Thom Rainer keeps turning out helpful numbered lists. This isn’t meant to be exhaustive or proscriptive, but it is a helpful observation to consider. We make a point of praying for the other churches in our city, as well as that people who don’t know Jesus would be come to know him as Saviour. We …
David Cook speaks about preaching from John’s Gospel. Topics covered include preaching that both evangelises and informs, textual expository preaching, how and when to focus on evangelistic aspects of the text, and more. David concludes speaking about the heart-warming encouragement congregations of Christians receive when they sit under preaching that has an evangelistic focus. From …
The 2014 Sale Of Gifts is our annual followup to Harvest Thanksgiving. Everything from yesterday and a ridiculous amount more gets sold off. This year all the proceeds are going toward the widows’ diaconal fund in East Timor. We just sold a tub of Cherry Ripe Icecream for $19. A tub of Mars Bar just …
Some grabs from yesterday. Contextualisation: Bringing the changeless message of the Gospel to address the particular cultural situation of the audience. Sermon introductions: ‘Open up your Bibles to …’ is also a contextualised approach to a felt need of an audience. No one presentation can transcend all cultures. What steps do we take to locate/stay …
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