray Comfort (see “The Man from George Street, Part 1”) is from New Zealand, actually.
Incarnation Poem
The following poem by Joe Bayly recently appeared in the bulletin of College Church in Wheaton: Praise God for ChristmasPraise Him for the Incarnationfor Word made flesh.I will not sing…
Of Monday Mornings
I resonate with what Derek says about Mondays, and suppose that many preachers do. I find a full day of preaching and ancillary ministry to be very draining. This summer…
The Man from George Street, Part 3
“That Baptist pastor flew to Adelaide in Australia the next week. And ten days later, in the middle of a three day series in a Baptist church in Adelaide, a…
A Good Reminder
First thing Monday morning is my main time of prayer for our missionaries. In reading and praying over recent missionary correspondence this morning I came across a good reminder from…
The Man from George Street, Part 2
A number of years ago in a Baptist church in Crystal Palace in southern London, the Sunday morning service was closing and a stranger stood up in the back, raised…
The Man from George Street, Part 1
A member of Tenth Presbyterian Church recently gave me a sermon CD from the British evangelist Ray Comfort, with a marvelous real-life story of God’s work through the ministry of…
23 and 24
At the risk of doubling Derek’s envy, Eschenbach played Mozart piano concertos 23 and 24 to rapturous applause. Our seats are on the back side of the orchestra, in the…
On Preaching One’s Own Sermons
In a November 24 letter to the editor of The Wall Street Journal, Dan Heneghan of Monkton, Maryland, decries the defense of plagiarized sermons: “The Rev. Steve Sjogren preaches that…