T. DAVID GORDON: WHY JOHNNY CAN'T PREACH: The Media Have Shaped the Messengers

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T. DAVID GORDON, Professor of Religion & Greek at Grove City College in Pennsylvania, will address the theme of his book "WHY JOHNNY CAN'T PREACH: The Media Have Shaped the Messengers".

Our guest, Dr. T. David Gordon, wrote the book we are discussing today after having been diagnosed with stage III colorectal cancer. He was told he only had a 25 percent chance of survival, and believed he only had several months to live. The dominance of poor preaching from conservative evangelical and even Reformed pulpits is what Dr. Gordon most wanted to warn pastors and pastors-to-be about before leaving this earth and entering into eternity with Christ Jesus.

Praise be to God, Dr. Gordon is currently in remission, but out of his trial was born what should prove to be an invaluable tool to either prevent those desiring to enter the ministry from beginning their vocation as failures from behind the pulpit, or to rescue those well-meaning pastors who already have burdened their congregations with ineffective, impotent and fruitless sermons, perhaps for years.

Before joining the faculty of Grove City College, Dr. Gordon was an Associate Professor of New Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary for 14 years and Pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashua, NH for 9 years.

GABRIEL GROSSI: The Sovereignty of God and Preaching

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GABRIEL GROSSI, Reformed Baptist preacher and author of "Preaching With Biblical Passion" and his new book "Preaching the Gospel Message" will discuss The Sovereignty of God and Preaching (http://gabegrossi.blogspot.com/).

During this program we will also be promoting a Bible Conference in New Jersey this summer where Rev.Grossi will be featured speaking on this same topic. Renowned Bible scholar, apologist, debater and author Dr. James R. White, co-founder of Alpha & Omega Ministries is also a featured speaker among others to be announced. This event is the "Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals (ACE) Northern New Jersey Sovereignty of God Conference" to be held June 22-24, 2009 at Bread of Life Fellowship Church in Haledon, NJ. For details call Dr. Joe LoSardo at 1-866-38-BREAD (1-866-382-7323) or visit http://www.bolfellowship.org/.

Our guest Gabriel Grossi was born and raised in Italy as a Roman Catholic. After coming to the United States in 1958, Mr. Grossi was converted to Christ in 1969. He attended Reformed Episcopal Seminary in Philadelphia, PA from 1970-1973. He has been actively engaged in lay-preaching since 1979. He was privileged to be intimately involved in a church planting work in Mid-town Manhattan in New York. He has also served in the pastorate for two years. Mr. Grossi is married with two adult sons.

Mr. Grossi is offering his book “Preaching the Gospel Message” for only $8/copy+Shipping. For those who cannot afford to pay he will send the book to them free of charge. The spiral paperback book has 233 pages with 360 footnotes. His other book, Preaching with Biblical Passion is on sale for $10 plus shipping & handling.You can contact him at (973)299-1579 or send him an email at gabegrossi@verizon.net.

Visit Mr. Grossi's website: GABRIEL GROSSI "Preaching With Biblical Passion" .

Co-hosting this broadcast is Pastor Jim Capo of the Massapequa Church of God on Long Island, NY.

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DR. JOSEPH A. PIPA: CALVIN: The Preacher

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DR. JOSEPH A. PIPA, President & Professor - Historical & Systematic Theology at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Greenville, SC, will address the theme: "CALVIN: The Preacher".

This is the theme Dr. Pipa will also address at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary's Spring Theology Conference from March 10-12, 2009 on the broader theme: "JOHN CALVIN: 500 Years in Retrospect (A 21st Century Assessment)" .


Other speakers & topics at this conference include:

Dr. James McGoldrick: "John Calvin: Theologian of Head, Heart, and Hands";
Dr. George Knight: "John Calvin’s New Testament Commentaries";
Dr. Carl Trueman: "Brevity and Clarity: John Calvin the Theologian";
Dr. David Hall: "Calvin’s Principles of Government in the Venues of Church and State";
Dr. Timothy Terrell: "Calvin’s Legacy in Economic Policy";
Dr. Terry Johnson: "Calvin the Liturgist";
Dr. Mark Garcia: "Of Doorposts and Hinges: Calvin on Union with Christ";
Dr. Joel Beeke: “John Calvin: ‘The Theologian of the Holy Spirit’”;
Pastor Ian Hamilton: "Calvin the Sacramentalist";
Dr. Paul Helm: “Christian Philosophy in John Calvin".

Dr. Pipa is the author of "Root & Branch", "William Perkins & the Development of Puritan Preaching" and "The Lord’s Day", in addition to being the editor of and contributor to "Did God Create in Six Days?", "Written for our Instruction: The Sufficiency of Scripture for All of Life" and "Sanctification: Growing in Grace".

