Peter Bolt from Moore College is the subject of this month’s interview at Preaching Matters. The subject is emotional preaching. In a helpful interview Bolt differentiates between emotionalism and emotional response, and identifying emotional cues in biblical texts instead of using illustrations to evoke emotional reactions. Helpful for preachers. If you’re not a preacher watch …
Now it may seem that I have no time for preaching that includes moral commands or draws conclusions about ethical behaviour. That’s not the case. It’s not about imposing the redemptive work of Jesus onto every text, but identifying how each texts relates to the redemptive work of Jesus. There is a difference. From an …
Following on from reading Saving Eutychus, I’ve been revisiting the form and content of my preaching to consciously hone and develop my preaching craft. This post from Michael Kruger is also helpful. Here’s an intro: Over the years, I have learned to ask students a key question that can reveal a lot about how they …
What does Saving Eutycus (Gary Millar and Phil Campbell, Matthias Media, 2013) promise? In 172 focussed and engaging pages Millar and Campbell unpack the book’s subtitle ‘How to preach God’s Word and keep people awake’. What I liked. Everything. Though not a sermon, Saving Eutychus is a wonderful example of practising what it preaches (so …
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