Jay Adams writes about the skill of picturing truth in sermons, and why contemporary congregations need more help in this regard than their predecessors. …let me stress the importance of working harder than ever at learning how to picture truth. In biblical times, the listeners’ imaginations were much more highly trained than the average listener’s …
Kevin DeYoung features in this month’s Preaching Matters video from St Helen’s Bishopsgate UK’s blog. DeYoung talks about both the benefits and the drawbacks of the method, helpfully pointing out that verse by verse exposition is actually topical preaching. He indicates where topical series have a place as well. The closing material is especially helpful, …
Bryan Chapell expands on various sermons which apply his Christ-Centered Preaching motif in his new book Christ-Centered Sermons. The fundamental principle: We should always observe biblical texts through spectacles containing the lenses of these two questions: How is the Holy Spirit revealing in this text the nature of God that provides redemption? And how is …
Phillip Jensen exhorts preachers and congregations to commit to drawing closer together through the life-changing activity of the ministry of the Word in corporate gathering. …preaching has other functions in church life. It engages and unites the congregation in our common discipleship. As we sit week by week together under the word of God we …
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