For more information on Dr. Joseph A. Pipa click here: http://www.gpts.edu/faculty/joseph_pipa.php

GABRIEL GROSSI: "WHAT IS WRONG WITH PREACHING TODAY?"

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GABRIEL GROSSI, Reformed Baptist evangelist and author of "Preaching With Biblical Passion" and his new book "Preaching the Gospel Message" will address the question: "WHAT IS WRONG WITH PREACHING TODAY?"

According to today's guest:

"American Society is in a state of crippling moral chaos, because the church is in a state of spiritual & doctrinal chaos! The only hope for our country is the preaching of the true biblical Gospel of the Word of God! Both the Evangelical and sadly some Reformed churches are diluting-denying-neglecting-avoiding to emphasize and stress every part of the Gospel Message that was stressed-highlighted and emphasized by Christ and His Apostles! The biblical weight-emphasis and priority in the modern day proclamation falls short of the Gospel Message recorded in Scripture! I am calling preachers back to the Bible to humbly re-evaluate and seriously re-examine their Gospel preaching...

...I can understand the Evangelical Church compromising the Gospel Message but I am appalled and shocked the way some Reformed churches are failing to biblically stress-emphasis and highlight every biblical part of the Gospel Message! The primary purpose of preachers is to be faithful in proclaiming the balanced Gospel committed to their trust by Christ their Lord. This biblically balanced Gospel of Scripture must proclaimed to the members and participants of churches throughout all of our country...

...The Christian Church is the last hope for our country and if we do not emphasize-stress-highlight every part of the Gospel Message, God the Holy Spirit is grieved and will not bring a genuine revival and will not produce genuine conversions unto Christ!...

... The Scriptures, the great Church Confessions and the great preachers of Church history are all to be carefully investigated to see if in fact we have departed from the Gospel Message recorded in the Bible."

Gabriel Grossi was born and raised in Italy as a Roman Catholic. After coming to the United States in 1958, Mr. Grossi was converted to Christ in 1969. He attended Reformed Episcopal Seminary in Philadelphia, PA from 1970-1973. He has been actively engaged in lay-preaching since 1979. He was privileged to be intimately involved in a church planting work in Mid-town Manhattan in New York. He has also served in the pastorate for two years. Mr. Grossi is married with two adult sons.

Mr. Grossi is offering his book “Preaching the Gospel Message” for only $8/copy+Shipping. For those who cannot afford to pay he will send the book to them free of charge. The spiral paperback book has 233 pages with 360 footnotes. His other book, Preaching with Biblical Passion is on sale for $10 plus shipping & handling.You can contact him at (973)299-1579 or send him an email at gabegrossi@verizon.net.

Gabriel Grossi is scheduled to preach this Sunday, October 12th at 10:30AM at the Massapequa Church of God, 890 Hicksville Road (Route 107), Massapequa, NY 11758 (near the border of Nassau & Suffolk County, Long Island). Call for directions and other details at (516)799-2421 or email Pastor Jim Capo at PastorCapo@optonline.net.

Visit Mr. Grossi's website: GABRIEL GROSSI "Preaching With Biblical Passion"

PASTOR DAVID T. KING: "AN OVERVIEW OF TOPICS ADDRESSED DURING LONG ISLAND SPEAKING TOUR"

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PASTOR DAVID T. KING, a minister of the Gospel for over 20 years, and the current pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Elkton, MD, will provide "AN OVERVIEW OF TOPICS ADDRESSED DURING LONG ISLAND SPEAKING TOUR".

Pastor King was recently invited to speak at four different churches on Long Island, NY. The topics addressed, and the names, locations, and contact information of the churches where he was scheduled to preach, are listed here (CDs & tapes should now be available from each church):


Wednesday, September 10th :
"THE PERSONAL TESTIMONY OF THE APOSTLE PAUL (Phil.3:1-11)"
HOPE REFORMED BAPTIST CHURCH
3239 Route 112, Suite # 2 Medford, NY 11763 (631) 696-5711http://www.hopereformedli.net/

Friday, September 12th, : "MY GOD, MY GOD! WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME? (Matt.27:46)"
MASSAPEQUA CHURCH OF GOD
890 Hicksville Road (Route 107)
Massapequa, NY 11758
(516) 799-2421

