Archive for October, 2013

Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. (Jude 24-25) “Faultless before the Read more

This past week I was honored to host the second annual Books and BBQ event at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Our conversation last year about church planting was fruitful and engaging, and our discussion this year about the role of the pastor as theologian was even more profitable. We approached this topic because Midwestern Seminary Read more

When published in 1971, Fred Craddock’s As One without Authority landed like “a bombshell on the playground of preachers.” In it, Craddock called for a new homiletic, for preaching to start with the hearer, not the text, and for preaching to be inductive, not deductive. Craddock argued preaching was in hopeless decline and the church Read more

“So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.” (Romans 8:12) “Therefore, Brethren, We are Debtors” by Charles H. Spurgeon (Morning and Evening, February 3, Morning) As God’s creatures, we are all debtors to him: to obey him with all our body, and soul, and strength. Having broken Read more

Dr. Allen: Dr. Page, welcome to the Spurgeon Room. We are here on the campus of Midwestern Seminary in the President’s home and seated in the Spurgeon Room, named that because of the Spurgeon desk and the Spurgeon Library and different pieces on display here. We have the opportunity to host different guests here and talk Read more