Tuesday is for Preaching How do our people learn how to proclaim the gospel? It is a pretty simple question but one that is not asked very often. Let’s face facts. When we offer EE classes, or evangelism training or sermonic exhortations to proclaim the gospel or recommendations for books to be read or whatever … More Equipping the Saints for this Task is Your Job Preacher
Tuesday is for Preaching I remember reading in a book on the early preachers of the church that the great preacher John Chrysostom (a posthumous name given to him, meaning John the Golden Tongued) would regularly finish his sermons to great applause for his eloquence, power, and wisdom. At some point, John began to be … More Seeking Applause or Application
Tuesday is for Preaching Day 24 How Does the Candidate Speak for Life? Is Abortion that Important? Proverbs 24 If you are preaching next week on Right to Life Sunday or if you want to help your church do something about the horror that is abortion, I offer you this PDF file as a possible insert … More For Right to Life Sunday
On Friday I am going to start another countdown, the five blog posts I wish had captured more discussion in 2010. Today I am posting some information on a the Gospel Boot Camp by Dr. David Nicholas. David wrote me today and asked if I would put a plug in for the seminar–something I was … More Gospel Boot Camp Opportunities
#3 Post by Reader Visits in 2010: This post also had one the shortest post, with one of the longest comment threads, and attracted some “luminaries” from the church planting field (Ed Stetzer, Jim Elliff, Felicity Dale among them). To read and make new contribute to the original comment thread, click on the link at … More The Number 3 Post from 2010
Tuesday is for Preaching Years ago, when I taught preaching at a seminary in California, I loved to quote Alexander Whyte (1836-1921) on the preaching of Nathan the prophet. Here Whyte comments on Nathan’s message to David after David has committed adultery with Bathsheba. “Preaching is magnificent work if only we could get preachers like … More Preaching is Meddlesome Business.
Tuesday is for Preaching In the Spring of 1994, an article appeared in Leadership Magazine titled, “The Celebrity-Pastor Syndrome.” Reading it now is like reading a piece of prophecy. Author Bob Shank talks about the tendency in larger churches to create a climate where people “follow the star and not the Son. Some of you … More Following a Star Rather than the Son
Tuesday is for Preaching A Message Outline for 2 Samuel 11 Message Title: Spiritual Bankruptcy is Not as Far Away as You Think ( I like titles that hint at application. ) Three Points: (Usually narrative passages don’t lend themselves to this kind of linear outline but this one does. I tried to keep the … More If You Tolerate Sin In Your Life Today, You Will Tolerate More Tomorrow.
Tuesday is for Preaching Here’s a video of Tim Keller on what the Bible is all about. If you preach the word of God, if you have the responsibility of opening the word of life for a flock of God’s people, you need to wrestle with what Tim Keller says here. Then you need to … More Why Every Message Ought to be About the Gospel
Almost a year ago, just before Christmas, we were hit with blizzard winds and snow here in Bolingbrook. Stephnie and I decided to have worship here, in the confines of our home with our just-from-college-returned son, and pre-c0llege daughter rather than brave the chill of winter and another visit to a church that is not … More Longing to Know that I Need Him Every Hour
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