I must admit that I was saddened and maddened (if that’s a word) when I saw this video on Timmy Brister’s blog. With a little research, I found this video attnended to in much more detail here. I’ll not go into great detail in this article, but will simply assert that this is a problem …
“As we will see a little later, apostolic boldness is something people are not likely to understand until they actually hear it, and then they are not exactly sure that it is what they wanted after all!” -Roger Wagner, Tongues Aflame: Learning to Preach From the Apostles (Ross-shire, Great Britain: Christian Focus, 2005), 40. HT: …
Preaching that avoids head engagement will lead to blindness, and preaching that ignores heart engagement-the emotive realm of the believer’s existence-does so at the cost of boredom and dullness, which prevents the result of an engaged hearing for a transformed life. -Source: Robert Smith Jr., Doctrine That Dances
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 …
In a recent article, D.A. Carson discusses six challenges for preaching in the 21st century. The article can be read online at preaching.com here. As always, Carson’s observations are worth taking time to read. Carson concludes by writing: “Our motivation to understand and address people in the 21st century is not to domesticate the gospel …
Do your people gather in a village church to worship a village god? Over at the 9Marks blog, Mark Dever recently wrote about how we as pastors should spend serious time thinking about how and what we pray for during our pastoral prayers in worship services. Dever is right on, that we must be clear to …
He Is Not Silent: Preaching in a Postmodern World Author: R. Albert Mohler, Jr. Publisher: Moody Publishers ISBN-10: 0-8024-5489-5 ISBN-13: 978-0-8024-5489-8 List Price: $22.99 Format: Hardcover In He is Not Silent: Preaching in a Postmodern World, R. Albert Mohler, Jr., has given pastors a very concise and readable book on the challenging task of preaching …
Of course, we are not alone on this crusade, but we at P4P are encouraging others to join us in reading through Calvin’s Institutes this year. I know it’s already January 9th, but you can still catch up if you get started today. The folks at Reformation21 are giving alot of press to this event …
I recently came across this very insightful interview with Tim Keller on preaching. Over the past two years, it is the most read post over at Unashamed Workman. Check out the short interview here. Note this very helpful advice for pastors, that Keller added as a comment to the original post: “My, you work …