Monthly Archives: July 2009
Review – Preach By Ear, by Dave McClellan
Dave McClellan is a graduate of Grace College and Denver Seminary, as well as having a PhD in Rhetoric & Communication from Duquesne University. He is the pastor of The Chapel at Tinkers Creek. What if there were a different … Continue reading
Filed under Christianity, Delivery, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Preaching, Religion, Review
The Hardest Genre? Part 2
Yesterday we looked at just some of the challenges that come with preaching epistles, gospels and historical narrative. Now for the other four genre. Which do you find the hardest? Poetry – Psalms and songs are readily leaned on in … Continue reading
The Hardest Genre?
What is the hardest genre to preach well? Every genre has its own challenges. Here’s a list of biblical genre with some brief points on why each can be hard to preach well. I’ll tell you what I find the … Continue reading
Filed under Christianity, Genre, Homiletics, New Testament, Old Testament, Preaching, Religion, Stage 2 - Passage Study
Filler Words
Here’s a good list of common filler words. This list is from an article by Ellen Finkelstein, original article here. I mean, basically, overall, it is actually just really definitely worth literally eliminating these from your speaking . . . … Continue reading
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Pseudo-Expository Preaching – Part 2
Yesterday we saw how it is possible to preach a pseudo-expository sermon by failing to live up to all four elements of an expository preaching definition. We looked at preaching without relying on God’s Spirit (making it a human-powered exercise). … Continue reading
Pseudo-Expository Preaching
If you have a commitment to expository Biblical preaching as it is understood on this site, then some versions of preaching obviously stand out as poor. The anecdotal platitudinal rambling with a verse attached won’t fool many of us. The … Continue reading
Visual Variations – Part 2
In thinking about the 3 V’s of delivery, we have looked at the voice (vocal) and are in the midst of the visual (non-verbals). Yesterday we considered the supreme issue of eye-contact (watch a video of yourself if you don’t … Continue reading
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Visual Variations
Yesterday we gave some thought to the vocal variations needed for effective delivery. Today let’s remind ourselves of some aspects of visual delivery – the non-verbals that are so powerful. The key here is for the visual (non-verbals) and the … Continue reading
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