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The Problem with Polemical Preaching

There are many ways to impair a sermon and muffle a ministry. Unsuspecting pastors have been doing it for centuries. One such way is by means of polemics. Polemics, strictly speaking, is a strongly written or verbal argument against another position. Polemical preaching then would be a sermon that goes after a particular practice or doctrine held by another person or institution.

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2014/02/11/the-problem-with-polemical-preaching/ 

Carson Explains What Makes a Good Commentary

Good all-round commentaries help readers think their way through the text—which requires adequate handling of words, sentences, flow of thought, genre, theological presuppositions, knowledge of historical setting, and, ideally, a commentary writer who is humble and of a contrite spirit and who trembles at God’s Word. But most commentaries do not do all these things (and other things—e.g., interaction with some other commentaries) equally well. That is one of the reasons one is usually wise to consult at least two or three commentaries with different emphases.

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2014/02/12/carson-explains-what-makes-a-good-commentary/ 

Marriage and celibacy: Lifelong grace one day at a time

If the thought of enduring your marriage or lack of marriage for the rest of your life is daunting, it is because God doesn’t hand out grace in a lifetime supply. He provides it one day at a time. If you feel like God has not given you the capacity to love your spouse for a lifetime, that’s because he hasn’t. But he has given you exactly what you need to be loving today. Furthermore, God has not given celibates the grace to bear a lifetime of solitude. But he will give you what you need to make it through this day

http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2014/02/marriage-and-celibacy-lifelong-grace-one-day-at-a-time