Monthly Archives: December 2007
Don’t Half Quit
There are always reasons to quit. This is true in anything you pursue. Sport, music, hobby, fitness, work, ministry, marriage. Anyone who has ever been successful at anything has had to overcome numerous opportunities to quit. How true is that … Continue reading
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A Preacher’s Personal Cloud
It is too easy to get caught up in present ministry and future plans, but forget past blessings. As a preacher, whether you have only just begun or have been ministering for decades, you are not a self-made preacher. The … Continue reading
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New Category
Just to let you know that we’ve added a new category in the menu to the right. If you click on “Preacher’s Personal Life” you will be given a list of all the posts related to this vital subject. Hope … Continue reading
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Preaching Passion – Checking the Foundations
According to Augustine, our task is to say what God says. One of our core convictions must be that when the Bible speaks, God speaks. So let’s take a moment or two to run a quick evaluative test to make … Continue reading
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Review: Preaching the Gospel from the Gospels, by George Beasley-Murray
This book is far more a book on the Gospels than it is on preaching. It would serve well as a reference tool for the gospels, having an accessible scripture index included. Yet while not addressing homiletics very much, what … Continue reading
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Top Trumps: Genuineness
My post on the 12th, Do They Know That You Know?, received a helpful comment. I wrote that “The preacher must build confidence in the listeners; confidence that the preacher knows the message, knows how it will progress and knows … Continue reading
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Sermon Preparation – How Long?
Some people wonder how long it takes to prepare a sermon. Some seem blissfully unaware of what it takes. But honestly, is there a right amount of time? Someone famous (you can remind us who it was), said a sermon … Continue reading
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The Heart of Biblical Ministry
If you study through the Scriptures, it is clear that ministry is not just about the crowds. There is certainly that large-scale aspect to ministry, but we must always be alert to the smaller-scale ministry of mentoring. Moses led the … Continue reading
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