Articles on Great Preaching
For most of church history the sermon was the main event, and some sermons changed the world. These readings are about the preached word — the great preaching of the past and how to read it today. They open up why a sermon by Whitefield or Spurgeon still burns on the page, what made these preachers, and how ordinary readers can feast on preaching centuries later. They are for anyone who loves a strong sermon, and for preachers looking to sit at the feet of masters. Each short reading points you on to the sermons themselves — the full text, free — worth reading aloud.
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The Epistles of Ignatius: A Summary and Study Guide
A reader’s guide to The Epistles of Ignatius (c. AD 107) — seven letters from a bishop on the road to martyrdom: their summary, themes, and how to read them today.
The Reformed Pastor by Richard Baxter: Summary and Study Guide
A reader's study guide to Richard Baxter's The Reformed Pastor (1656): its text in Acts 20:28, its structure, central themes, who should read it, how to read it today, and questions for reflection. Full text free on Ochorus.
How Do You Know If God Is Calling You to Ministry?
Wondering whether God is calling you to ministry? Here are the marks of a genuine call — inward desire, godly character, and the confirmation of the church — tested against Scripture.
What Makes a Godly Leader?
Biblical leadership looks nothing like the world's. Here is what makes a godly leader — servanthood, humility, character, and dependence on God — drawn from Scripture and the great pastoral classics.
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God: What Edwards Actually Said
A summary of Jonathan Edwards’s Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God: what happened at Enfield in 1741, what the sermon argues, what people get wrong about it, and how to read it today — with the full text free.
What Is the Church?
The church is not a building but a people — the body of Christ, the family of God, and the bride he died to win. Here is what the Bible says the church is, and why you need it.
Religious Affections: How to Tell Real Faith from Counterfeit
A plain guide to Jonathan Edwards’s Religious Affections: why he wrote it after the Great Awakening, the signs that prove nothing, the twelve marks of true grace, and how to read its hardest, most searching pages.