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Bay Area Preaching Seminar

On Saturday February 28th, I’ll be running an all day Biblical Preaching Seminar in Lafayette.  The hosts have set a registration fee of $20.  If you are interested in attending, please let me know and I’ll pass on the organizer’s … Continue reading

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Pre-Review: Preach the Word, edited by Leland Ryken and Todd Wilson

Subtitle: Essays on Expository Preaching in Honor of R. Kent Hughes This recent volume from Crossway just landed on my doorstep.  I have not read it, hence this is a “pre-review.”  However, since I’ve not added a review for a … Continue reading

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Shining Light in a Dark World

It is ironic that in the post-enlightenment west, where we “know” that spirits are not real, we naively celebrate Halloween as if it were just fun for the children.  The occultic reality of what goes on in many places remains … Continue reading

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The Interviewed Blogger

I’m interrupting the series on The Discouraged Preacher for a day, but will continue it tomorrow.  I was just interviewed by Guy Davies at The Exiled Preacher.  Since it took more than the 10 or 15 minutes I like to … Continue reading

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Near Dunstable? A Date For Your Diary!

On Saturday the 11th of October, I will be speaking at a conference/workshop in Dunstable. If you are not too far from there, it would be great to see you! If you’ve never heard of Dunstable, you probably live too … Continue reading

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Stage 2 – Passage Study

This is a series overviewing the 8-stage process of developing a sermon. Remember that for all related posts, you can click on the “Stage 2 – Passage Study” button in the menu to the right. Stage 2 – Passage Study … Continue reading

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Syndication Feeds

I’ve changed the setting on the site to provide full text feeds for those who would like to use Google Reader or similar tools.

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More on the 2 Basic Stances

Bob asked some helpful questions on yesterday’s post.  Generally an expository sermon will have “back then” and “today” stances because by definition an expository sermon needs to both explain and relevantly apply the text. So at a certain level the … Continue reading

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BBB Seminar for Preachers in SE England

For those preachers who live in south east England / Greater London area, please read on.  If this does not apply to you, then I hope I will be able to offer this seminar closer to you in the future. … Continue reading

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What if I have a question, or idea for this blog?

The way this blog is set up, only Mike and Peter are able to publish new posts. However, if you would like to add something to the site that is not a comment on a previous post, all is not … Continue reading

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