( First published in the March 1999 Chalcedon report.) A Theology of Sacrifice As a truly Reformed sort of fellow, following the...

Rev. Brian M. Abshire Over the years, after listening to a great many men preach a great number of sermons, I have often asked myself, “Why did they bother?” Oh, they delineated their three points well enough, demonstrated adequately their knowledge of the pluperfect, and told their mandatory joke (and received the mandatory chuckle). But frankly, for all their time, energy, and effort, they simply had little to say worth hearing. Their preaching had no point. It is tempting