The King of the Jews  John 18 begins with the betrayal and arrest of Jesus. It ends with his interrogation before the Roman governor, Pilate. At this point, Jesus had already been questioned by Annas, the father-in-law of the high priest (vv. 19-23) and the high priest him, Caiaphas (vv. 24-27). Now Pilate will question Jesus about his true identity. This deposition by Pilate gives further evidence that Jesus is the King of the Jews, the fulfillment of Old Testament messianic prophesies. What does this text teach us about the kingdom of Jesus? I.  The kingdom of Jesus is established...

Stephen Nelson Rummage is the Senior-Pastor of the Bell Shoals Baptist Church near Tampa, Florida, where he has served for six years. He is also featured speaker of the Moving Forward radio broadcast, the author of several books, and guest preacher for many conferences and conventions. I highly recommend Stephen Rummage's book, Planning Your Preaching. You should also read Engaging Exposition, which Rummage wrote with Daniel Aiken and Bill Curtis. Pastor Rummage will be one of our guest speakers at the 2015 Cutting It Straight Expository Preaching Conference September 22-24, 2015, where he will lead workshops on planning your preaching and sermon delivery. You...

This weekend, the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church will celebrate 140 years of God's faithfulness! We praise God for the past! We trust god for the future! It was a joy to host the 2015 National Conference on Preaching at the Shiloh Church this week. I hope to see you at the 2015 Expositors Summit at Southern Seminary. Check out my latest post: 3 Things I Need God to Do For Me As I Preach Erik Raymond: Mix in Some Off-Speed Pitches Jay Mitchell: 5 Signs That It's Time to Hire An Executive Pastor Kevin DeYoung: 6 Reasons Why Membership Matters...

Corporate Prayer for Spiritual Breakthrough (Acts 4:23-31)

  I publicly pray before I start my sermons. I also privately pray as I preach. Can you preach and pray at the same time? You better! Multiple things go through the preacher’s mind as he preaches. I’m not sure the preacher thinks about multiple things at the same time. Rather, the mind quickly and constantly shifts from one thing to another – consisting of good and bad thoughts, true and false, wise and foolish. This is why I pray as I preach. There are three fundamental things I need God to do for as I preach. I Need God...

Happy Mother's Day!   A special happy Mother's Day to my wife, "Baby Momma," and best friend, Crystal! I love you!!! Happy Mother's Day to my mommy, Ellen Charles! Next week, the 2015 National Conference on Preaching will meet at the Shiloh Church in Jacksonville (May 12-14). It should be a great week of preaching, training, and fellowship. I hope you can join us! This week, the Shiloh Church affirmed elder-leadership. I wrote a this week about "Our Journey to Biblical Eldership." Check it out! Click here to hear my sermon "Calling Faithful Elders" (1 Peter 5:1-4) on the Shiloh...

When You Pray (Matthew 6: 5-8) 

Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. – Acts 20:28 I sat in the back seat. Two church leaders sat up front. They thought they were talking to me. They were actually talking to one another. At some point, they asked my philosophy of church leadership. I answered: “Jesus Christ is the head of the church. And he exercises his authority through a plurality of godly men.” Those two sentences express my convictions about...

Worship Through Giving (Malachi 3: 8-12)

Calling Faithful Elders (1 Peter 5: 1-4)

Good News For The Guilty (Psalms 32)

“I Was Blind, But Now I See!” John 9:1 says Jesus was passing by and saw a man blind from birth. Jesus is still passing by. And he still sees those who cannot see him! We have been blinded by sin. We have been blind since birth (Psalm 51:5). But Jesus is able to open the eyes of the blind! The miraculous healing of this blind man in John 9 teaches us that those who do not believe in Jesus are the ones who are truly blind (vv. 18-42)! John 9:1-17 records the good news that Jesus is able to...