Tuesday is for Tozer Preaching: Imperfect Interpreters “Having been born again…through the word of God which lives and abides forever…. Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.” –1 Peter 1:23,25 Tozer comments with great honesty about the difficulty of speaking the words of truth. “Now, I suppose more … More Figuring Out How to Preach and What the Word Says
Weekend Links Enjoy your weekend, but make it count for eternity. Training Better Preachers Seven Questions to Ask of Your Message Every Week Better Thinking About Reaching Your Neighbors 10 Questions Your Neighbors are Not Asking About Your Church (Perry Noble) Romancing Your Neighborhood (Michael Frost–Exponential Conference Audio) Growing Better Christians Three Book Reviews from … More Training Better Preachers; Growing Better Christians; Thinking Better Doctrine; Loving Neighbors Better
Over on Facebook yesterday, Neil Cole started a discussion that was quite lengthy with a retweet of @lanceford: If North American pastors worked as hard at Disciple-making as they do on Sermon-making we could change the world//Prob true! I’m not sure if the “Prob true!” comment is Neil’s or Lanceford’s. The Discussion went on for … More Neil Cole: A Bridge (destruction) Too Far (Is Preaching Part of Discipleship)
Monday Preaching Reflections I have noticed a tendency in many young preachers, church planters, youth pastors, new communicators to embrace an “I need to be funny” mentality. Listening to them, one get’s the impression that they agonize over how they need to “connect” with people at some “funny-bone” level in order to prove themselves or … More You Don’t Need to be Funny. You Need to be Passionate and Dependent.
A. W. Tozer’s Corner Tozer contends for the priority of spending time with God, knowing God, passionately pursuing God, resting in God–is the best preparation for powerful preaching of the God of the gospel. And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” –Mark 16:15 Recall what … More The Best Evangelists are the Best Worshipers
Wednesday is for Prayer Preaching on the Kingdom of God this month from Matthew 13. Couldn’t help but think about Rich Mullins song, The Other Side of the World. Here’s the lyrics followed by a video of Rich and the Ragamuffin Band. I miss Rich Mullins. Won’t it be great to see him again in heaven? … More Longing For the King and the Kingdom
Weekend Links No time for a lot of annotation but I think you will find these links interesting. Obviously, I don’t agree with every post in totality but found all of them challenging and helpful. Whimsy Picking the All-TIme Best All Stars (Thomas Sowell—normally involved in much more cerebral pursuits, Thomas Sowell demonstrates that his … More Daughters and Dads; Chris Christie and the Supreme Court; Killing Sin with John Piper; Baseball; Fearful Pastors and more
Tuesday is for Preaching Just came into possession of a new book on preaching wisdom literature. My daughter and her husband gave me a copy of Douglas Sean O’Donnell’s The Beginning and End of Wisdom: Preaching Christ from the First and Last Chapters of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job. The title and subtitle are long but the book … More The Beginning and End of Wisdom
Sometimes we aim in one direction and hit something we never intended. This brief article from Kairos Journal challenges us not to fear the “collateral damage” that our preaching might produce in a culture that needs radical transformation. Are you a babysitter or a prophet? Collateral Damage 23 About that time there arose a great disturbance about … More What is the Collateral Damage of Your Preaching? Are you a babysitter or a prophet?
Tuesday is for Preaching Nine to Six Months Before I Preach Pray through the needs of the congregation. Talk to elders, small group leaders, my wife, the staff of the church for their sense of the needs. Select a book of the Bible to address those needs. Read and pray through the book a number … More A Plan for Preaching the Word Rather than Yourself
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