Category Archives: Stage 3 – Passage Purpose
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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10 Ways to Half Preach a Text – Part iv
Sometimes it is just a good idea to finish a list. Let’s go, two more items to add, especially for preachers who like to tick the “expository preacher” self-description box: 9. Explain it, but don’t apply it. This is a … Continue reading →
10 Ways to Half Preach a Text – Part iii
We are half way through our list. Some of these may be errors you always diligently avoid. But there may be one in here that makes you or I reconsider an aspect of our preaching. Actually there may be occasions … Continue reading →
10 Ways to Half Preach a Text – Part ii
In this series of posts I am offering ten ways that I see preachers half-using a preaching text. The goal isn’t to critique, but to nudge us all to a higher view of the inspired text, a higher level of … Continue reading →
10 Ways to Half Preach a Text
Yesterday’s post about the occasional nature of the epistles prompts a series of related posts. Most preachers would claim to be, and believe they are, biblical preachers. Trouble is, a lot of “biblical preaching” is only half-baked at best. That … Continue reading →
Do You Preach Concrete as Abstract?
God didn’t give us a systematic theology with an index and table of contents. Christ didn’t work with a scribe to give us an abstract set of philosophical and theological truths that we should memorise and apply. Instead, in His … Continue reading →
Wear the Right Strait Jacket
This week I had the joy of leading a group in consideration of what it takes to be growing as preachers. I told them we need to wear the right strait-jacket. I also told them that most preachers wear the … Continue reading →
Hearing the Text
This post is not about amplification, nor about the place and role of the Bible reading. Both issues would be worth considering, but not today. I’m talking about the message itself. It is troubling when you hear a sermon and … Continue reading →
Strategic Application Saving
Yesterday I met with a good friend to talk through a passage he is going to preach soon. I love conversations like that! As usual, within a few minutes I was starting to wish I were also preaching that passage. … Continue reading →
How to Preach the One True God – Part Two
So do we have to thoroughly define terms every time we mention God? That is, will every sermon be thwarted by a systematics lecture within moments of setting sail from the introduction? Not at all. Here are four suggestions that … Continue reading →
