When you are preaching the Old Testament, there should always be a radar bleeping in your heart regarding where Christ fits into the message. Some will suggest that every message must be entirely and purely about Christ, whatever the text was originally intended to convey. I feel this approach can bring our view of the [...]
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Biblical Worldview and Ours
Posted in Christianity, Homiletics, Old Testament, Preaching, Religion, Stage 3 - Passage Purpose on June 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Throughout Scripture God is seen as sovereign and providentially involved in all aspects of life. When there were natural disasters in Israel, the prophets called the people to respond to the God who created everything. When war or famine hit, they interpreted it in light of the covenant they were under, but also always recognizing [...]
Single Verse Sermons
Posted in Christianity, Genre, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Old Testament, Preaching, Religion, Stage 1 - Passage Selection, Stage 2 - Passage Study, Stage 4 - Passage Idea, tagged Charles Spurgeon, Doctrinal Preaching, Preaching Psalms, Psalms on May 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The site received this comment from Peter D: I have been studying Charles Spurgeon’s sermons. He would often take one scripture and expound on it from every direction he could, would that be thin blooded? I’m preparing a message for later this month and want to focus on one verse within Psalm 63 – it sticks out [...]
Old Favourites and Oft Avoideds
Posted in Christianity, Homiletics, Old Testament, Preaching, Religion, Stage 1 - Passage Selection on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Every passage in Scripture is equally inspired, but not every passage is equally known or esteemed. Patterns of esteem can be traced, although they differ depending on church location, denomination and preacher preference. So in some parts of the world the books of Samuel are always flavour of the month, while in other parts it [...]
Natural Born Series
Posted in Christianity, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Old Testament, Preaching, Religion, Stage 2 - Passage Study, tagged Planning A Series, planning preaching, Preaching Series, Psalms, Sermon Series on February 9, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Some preachers plan series in a relatively simple manner. They select a book of the Bible and then preach, unit by unit, through the book, or through a section. Others select a topic and select appropriate passages to organize a topical series. I am not critiquing either approach, but want to offer another option too. [...]
Future Christmas Sermons
Posted in Christianity, Genre, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, New Testament, Old Testament, Preaching, Religion, Stage 1 - Passage Selection, tagged Christmas Preaching on December 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It would be easy to push through this season and then leave Christmas sermons until next year. It would be a wasted opportunity. Just as it can save money to buy next year’s cards right after this year’s Christmas, so it can save time to give some thought to next year’s sermons now. Perhaps you [...]
The Bible, Expository & Consecutive Preaching – Part 4
Posted in Christianity, Genre, Homiletics, Old Testament, Preaching, Religion, Stage 2 - Passage Study, tagged Biblical Poetry, Biblical Prophecy, Bruce Waltke, Consecutive Preaching, Daniel G, Daniel Goepfrich, Expository Preaching, Gerald Wilson, Psalms, Topical Preaching on August 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Daniel Goepfrich wrote a substantial interaction with this blog over on his site – here – this post is specifically addressing the examples of poetry and prophets given in paragraphs 10 & 11. ——————— Regarding Poetry, again I don’t insist that we preach through a book – that is not what I teach (thanks for [...]
The Bible, Expository & Consecutive Preaching – Part 3
Posted in Christianity, Genre, Homiletics, Old Testament, Preaching, Religion, Stage 2 - Passage Study, tagged Daniel Goepfrich, Expository Preaching, Historical Narrative, Topical Preaching on August 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Daniel Goepfrich wrote a substantial interaction with this blog over on his site – here – this post is specifically addressing the example of historical narrative given in paragraph 9. Be sure to check out the comments on his site. It’s great to enjoy a mutually respectful interaction like this. ——————— You go on to address [...]
The Bible, Expository & Consecutive Preaching – Part 2
Posted in Christianity, Genre, Homiletics, New Testament, Old Testament, Preaching, Religion, Stage 2 - Passage Study, tagged Biblical Narrative, Daniel Goepfrich, Expository Preaching, Literary Structure, Topical Preaching on August 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Daniel Goepfrich wrote a substantial interaction with this blog over on his site – here – this post is specifically addressing this sentence in paragraph 8: Most of the Scriptures were not written as sermons or messages to be taught straight through. Sure, some of the letters in the New Testament are designed that way and [...]
Mindset Switch on Texts
Posted in Christianity, Genre, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, New Testament, Old Testament, Preaching, Religion, Stage 2 - Passage Study, Stage 3 - Passage Purpose, tagged Biblical Genre, Expository Preaching on July 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The traditional approach to preaching a Bible passage is that it is a collection of data, probably in an antiquated form. So for many preachers, coming to the text is coming in search of sermon content – data to be transmitted, information to be mined and presented. In recent years awareness has increased significantly in [...]
The Hardest Genre? Part 2
Posted in Christianity, Genre, Homiletics, New Testament, Old Testament, Preaching, Religion, Stage 1 - Passage Selection, Stage 2 - Passage Study, tagged Apocalyptic, Biblical Genre, Biblical Poetry, Expository Preaching, Genre, Prophecy, Wisdom Literature on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 times of personal trial, but preaching them well is not so easy. The imagery is [...]
The Hardest Genre?
Posted in Christianity, Genre, Homiletics, New Testament, Old Testament, Preaching, Religion, Stage 2 - Passage Study, tagged Biblical Genre, Expository Preaching, Genre on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 toughest, but your top three toughies might be different. Let’s not avoid the ones we [...]
Bible Study Is Not a Hop
Posted in Christianity, Genre, Homiletics, How to . . . ?, Old Testament, Preaching, Religion, Stage 2 - Passage Study, tagged Expository Preaching, Isaiah on February 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I don’t want to oversimplify Bible study, but in most basic terms it involves two steps. The first step is to understand what the author meant by what he wrote back then. The second step is to then consider the enduring application of that text for us today. Back then . . . today. Two [...]
The Challenge of Narratives 1: Old Testament
Posted in Christianity, Genre, Homiletics, Old Testament, Preaching, Religion, Stage 2 - Passage Study, tagged Continuity, Discontinuity, Expository Preaching, Fallen Condition Focus, Old Testament Narrative, Theocentric on January 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Note – Peter has offered a clarifying comment on this post. I’d like to offer a series of posts on the particular challenges for interpreting the major narrative sections in the Bible. Today, the Old Testament. In parts 2 and 3, the Gospels. Then in part 4, Acts. There are many challenges when interpreting Old [...]
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