Tuesday is for Preaching For five years before coming to Illinois to plant a church planting church, I taught preaching at a seminary in California. I left the seminary to plant a church that would plant churches and be committed to the exposition of books of the Bible. I was and am convinced that God’s … More A Plea for Preaching of the Word of God
Tuesday is for Preaching Joshua 1 “Be strong and courageous” (Vs 6) “Only be strong and very courageous” (Vs. 7) “Be strong and courageous.” (Vs. 9) “Do not be frightened, and Do not be dismayed” (Vs. 9) Five times in the span of 4 verses God tells Joshua essentially what Jesus told the disciples on … More Preacher, Be Bold
Great preaching inspires the body of Christ to love the Savior more and understand the magnificence of God. Here’s a two minute sermon jam from some friends of Matt Chandler. Take two minutes to hear Matt exalt the risen Christ and then spend two minutes praying for Matt and his battle with an aggressive brain … More Preaching is Magnificent Work
Tuesday is for Preaching For first thoughts click here. Translated chapter one. Collected the commentaries I will utilize: Hess, Tyndale OT Commentary Keil in the K and D Commentary: Joshua Herzog, Battles of the Bible Gaebelein, in Expositor’s Bible Commentary Series. Howard, Joshua New American Commentary Series Younger, Eerdman Bible Commentary pp. 174-189 (still need … More Second Thoughts on Preaching the Book of Joshua
Tuesday is for Preaching For more click here. I’m working on a ten messages series from the book of Joshua. Haven’t gotten to the Hebrew yet. Have just done some of the preliminary work. read the text in two translations finished a book chart took note of major big picture issues (key chapters, key verses, … More Preliminary Thoughts on Preaching the Book of Joshua
Tuesday is for Preaching This week I will be preaching at First Baptist Church, in Bolingbrook, IL. First Baptist is led by a bright young pastor from Texas with a great mind, a superior education in the biblical languages, and a fantastic heart for God. This week, he is away and has asked me to … More Admonitions for Preachers
Tuesday is for Preaching Had the opportunity to preach the book of Habakkuk to a grieving church this past Sunday. What an incredible privilege to stand before people and know that you have a word of hope from the living God. I. Habakkuk 1:1-11 Habakkuk’s First Problem: God’s people are wicked and God … More Hope for Hard Times from God through the Prophet Habakkuk
Tuesday is for Preaching Recent survey done by Lifeway Research shows a gross lack of gospel understanding in American Churches. According to the survey results an overwhelming majority of pastors are not setting forth a clear, complete, logical and sequential presentation of the Bad News/Good News. One pastor is doing something about it. Dr. David … More Do We Need Gospel Bootcamps for Preachers?
Missional Discussion When a church is small, house church size, (whether it intends to stay small or grow to a mega church size is immaterial to this discussion) the amount of time that a pastor/shepherd can spend on evangelism, evangelism training, evangelistic praying, prayer walking, building relationships with non-Christians, etc., is great. The larger a … More How Do Pastors Forget About Evangelism?
Tuesday is for Preaching Preaching: Use Your Head! …Of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come … More Preacher, Use Your Head!
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