Tuesday is for Preaching [Revised from 2011] I have been running into a surprising number of layman recently whose cry is depressingly similar. In Chicago, here in the suburbs, in Indiana, in Michigan, downstate in Illinois and now, in South Carolina and I keep hearing the same thing. “My pastor isn’t teaching the Bible.” “My … More Preacher, Work Harder.
Tuesday is for Preaching Advice for Young Preachers Just out of Seminary / Bible College or in your first full time preaching assignment: Circular file all conference/seminar invitations for the next two to three years. Concentrate on loving people, studying the Word of God, and praying for your people and neighborhood. Practice the 5-5-5 plan* … More Advice for Young Preachers
Tuesday is for Preaching Commenting on Jesus quoting Isaiah 61:1f where both kerussein and euaggelizesthai both appear in the LXX, Friedrich states: “He proclaims, like a herald, the year of the Lord, the Messianic age. When heralds proclaimed the year of jubilee throughout the land with the sound of the trumpet, the year began, the … More Proclaiming Like a Herald
Tuesday is for Preaching What does preaching look like in a house church? There isn’t just one answer to that question. In some, there is no preaching. In some, everyone preaches. In some, preaching is more conversational. In some, it is very much like the preaching that you would hear in a more traditional church … More What Makes Preaching in a House Church So Good? (or bad)
Tuesday is for Preaching With groups like Westboro Baptist (I refuse to call them a church) claiming to represent Christianity and God to the nation, and the tragedies unfolding in Japan, it is important to give some testimony of Jesus with regard to disaster and suffering. One day Jesus had some in his audience come … More Why the Earthquake/Tsunami/Nuclear Disaster in Japan Needs to be Processed through the Words of Jesus
Tozer and Lloyd-Jones would be in perfect sync on this point. Tuesday is for Preaching My beautiful bride passed this jewel along to me. Remember, your preaching will be powerful because you walk with God. It will be weak and anemic because you don’t. It may be popular without holiness but it will only be … More Being Popular vs Being Powerful
Tuesday is for Preaching Mark Dever in his book Nine Marks of a Healthy Church, lays out his list of what it takes to have a healthy church. According to Mark, they are: Expository Preaching Biblical Theology The Gospel A Biblical Understanding of Conversion A Biblical Understanding of Evangelism A Biblical Understanding of Church Membership … More Is Expository Preaching the Key to a Healthy Church?
Remind the Flock You Shepherd Remind Your Own Heart “Every choice away from the will of God is a choice to diminish our enjoyment of God. Any diminution of God’s law or application of it in our situation is always—no matter how reasonable it appears, no matter how pleasurable the immediate gratification or how stress-reducing … More Destroying Our Joy in God
For Preaching Seven Things to Cultivate Know God. –Your people need to have a man of God in front of them. Why should the congregation listen to you if don’t know God better this week than last? Know the Text. –Your job is to study. Why should they spend their time listening if you have … More How to Keep Preaching from Destroying Your Soul
Tuesday is for Preaching In the year 2000, Mark Dever came out with his book Nine Marks of a Healthy Church. Today, Mark is a house-hold name, a luminary on the evangelical conference circuit. He is a fine and thoughtful expositor of the word and a wonderful throw-back to another age when pastors were theologians … More Mark Dever and Expository Preaching
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