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 lotContinue reading “Effective Sermon Application: Balancing Head, Heart, and Hands”
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The religious to-do list that cripples real growth
There are countless books on preaching and sermon prep. Many of those books focus on getting the exegesis (the text work), which is right and necessary. But there aren’t many books, or at least there aren’t many good books that I’ve read, on sermon application.
The Makings of a Dull Sermon
A sermon expounds the Word of God, helps us understand the Bible, reminds us of the gospel and calls non-Christians to repent and believe. There are more elements to a sermon, but even from that very short (and oversimplified) list a sermon should never be dull! You would think it is impossible to preach aContinue reading “The Makings of a Dull Sermon”
Be Faithful But Not Dull!
As a preacher and as a blogger, one of the topics that I’m very interested in and often discuss is communication. How does one aptly communicate what they want without all the trimmings and accessories that some demand they should have?
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