Category Archives: Stage 2 – Passage Study

by | February 4, 2012

Saturday Short Thought: Fresh Over Abundance from a Can

This week the blog has been pondering issues of recycling sermonic materials and also recycling other peoples’ materials.  Meanwhile we’ve welcomed a healthy baby daughter into our home and we are both thankful to our gracious Lord and very tired! … Continue reading →

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by | February 2, 2012

Eco-Preaching: 5 Dangers of Recycling Sermons

Yesterday I offered five potential benefits of recycling sermons.  Now let’s consider five dangers: 1. Personal stagnation.  John Wesley is widely credited with saying “Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame if I … Continue reading →

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by | February 1, 2012

Eco-Preaching: 5 Benefits of Recycling Sermons

Here are five potential benefits that can come from recycling sermons.  Not every one will apply to every situation, nor will every one always be a benefit.  Please apply wisdom and balance this post with tomorrow’s post on the dangers … Continue reading →

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by | January 31, 2012

Eco-Preaching: Recycled Sermons Must Be Refreshed

I don’t believe a preacher should pull out an old sermon and just preach it, unless the invitation to preach was five seconds before the sermon slot.  Any longer notice and the preacher should be prayerfully refreshing the message. Undoubtedly, … Continue reading →

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by | January 30, 2012

Eco-Preaching: Ever Old, Always New

This week I’d like to go green and consider the notion of recycling sermons. We’ll touch on different aspects of this broad subject over the next few days (although there may be a quiet day or two as we have … Continue reading →

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by | January 28, 2012

Saturday Short Thought: Concluding Chronicles and Biblical Theology

Over the past three weeks I have been preaching a series in 2Chronicles 26-36, which is effectively the end of the Hebrew canon (in the typical Jewish ordering of books), and the conclusion of the backwards looking summary of the … Continue reading →

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by | January 27, 2012

Be Quick to Look, Slow to Decide

This week we began another season of Cor Deo – a small group of people longing to know God more and grow closer to Him.  We had some great discussions, studied some wonderful passages and enjoyed getting to know each … Continue reading →

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by | January 21, 2012

Saturday Short Thought: Taught by the Spirit (with Reeves Quote)

Here’s a concern I feel needs to be addressed as the week comes to an end: “When we just prayerfully look at the Bible text, then the Spirit can direct us and teach us.” (Implication: if you look at “the … Continue reading →

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by | January 19, 2012

The Preacher & Commentaries: Gathering Conversation Partners

Commentaries are conversation partners. They are not gurus who must be silently listened to and obeyed. They are not an equal panel of experts who deserve equal time at the microphone. And they are certainly not fools to be left … Continue reading →

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by | January 18, 2012

Radio Interview: The Leadership File

A few weeks ago I was invited to head into London for an interview on Premier Christian Radio, with Andy Peck on The Leadership File.  The show was broadcast on the 18th December, and is now available on demand in … Continue reading →

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