From William H. Willimon on the Biblical Word: …Scripture is not merely a helpful resource for preaching, it is the genesis of preaching, the rationale for preaching, the substance and the means of preaching. When we preach from the Scriptures, to the congregation, the Bible is living in its native habitat. It is functioning as …
This month’s Preaching Matters video features William Taylor speaking about remedies for poor preaching. The poorest preaching is that which purports to be biblical but instead is really our own thoughts draped over a biblical text. It is doubly poor because it does not tell people the author’s purpose in writing the text, and then …
This list is from a longer post, but seems to sum up a lot of concerns I hear around our denomination in Australia. And some of them strike a bit painfully close to home. (For me, points 1, 6 and 7, particularly.) We want minds informed and hearts set on fire. Both/and, nor either/or. Primary …
The third and final day of Planters & Pastors consisted of two sessions, so we were done by 1.00pm The first session was Keller’s concluding address, this time on Grace Renewal Dynamics, and the second contained a Q & A, some thankyous and a final ‘charge’ by Keller. I’m very conscious of preached messages that …
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