Preacher, Be Mindful
Yesterday, I posted a review of Words of Life, by Timothy Ward. Though this is a book on the doctrine of Scripture, there is some good writing on preaching as well. After all, it is very difficult to separate any serious study of the Word from the delivery of the word through preaching. Ward has …
The Power of the Word
As pastors, how can we raise the bar for biblical understanding and practice in our local churches? Collin Hansen at Christianity Today recently interviewed Pastor David Platt, to answer how he is seeing this happen in his congregation, The Church at Brook Hills, in Birmingham, AL. Concerning the problem of biblical illiteracy amongst church attendees, …
Using Greek in the Pulpit?
Scholar, pastor, and biblical greek guru, Bill Mounce, has recently written some good advice for how to and how not to use biblical languages from the pulpit. Mounce reminds us that we can effectively show the differences in translations without giving our listeners opportunity to lose trust in God’s Word. Pastors, remember: “Do not correct …