Each Sunday I will post a link to a sermon because after all, Sunday is for sermons.
This week’s sermon comes from Dr. John Piper’s message at the Gospel Coalition Conference in Chicago.
You can find it here.
It is perhaps one of the most important messages a young pastor can hear due to the depth of it’s wisdom, passion, and encouragement.
Last week I found a great deal on the sermons of Charles Spurgeon through Christianbooks.com. You can pick them up here. I’ve read only the first few sermons of the first volume so far but have already been deeply blessed by Spurgeon’s words. The passion, urgency, and eloquence of which Spurgeon wrote, and no doubt spoke, was unique in his time and is still relevant and rare today. (In fact the only preacher who comes to mind that speaks so honestly and passionately today is John Piper.)
It is not surprising that Spurgeon’s church was one of the largest of his day. His words were piercing and tough. His theology was sound. His convictions were unwavering. Most of all, however, his passion for the spread of the Gospel was paramount in his ministry. It cannot be said today, much less throughout history, that most pastors and churches have made the spread of the Gospel their one single objective but Spurgeon did. We can see Spurgeon’s call to his fellow pastors in his sermon on the Bible: “Gentlemen, pull the velvet out of your mouths; speak God’s word; we want none of your alterations.”
Sadly, today we still have a majority of preaching done with “velvet” in the mouths. It is good for pastors to be challenged in this way for the Gospel is not the natural default setting for anyone’s heart. I say to you preachers, read Spurgeon. Heed his words when he says that we want none of your alterations. Study the Bible with fervor. Preach with conviction. Teach your people the Gospel and all its glory.
Well hello blogosphere. I’m a late adopter to most things concerning the internet. I joined twitter about a month ago and hardly ever use facebook for any reason. Now I’m going to try my hand at blogging on a regular basis. I hope to get about three posts a week and we’ll see how that works for me.
Here is some goodness to start off the blog. Enjoy.
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