The revivalistic emphasis can result in a neglect on bringing the Bible’s teaching about the life of faith and discipleship. It is also possible to neglect the call to salvation through an unbalanced emphasis on practical aspects of Christian living. A balance is obviously called for, especially because salvation without the Lordship of Jesus is …
To impose Bible proclamation on the basis of authority or office, or using rhetorical devices to entice an audience place the focus on the speaker, not the message. Preaching remembers that the only authority the speaker has, and the only reason it should be heard, is that it wholly shares the scriptures. There is a …
I have heard a number of really memorable illustrations, that I cannot remember what it was they were supposed to illustrate. (One about a cane toad in an electrical sub-station comes to mind) An illustration must make that which it is trying to illustrate memorable. If it won’t do that, and particularly if it is …
Phillips Brooks observes that a series of sermons constrains a preacher and that the challenge is to maintain a consistent vitality from beginning to end. Some evangelical churches that do not follow the lectionary use sequential expositions or series. While sequential expositions have the advantage of unfolding Scripture to the congregation week by week as …
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