Category Archives: Delivery
Eco-Preaching: Recycling and Plagiarism
We live in an age of unprecedented access to information. Cut and Paste was a hassle until a few years ago. Now there is endless resource online just sitting there ready to be plagiarized. At the same time, preachers face … Continue reading →
Stuck in the Mud
Some sermons seem to get stuck. Some that I preach. Some that others preach. The sermon is moving along well, perhaps moving at a decent pace through a text, engaging and interesting, then suddenly, the sermon seems to go into … Continue reading →
Filed under Christianity, Delivery, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Preaching, Religion, Stage 7 - Message Outline
Why I’m Not Rushing to Two-Person Preaching – Part 2
If our churches follow cultural trends, which they tend to, does this mean we are facing the prospect of “sanctified banter preaching?” After all, it seems like everywhere we look in the media, there are now two presenters, two DJ’s, … Continue reading →
Why I Am Not Rushing to Two-Person Preaching
Whether we admit it or not, our churches are shaped by our culture. When overhead projectors became the thing in business meetings, so suddenly preachers wondered how Wesley had survived without acetates. Then preachers pondered the problems Spurgeon must have … Continue reading →
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Let Man Not Separate Holy Spirit and Sermon Delivery
Yesterday I urged the preacher to not abdicate the role of text explainer, or text applier, but rather to do both in full prayerful reliance on the Holy Spirit. Apart from Christ we can do nothing, but we are not … Continue reading →
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Preaching Proverbs 5: Random Thoughts
To finish off this series of posts on preaching Proverbs, here is a randomly organized collection of brief thoughts. See what I did there? 1. Preaching topically may be fine. I’ve avoided the more obvious approach of addressing a subject … Continue reading →
Preaching Proverbs 4: Sayings and Sermons
Yesterday I described two masterpieces of the art of preaching Proverbs (click here to see post). Both the explanatory emphasis of the first and the applicational emphasis of the second affirmed the possibility of a full-length single saying sermon from … Continue reading →
Preaching Proverbs 3: Full-Length Single Saying Sermons
Jon provoked this series of posts by asking if it is possible to preach longer than five minutes on a proverb (particularly the two-line kind), without preaching topically through a whole subject. I believe it is. Not just in theory, … Continue reading →
Saturday Short Thought – Lone Ranger Ministry?
This week I have blogged about delivery, which in many ways is all about the connection between preacher and listeners. Preaching is an inherently communicative ministry, yet it can be such a lonely ministry. Some preachers are too busy and … Continue reading →
Filed under Christianity, Delivery, Homiletics, Preacher's Personal Life, Preaching, Religion
7 Tone Balances
The tone of our preaching is so important. Yet this is a balancing act. Seven “tones” to balance in biblical preaching: 1. Serious yet joyful - We handle the most serious of content in the most serious of circumstances. Yet we … Continue reading →
