Category Archives: Stage 6 – Message Idea
Preaching Story: The Challenge of the Gospels
Are there specific challenges with preaching Gospel narratives? I believe there are, both in terms of the parables, and in terms of the accounts from the life of Christ. Some points to ponder: 1. We are dealing with two “authors” … Continue reading →
Preaching Story: The Challenges of the Old Testament
Are there specific challenges with preaching Old Testament narratives? I think there are a few points worth pondering here: 1. Typically we have less familiarity with the broader flow of the Old Testament and may be tempted to only preach … Continue reading →
Top 10 Mistakes Preachers Make Preaching Story – Part 2
Yesterday I offered five common mistakes made in the preaching of Bible story, let’s finish the list: 6. They come up with a list of “principles.” A story isn’t given in Scripture to make masses of points (some preachers see … Continue reading →
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Top 10 Mistakes Preachers Make Preaching Story
As we come toward the end of this series of posts on preaching Biblical narratives, let’s have a list post (they’re always popular!) How about the top 10 mistakes preachers make when preaching stories? 1. They don’t tell the story! … Continue reading →
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Bible Story: Read or Tell?
Let’s assume that the reading is taken care of, and as I suggested yesterday this might not mean the reading of the text itself. Now, what to do with the telling of the story? Should we just read it, or … Continue reading →
Preaching Story to Children and Adults
As I was sharing about preaching Bible stories recently a friend jumped in and exclaimed their encouragement. “What you are describing as an approach to preaching to adults is what we do in the school ministry with the children!” What … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
