Rickesh Patel

Application as Character

The late college basketball coach John Wooden said, “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” We all believe that character is imp... Read More »

Tips for Freshening Application

Preaching is not merely a transmission of facts; it is at least this, but it answers the question of “So what?” with these facts. Preaching is application-oriented. Haddon Robinson said, “Application gives expository preaching purpose.”[1]Haddon Robins... Read More »

The Preacher’s Logos

D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones described preaching as “Logic on fire! Eloquent reason!” He continued by basing this reason, not on callous rationalism, but on the truth of Scripture itself when he said, “Reason concerning this Truth ought to be mightily eloquent,... Read More »

Preaching God’s Unchangeableness

Society has made many advances in the last few centuries. Illnesses that used to be certain death sentences now have routine procedures. With travel, people can cross land or sea in a matter of hours versus months. With these advances, some expect our world to... Read More »