Monthly Archives: January 2009
Bay Area Preaching Seminar
On Saturday February 28th, I’ll be running an all day Biblical Preaching Seminar in Lafayette. The hosts have set a registration fee of $20. If you are interested in attending, please let me know and I’ll pass on the organizer’s … Continue reading
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Abort Sermon! Abort Sermon?
On one level it is a feeling that can come for any reason. A little moment of doubt. An unexpected event, or listener, or conversation, or comment . . . and suddenly the temptation is there to give up on … Continue reading
Monday: Renewing Vision Day
Monday is a good day to take stock, take a deep breath and recommit ourselves to God’s work. That doesn’t just mean being willing to ever preach again, although for some that might be a good step on a Monday … Continue reading
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A Patient Ministry
It is generally obvious that life transformation generally happens gradually. While God might give a breakthrough epiphany moment from time to time, He does His patient work of building the church all the time. This is true on multiple levels. … Continue reading
Review: Sacred Rhetoric, by Michael Pasquarello III
Subtitle: Preaching as a Theological and Pastoral Practice of the Church (2006) Pasquarello is concerned by modern approaches to preaching. He sees contemporary approaches as being obsessed with “how-to’s” at the cost of having lost the divine-human conversation – we’ve … Continue reading
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Points on Picking Passages – Part 2
Yesterday we saw that God is sovereign and all Scripture is “useful” (which sounds like an understatement when separated from 2Tim.3:16!) So when there is freedom to choose a passage for a message, consider: Consider the people. Who are they? … Continue reading
