Monthly Archives: April 2008
Taking Series Seriously – Part 2
For a series to work well, it is important to recognize the role of the Spirit and have flexibility in scheduling. Here are two more important issues to consider: Avoiding the sameness – A long series in the same book … Continue reading
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Taking Series Seriously
Yesterday I shared a few reasons why I think sermon series are generally the way to go. However, for series to work well, several issues need to be addressed. Rob’s comment yesterday raised several key issues. Today I’ll mention two, … Continue reading
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Why Preach a Series?
Some may ask, why do so many of us preach in series? There are many reasons, but here are a handful to start with: A series of sermons has greater leverage than a solo sermon. By reinforcing and reviewing a … Continue reading
Culturally Default Texts
Philip Jenkins has written a book entitled The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South. I can’t tell you what I think, because I haven’t had opportunity to read it yet. However, based on the comments … Continue reading
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The Basic Elements of a Preaching Definition
It is a good exercise to think through what should be included in a definition of expository preaching. One way is to collect several definitions and recognize what is present in all of them, or unique to some of them. … Continue reading
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Revisiting That Definition
Yesterday I mentioned Haddon Robinson’s definition of expository preaching. Many writers seem to quote Haddon rather than offering another definition. So let’s look at it and make a few comments. “Expository preaching is the communication of a biblical concept, derived … Continue reading
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