As well as reading a lot of books, I also read a ton of articles every week. Here are some of the articles that I’ve read recently and have found interesting, helpful, challenging and encouraging. I hope that they will be the same for you, my dear readers…
Continue reading “Saturday Snippets (January 11)”Effective Sermon Application: Balancing Head, Heart, and Hands
If you’ve been tagging along with the blog for the past week you will have deduced from my posts that I’ve been doing some thinking lately on preaching. Don’t worry, this is the last post on preaching for a little while at least. One of the aspects of preaching that I’ve been contemplating a lot recently is application. How do we rightly apply a Bible text? How exactly can a preacher helpfully apply a text to the life of a church (full of individual believers in their own circumstances)?
Continue reading “Effective Sermon Application: Balancing Head, Heart, and Hands”Preaching as the Primary Means of Grace
I have lost count of the number of books on preaching that I’ve read over the years, everything on the range from practical ‘how to’ books to academic books on the intricacies of handling Bible texts well in their redemptive historical context. As a Pastor and preacher I love to read about preaching. I regularly read books on preacher to continue to grow and Lord willing hone the task God has given me to proclaim God’s Word. As you can imagine then, when I received a parcel from a new publisher for me to review and I saw a book on preaching, I was thrilled. Let me tell you about it.
Continue reading “Preaching as the Primary Means of Grace”Saturday Snippets (January 4)
As well as reading a lot of books, I also read a ton of articles every week. Here are some of the articles that I’ve read recently and have found interesting, helpful, challenging and encouraging. I hope that they will be the same for you, my dear readers…
Continue reading “Saturday Snippets (January 4)”Why Preaching Requires a Human Touch
What is preaching?
A. W. Tozer said “To be effective the preacher’s message must be alive; it must alarm, arouse, challenge; it must be God’s present voice to a particular people.”
John Owen said “The first and principal duty of a pastor is to feed the flock by diligent preaching of the word”
D. L. Moody said “The preaching that this world needs most is the sermons in shoes that are walking with Jesus Christ.”
Continue reading “Why Preaching Requires a Human Touch”Saturday Snippets (December 28)
As well as reading a lot of books, I also read a ton of articles every week. Here are some of the articles that I’ve read recently and have found interesting, helpful, challenging and encouraging. I hope that they will be the same for you, my dear readers…
Continue reading “Saturday Snippets (December 28)”Saturday Snippets (December 21)
As well as reading a lot of books, I also read a ton of articles every week. Here are some of the articles that I’ve read recently and have found interesting, helpful, challenging and encouraging. I hope that they will be the same for you, my dear readers…
Continue reading “Saturday Snippets (December 21)”Saturday Snippets (December 14)
As well as reading a lot of books, I also read a ton of articles every week. Here are some of the articles that I’ve read recently and have found interesting, helpful, challenging and encouraging. I hope that they will be the same for you, my dear readers…
Continue reading “Saturday Snippets (December 14)”Saturday Snippets (December 7)
As well as reading a lot of books, I also read a ton of articles every week. Here are some of the articles that I’ve read recently and have found interesting, helpful, challenging and encouraging. I hope that they will be the same for you, my dear readers…
Continue reading “Saturday Snippets (December 7)”Saturday Snippets (November 30)
As well as reading a lot of books, I also read a ton of articles every week. Here are some of the articles that I’ve read recently and have found interesting, helpful, challenging and encouraging. I hope that they will be the same for you, my dear readers…
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