Preaching for repentance is not the same thing as scolding. It is not telling people they are bad; it is the proclamation of God’s goodness and his loving purpose and work of redemption and new creation. This is why it is good news first and foremost. There is no ground to confuse this with avoidance …
Christian discipleship can never comfortably rest in the general. It has to be applied in the specific. The more general the repentance, the easier it is to transition from true Gospel dependence on life-giving grace as the response to a reliance on a moralistic determination to do better. Will Willimon writes about preaching to confront …
In this post about ways that preachers can evaluate their own sermons, Kevin DeYoung offers some diagnostic questions preachers can ask themselves about their own preparation and sermons. The ten questions range across different aspects of the preacher’s life, but I found these three to be challenging in the context of frequent and regular sermon …
Leading With The Sermon is a new book on preaching by Will Willimon. This taste demonstrates why I’m looking forward to it. Preaching is at the center of pastoral work not only because in preaching a pastor is with more members of the congregation, in a more intentional and focused way, than in any other …
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