A Pilgrim's Progress

Acts 18:24-28 Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scripture...

When we look at Jesus Christ's earthly ministry we see quite a bit of teaching. While some of it contained back-and-forth conversation...

Jesus Christ is both a shocking revolutionary and an uncompromising challenger . He's also an excellent teacher. We see all thre...

Jesus Christ's teachings in the Beatitudes are nothing short of world changing. They take people's general expectations and fli...

Jesus Christ's first teachings in the bible come in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew chapters 5-7). The initial section of this sermon...

Every good Christian teacher points to scripture over and over. The bible must be the source of any instruction that occurs within the l...

Pastors generally preach with good intent. It is the outcome that is the problem. Week after week, pastors speak to a silent audienc...

This particular post applies not just to professional pastors. Rather, I'm taking aim at the Protestant sacrament known as "The...

Sermons dominate the American church landscape. Regardless of denomination, tradition, or style, the vast majority of churches employ pr...

A few days ago I blogged about different things being edifying to different people as the church gathers . My conclusion was that the churc...

In a previous post , I asked whether or not elders should teach. Now I'll ask a related question: Should elders teach in a different m...

Should elders teach? This is a question that is rarely asked in the church today. The assumed answer is almost always "Yes, of co...

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritua...

Matthew 23:1-12 tells us the following: Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Mos...

In Paul's letter to the Colossians, the apostle spends quite a bit of time discussing the preeminence of Jesus Christ . Paul is concer...

Teaching is an interesting topic when it comes to the church.  There are many questions involved such as who?, when?, where?, what?, how?, a...