Keeping the main passage central to the sermon, not stringing Bible verses together. From Nicholas McDonald at Scribble Preach: Sermons should not feel like channel flipping. One text here, one text there, one text over there. Citing 20 verses in a sermon does not an expositional sermon make. Just the opposite. If it’s narrative, it …
Having been at mgpc for a few years now, and being a through the book sort of preacher, the notion of returning to certain books (particularly Gospels, Genesis, Romans and others) is gaining traction in my consciousness. Here’s a video from the St Helen’s Bishopsgate blog addressing the subject.
In Rhett Dodson’s chapter of Unashamed Workmen he outlines the step in sermon preparation that asks the question ‘Where Is Jesus?’ At times we can become so caught up in mining the details that we can forget what we’re looking for! As we dig into Scripture, we will discover many beautiful gems that we will …
Peter Adam writes about the ongoing process of growth that being a preacher requires: Being a preacher requires ever-increasing Biblical intelligence, emotional intelligence, theological intelligence, and pastoral intelligence. Of course, by intelligence i mean alert and perceptive wisdom. I don’t mean cleverness but depth of understanding and wisdom. +++ We need to be Biblically, emotionally, …
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