Will Willimon relates a lesson about Scripture that he attributes to learning from Karl Barth in his memoir, Accidental Preacher. Sometimes preachers are tempted to figure out how to make texts relevant to the lives of hearers. Scripture calls us to realise that our lives need transformation, not fine-tuning. (You might think I’m cherry-picking all …
Darryl Dash interacts with Eugene Peterson and muses on an observation that preachers have a signature theme in their preaching, basically that they really preach one sermon, whatever the text. Sometimes it takes preachers a while to find what their signature message is, but usually they find it. Or it finds them. I recognise the …
This is a fascinating exercise. David Cook – preacher and teacher of preachers with decades of experience audits the preaching of the denomination whose preaching conference he’s hosting. From Cook: In conducting the audit I listened online to 40 preachers, with at least one from each of the 13 Presbyteries in the state. The preachers …
The use of language in preaching does more than convey information, it helps bring to heard and mind the emotions that the information should evoke. The words, images, and stories used should help disciples of Jesus resonate with their memories of past experiences of God’s grace in their lives. Remembrancers stir the affections not with …
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