Preaching
The Hermeneutics Quiz
Scott McKnight is curious as to how we read the Bible and has developed a great quiz to think though… take a look at this quote, and enjoy the linked article and quiz. (And comment back to us what type of interpreter you are!)
I’m curious why one of my friends dismisses the Friday-evening-to-Saturday-evening Sabbath observance [...]
MondayMorningInsight – Leadership & Encouragement for Church Leaders
As an exegetical preacher I struggle, mightily, to preach at Holy Cross. Primarily this is because of the time limit placed upon us – 12-14 minutes. I religiously adhere to the time… but find it difficult to communicate as well as when I have 20-25 minutes.
But where is the problem? Is it in the time [...]
3 Myths about Preaching Today | Out of Ur | Conversations for Ministry Leaders
If anything then, far from trying to make the Scriptures relevant, the goal of preaching is to make everything else irrelevant. It is the re-narrating of ourselves corporately into God.
via 3 Myths about Preaching Today | Out of Ur | Conversations for Ministry Leaders.
Our Posture Before the Bible
Martyn Lloyd-Jones: “You have a very small brain and you have a very poor spirit within you; do not be surprised that you cannot understand.”
What wise words! If we don’t understand something in the Bible (or in many other places) we should seek to become learners rather than judging from our perspective that which we [...]
Fearful Preaching? « Biblical Preaching
“we have become so hypercautious that our sermons at best offend no one and at worst merely bore.” (p12)
Do we challenge people with our sermons?
Do I challenge people with my sermons? (perhaps a better question!)
Do we “offend” like Jesus did when he said that “if we don’t make Him the center of our very lives [...]
John Stott’s Paradoxes of Preaching « Biblical Preaching
John Stott’s list of the five paradoxes of preaching:
1. Authentic Christian preaching is both biblical and contemporary
2. Authentic Christian preaching is both authoritative and tentative
3. Authentic Christian preaching is both prophetic and pastoral
4. Authentic Christian preaching is both gifted and studied
5. [...]
What comes first in preaching?
Do we “make the text relevant” or do we show “how the text is relevant?” To use Stott’s approach in Between Two Worlds, is the text boss of the message, or is the preacher? This is where expository preaching is separated from other approaches (again, not a form issue, an authority issue). [...]
What is good preaching?
…expository preaching allows great freedom…only the constraints of accurately interpreting the text and effectively communicating with the listener… (Greg would add… and making it clear to the listener HOW one got from interpretation to communication)
Preaching without context, expiation, and prayer…
A text without its context… is pretext
Exposition without expiation… is exploitation
Preaching without prayer… is presumption
Connecting Sunday to Small Groups
Information overload — that is the world we are living in. It is happening in the church as well. Our children have their curriculum; our teens are doing something else; the message is on one topic; our personal devotions often on yet another; and then our small group is doing an entirely different [...]
