Guy Prentiss Waters’ Acts volume in Evangelical Press’ Study Commentary series is a helpful and thorough production. It is a mid-range commentary aimed at assisting the preparation of sermons and Bible studies. The style is not that of transcribed sermons or exegetical outlines, but rather the work that is carried out before preparing a sermon …
Songs of preparation: In You, LORD, I Take Refuge (Psalm 31), Never Alone, and Hosanna, Loud Hosanna Prayer of Approach and Confession: God, our refuge and deliverer; the one in whose hands our times are held; the Lord who preserves his people according to his goodness; we confess our need of the sacrifice that Jesus …
(You can tell I’m enjoying Proclamation And Theology, can’t you?) The preacher is the one who is ordained by the church to engage in listening to the text in behalf of the church, listening to the church so that the preacher might listen with them to the text. Preachers are sometimes characterised as great talkers. …
Songs of preparation: He Is Exalted, Let All Things Now Living, and My Heart Is Filled With Thankfulness Prayer of Approach and Confession: Confessing our need for true cleansing that can only come from God alone; may the knowledge of the blood that has cleansed us also purge our consciences from dead or hypocritical works …
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