Table of Contents
Preface to the New Edition ix
1 Brothers, We Are Not Professionals 1
2 Brothers, God Loves His Glory 5
3 Brothers, God Is Love 10
4 Brothers, God Does Make Much of Us 16
5 Brothers, Live and Preach Justification by Faith 25
6 Brothers, God Is the Gospel 40
7 Brothers, Beware of the Debtor's Ethic 49
8 Brothers, Tell Them Not to Serve God 55
9 Brothers, Consider Christian Hedonism 61
10 Brothers, Let Us Pray 68
11 Brothers, Beware of Sacred Substitutes 74
12 Brothers, Fight for Your life 79
13 Brothers, Be Bible-Oriented-Not Entertainment-Oriented-Preachers 85
14 Brothers, Query the Text 92
15 Brothers, Bitzer Was a Banker 98
16 Brothers, Read Christian Biography 106
17 Brothers, Show Your People Why God Inspired Hard Texts 113
18 Brothers, Pursue the Tone of the Text 120
19 Brothers, Save the Saints 125
20 Brothers, Feel the Truth of Hell 132
21 Brothers, Lead Them to Repentance through Their Pleasure 138
22 Brothers, Help Them Act the Miracle 144
23 Brothers, Magnify the Meaning of Baptism 154
24 Brothers, Our Affliction Is for Their Comfort 163
25 Brothers, Let the River Run Deep 169
26 Brothers, Don't Fight Flesh Tanks with Peashooter Regulations 174
27 Brothers, Bodily Training Is of Some Value 182
28 Brothers, Don't Confuse Uncertainty with Humility 192
29 Brothers, Tell Them Copper Will Do 200
30 Brothers, Help Your People Hold On and Minister in Calamity 206
31 Brothers, Give Them God's Passion for Missions 219
32 Brothers, Sever the Root of Racism 228
33 Brothers, Blow the Trumpet for the Unborn 240
34 Brothers, Focus on the Essence of Worship, Not the Form 256
35 Brothers, Love Your Wives 270
36 Brothers, Pray for the Seminaries 283
Name Index 291
Subject Index 295
Scripture Index 301