Saturday, September 13th, :"EXEGETICAL & HISTORICAL PROOF OF SOLA SCRIPTURA"
GRACE GOSPEL CHURCH
214 Falcon Avenue
Patchogue, NY 11772
(631) 289-5495
http://www.gracegospelchurch.com/
Sunday, September 14th, 9:30am, 11am & 6pm9:30am:"HOLY SCRIPTURE AS THE ONLY NORMA NORMANS NON NORMATA: (Scripture Alone Sets the Terms & Nothing External to it Can Correct It)"
11am: "WHO IS GOD? (One Portrait from Isaiah 57:15)"
6pm: "THE AGONY OF GETHSEMANE (Matt.26:36-46)"
GRACE REFORMED BAPTIST CHURCH OF LONG ISLAND
36 Smith Street
Merrick, NY 11566
(516) 379-2408
http://www.gracereformedbaptistchurch.com/

PASTOR DAVID T. KING has been a minister of the Gospel for over 20 years. David is a graduate of Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, MS (M.Div. 1983), and has served as Pastor/Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) and also the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC), where he just recently answered the call to the pastorate of Christ Presbyterian Church in Elkton, MD . He is married, and has one grown child, a daughter. He is co-author with William Webster of the groundbreaking, three-volume set, "Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of Our Faith" (see http://www.christiantruth.com/), which is a defense of the Reformation principle of sola Scriptura, including irrefutable documentation that this principle was a firmly held belief among the Church Fathers long before the Reformation and was not an invention of 16th century rebels.

His work has exposed the many errors and massive historical revisionism in which popular Roman Catholic apologists engage on the issue of Scripture and tradition. In addition to David's pastoral responsibilities and research activities, he has in the recent past been a guest on Christian talk radio as well as a featured speaker at Bible conferences dealing with various issues of Roman Catholicism. He has earned a very well deserved reputation for being an extremely powerful preacher and an extraordinarily gifted communicator.

WILLIAM SHISHKO: "What's Wrong with Preaching Today?"

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WILLIAM SHISHKO, pastor of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Franklin Square, Long Island, NY will address the theme: "What's Wrong with Preaching Today?"

Topics considered will be:

How is the content of preaching today deficient?

How is the manner of preaching today deficient?

how is the training of preachers today deficient?

Are some preachers today unworthy of their office?

During Pastor Shishko's time ministering to the Franklin Square congregation the church has been blessed with significant numerical growth, and has overseen the formation of two mission churches, one in Mount Vernon, NY and the other in Bohemia, NY.

Pastor Shishko has been privileged to serve on various presbytery committees, and also on the OPC denominational Committees on Coordination, Ecumenicity, Home Missions, and Christian Education. Along with his regular pastoral duties he currently serves as one of the instructors for the Ministerial Training Institute, OPC. He is also an Adjunct Faculty member of Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Taylors, SC, where he teaches in the department of Applied Theology. He has written numerous articles for the OPC publications NEW HORIZONS and ORDAINED SERVANT, as well as magazines such as The Banner of Truth . His public ministries have taken him to various foreign mission fields, including Suriname, Cyprus, Egypt, Uganda, China, Eritrea, and Wales, and his conference ministries have been carried out in a number of states in our own nation. In addition to these, he continues to make use of his radio training by producing and hosting a variety of programs that are periodically aired in the metropolitan New York area.

TODD WILSON: "PREACH THE WORD"

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TODD WILSON, co-editor of PREACH THE WORD: Essays on Expository Preaching (In Honor of R. Kent Hughes), a book which includes chapters by such extraordinary expositors and exegetes as John MacArthur, D.A. Carson, Wayne Grudem and others. Our guest Todd Wilson is associate pastor of adult training and ministries at College Church in Wheaton, Illinois , and an adjunct instructor in biblical studies at Wheaton College . He has authored two books and several scholarly articles. This volume celebrates veteran pastor Kent Hughes's legacy of preaching God's Word by examining what it means to be an expository preacher.

Dr. Hughes, the man of God for whom the book being discussed during this broadcast is dedicated, has had thirty-five years of ministry divided evenly into ten years as a youth pastor, five years as a church planter, and twenty years as senior pastor of College Church in Wheaton, IL. He is the author of more than twenty-five books, among which are Disciplines of a Godly Man and Liberating Ministry From the Success Syndrome. He is in the midst of a life-long project of completing the Preaching the Word commentary series of the entire New Testament, and is the editor of the Old Testament for the same series. College Church is noted for its world-wide missions outreach, because half of its total budget goes to world missions.

PASTOR JIM HARRISON: "The Centrality Of Preaching In The Life And Ministry Of The Local Church"

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PASTOR JIM HARRISON pastor of Red Mills Baptist Church, Mahopac Falls, NY, and Chairman of the CB Spurgeon Fellowship will address the topic, "The Centrality Of Preaching In The Life And Ministry Of The Local Church."