Category Archives: Specific text
Lessons on God from Biblical Genre: Epistle
In the past two days I have shared D A Carson’s five points on the diversity of biblical genre. Now to some specific genre and what their design might suggest about God. Carson suggested the following: There are lessons to … Continue reading
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Planning a Selective Series
What criteria can you use when planning a series in a longer book that you don’t want to last for years? Obviously we’re not obligated to cover complete books in a series, but how might you do that selectively rather … Continue reading
Preaching As Invitation
In our zeal to do our best, sometimes we might over deliver in a sermon. For example, we might over deliver on the content of the passage so that listeners get the sense that they have no exhausted that passage … Continue reading
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Preaching to a Postmodern Culture
In his book, He is Not Silent, Al Mohler offers a no-holds barred chapter on postmodernity and preaching. After listing a series of negative observations of the postmodern “mood” (and probably failing to recognize the positive opportunities now presented to … Continue reading
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Notice the Details
When you are studying a text and preparing to preach it, make sure you notice the details. No word is there by accident. As I sometimes say, the writers of the Bible were neither drunk nor wasteful. Not drunk means … Continue reading
The Challenge of Narratives 3: Gospels – Part II
Note – Peter has extended comments related to this post, see previous in the series here Last time we looked at the interpretational challenge of more than one “author.” Now, let’s see another challenge: 2. More than one “account” of … Continue reading
