One of the minor problems with living on the West Coast is that the publishers all seem to be on the East Coast and books seem to get here last. In the meantime we continue to enjoy the sunshine and Kevin’s review . . . Continue reading →
Preaching the Word
Ira Glass (This American Life) On Storytelling
Not that preachers are called to spin homely yarns but preaching is a kind of story telling. We have a narrative (the history of redemption) in which people must locate themselves and with which they need to learn to identify. Ira Glass . . . Continue reading →
Hodge on the Free Offer
At James Durham Thesis.
Preaching Christ: WSC Alumnus Jody Lucero '04
Abraham’s Obedience: Tried and True
Wilimon on Barth
Shane gets us started.
What's Wrong With Preaching Today?
Apparently the same things as troubled evangelical preaching in 1980.
Candid Comments for Candidates (2)
Part 1 Thinking through the business of candidating as a seminary student, recent graduate, first-time pastor or a pastor currently without a call is less difficult than the matter of calling a pastor who is currently serving a congregation. The most obvious reason the . . . Continue reading →
Candid Comments for Candidates (1)
After the post on calling a minister someone wrote to ask if I would comment about the process of calling a minister from the candidate’s perspective.
Interesting Sermon Test
How many sermons pass this test?
Iain Campbell on Catechism Preaching
“Hey Mikey, he likes it!“
Preaching Christ
The WSC site features sermons by WSC alumni. This month is audio of a sermon by the Rev. Chris Gordon (M.Div, ’04), pastor of Lynden, URC in Lynden, WA.
Dennis Johnson on Preaching
At Expositionalogistix
In Season: Preaching to the Postmodern Choir
WSC alumnus Shane Lems in the latest Mod Ref.
Idols Of The (Minister's) Heart
Martin Downes is beginning a series on idols that cause pastors to stumble. There are three great idols that all ministers must tear down daily cast into the fire for scrap: buildings, bodies, and budgets.
Preaching: Advice Or Annoucement?
WSC student Mark Vander Pol gets it right.
Ed Clowney On Sermon Audio
Thanks to the Edmund P. Clowney Legacy Corporation, you can now hear Ed Clowney preach anytime you wish.
God Was In Christ
2 Cor 5:19 might not be the obvious place to go for a Christmas Day meditation but it’s where my thoughts are this morning.
What's the Big Deal About Preaching?
Gordon Cheng raises this question (HT: Colin Adams) as part of a brief post on a passage from Richard Baxter’s Reformed Pastor. Cheng says, I’ve never really agreed with the evangelical emphasis on preaching, and never quite understood how evangelicals make so . . . Continue reading →