A Regular Pastor’s Response to The Cities Church “Protest”
This was not constitutionally-protected protest. It was anti-Christian persecution.
This was not constitutionally-protected protest. It was anti-Christian persecution.
Reading the book for myself, I was struck by the applicability of Broadus’ instruction, given the fact that the book is now over 150 years old.
What follows are a few of my favorite quotes from Broadus’ classic work on preparing and delivering sermons.
2025 was the best year ever for Regular Pastor in terms of the number of “views,” or articles read. Here’s a list of the top 10 posts from this year. Note, not all of these posts were written this year, but these are the most read posts of 2025.
In all the posts I’ve read (and written) about the shortage of pastoral candidates, Maclean’s third reason is one that few have the courage to articulate. It just doesn’t sound right to suggest that we have too many churches.
The pursuit of this kind of preaching and teaching requires the pastor / teacher to keep the varied nature of his congregation in mind. In other words, those who proclaim the Word of God must remember to whom they are speaking.
The murder, assassination, martyrdom of Charlie Kirk combined with the unhinged reaction of so many on the left lead me to the following conclusions.
Based on what I’ve seen over the last four years, the overwhelming majority of SBTC pastors seem to be in favor of a consistent complementarian position – one that reserves the title and office of elder / pastor / shepherd / overseer to qualified men.
In this post I’m listing out my eight favorite books on preaching, but I’m dividing those books into two lists. List one contains comprehensive books on preaching. List two contains niche, focused books on preaching.
Based on the biblical teaching about the person and the work of the Holy Spirit, what would we expect to see, hear, and experience if the Holy Spirit was truly at work in a local congregation. I think Scripture points us to at least 7 realities.