If you listen to a sermon tomorrow I hope it doesn’t make you feel comfortable in your world, but causes you to long for the world God is re-creating through his Son, – and long to know completely what it is to be part of that world. From Leading With The Sermon: In preaching, God’s …
Will Willimon writes so well, and so economically, that when trying to quote, it’s hard to figure what to leave out. He refers to the need for pastor/preachers to have courage because “Gospel preaching on Sunday requires finding a way to talk about matters the congregation has excluded from conversation all week. The need for …
Proclamation is intrinsic to Christian life. When the disciples thought the conversation was over, the women visit a tomb and are spoken to – and then directed to go tell. It simply defies imagination to conceive of the messenger at the tomb instructing the women to communicate to the others “He is risen!” and if …
Will Willimon makes big statements, and has the capacity with words to back those statements up. Introducing his book Leading With The Sermon, Willimon expands on his provocative opening statement. Preaching is the most important task of an ordained leader. Preaching is at the centre of pastoral work not only because in preaching a pastor …
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