From Lewis Allen’s The Preacher’s Catechism – Q&A 23: What does the second commandment teach us? – You shall not make a preaching idol of your image or anyone else’s. Here are some warning signs that you could be in danger of preaching idolatry: You can never read the Bible for your own soul’s profit. …
From Lewis Allen’s The Preacher’s Catechism – Q&A 9: Why does God call us to preach? – God calls us to serve all of our hearers with His Gospel. Preaching to the glory of God is all about helping others to grasp and delight in the truth of the gospel. God’s glory revealed in the …
Some thoughts from Jason Allen about expository preaching. If you’re at church tomorrow listen for the message of God’s word, not some words that use God’s word to impart a speaker’s message. … “preaching the word” is marked by these three essentials: 1. The necessity of accurately interpreting the text in its immediate, and broader, …
Borrowing an analogy from baseball, Daniel Darling writes about ordinary preachers and their week-to-week preaching ministry. Having an expectation that the exceptional should be the ordinary experience creates a type of Christian life that is neither sustainable or recognisable from a biblical or historic framework. From Darling: This is not an excuse for mediocrity. It’s …
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