From a longer transcript of an interview with New Testament scholar Darrell Bock. ht We tend to preach the Gospel as if it’s only about the forgiveness of sins. But, in fact, the whole point about having your sins forgiven is to reconnect you to God so that you can live the life He’s designed …
A couple of videos, one featuring John Cleese, the other Jerry Seinfeld, both dealing with creative process. It is interesting to see the discipline involved in creating works, that when presented, seem chaotic on one hand and casual on the other. Firstly, Cleese. (Who looks relatively young in this.) Eric McKiddie has a post in …
From Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp: You could argue that every worship service is little more than a glory war. The great question of the gathering is, will the hearts of this group of people be captured by the one glory that is truly glorious or by the shadow glories of the created world? *** …
Courtesy of St. Helen’s excellent Preaching Matters web portal, Phillip Jensen talks about application of the Scriptures in preaching. He also makes a few comments about why conference preachers can sound more challenging that what you’re used to hearing at home, and suggests the solution to the polar extremes of legalism and lack of challenge …
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