A retired pastor seeking to encourage expository preachers and preaching for the glory of God
Pennsylvania, USA
Joined December 2008
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Here is an example of following the seven steps to move from an Old Testament narrative text (2 Kings 2:1-25) to a Christ-focused sermon. #preaching #preachingChrist bit.ly/2Uok4ju
Did you know that you can borrow many Bible study tools: atlases, Old and New Testament introductions, etc. online at archive.org? Most are “critical”; some are evangelical; published 1950-2010. Check out my lists here: tinyurl.com/bbpu4546
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#Preaching posts and podcasts: agnostic preachers; building a "one big idea" sermon; barriers to simplicity in preaching; application problems; book review: From Text to Teaching; recognizing when one Old Testament passage alludes to another tinyurl.com/y6nxdv42
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On #preaching: “A close walk with God leads not only to knowing God but to knowing ourselves. This is one of the greatest aids to application. Our own heart becomes our main index for looking up the things other people need to address.” – Murray Capill, The Heart Is the Target
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“The preacher who strives for economy in language … discovers the difference between boring redundancy on the one hand and creative repetition on the other. … Meaningful repetition … takes a truth and retells it in fresh language and from a new perspective.” – D. Demaray
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On #preaching: “The phrase ‘Expository Preaching’ properly covers *all* preaching. Exposition is *exposing* the truth contained in God’s word; *laying it open; putting it forth* where the people may get hold of it; and that also is preaching.” – Marvin R. Vincent
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On #preaching: “Oh! how I rejoice to preach a gospel that does not borrow strength from me, but gets its power from God! What a consolation that, go where we may to preach God’s Word, if God wills it, that Word shall be rendered effectual amongst the very worst of men.” –Spurgeon
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On #preaching: “A man’s spiritual vitality is such a critical aspect of preaching that it can create great preaching despite a poor sermon. On the other hand, the lack of this personal vitality can destroy preaching despite the presence of a good sermon.” - Tim Keller
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#Preaching posts podcasts: preaching in paragraphs; sermon delivery ideas; preaching and politics: learning from Lloyd-Jones; Advent sermon ideas; how Ruth points to Christ; biblical theological insights on Isaiah 44 tinyurl.com/5n7pesz9
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On #preaching: “A sermon should be like a tree. It should be a living organism: with one sturdy thought like a single stem, with natural limbs reaching up into the light.” – H. Grady Davis, Design for Preaching, p. 15
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On #preaching: “Topical preaching has become so popular [because] it connects. It has relevance. It is practical. But if the expository preacher will connect biblical truth to the realities of people’s lives, it can be just as connected, relevant, and practical.” - Murray Capill
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On #preaching: We need nothing but what God and Christ have been pleased to reveal in the Bible. That we truly need! The preacher’s arsenal is the inspired word.” – Pierre Ch. Marcel, The Relevance of Preaching, p. 58
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On #preaching: Happy preacher, who … tells what he knows, and testifies what he has seen, for men must give heed to such a witness. His countenance is all aglow with the light that shines from the face of Jesus.” – Charles H. Spurgeon MTP XLV 308-309
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On #preaching: “The listener will always know when a man believes intensely in what he says, and even if the listener does not agree, even if he thinks the speaker is misguided, he respects the accent of conviction.” – William Barclay, Autobiography, p. 76
#Preaching posts and podcasts: a multi-ethnic audience; preaching and prayer; preaching with unction; rightly approaching the Bible; seeing reality today in Revelation tinyurl.com/37bnvn45
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On #preaching: “Perhaps the most common problem in the area of homiletics relates to focus. To isolate the intended meaning of the text, and to couch that truth in a single thesis sentence, require the exercise of the most carefully honed technique.” – Donald Demaray
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On sermon preparation: “When a man plots out a small area of a field and digs deep there he is more likely to find hidden treasure there than the man who scrapes with a rake the surface of the whole field.” – Ian Pitt-Wilson, Preaching: A Kind of Folly, p. 65 #preaching
On #preaching: “The sermon as such—the verbal proclamation of the Good News of Jesus Christ—survives and will survive, because it belongs to the enduring mystery and commission of the gospel.” – David H. C. Read, Sent from God, p. 25
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“A well which only yields bitter water, … merely mocks a temporary thirst; but a minister who does not preach the gospel, and who does not live the gospel, mocks the soul’s eternal thirst. … God grant that I may never be an unfaithful preacher of his Word!” - C. H. Spurgeon
On #preaching: "Have you made up your mind to align with Jesus not only in your message but also in your manner? If you will, the Holy Spirit will seal your ministry with his convincing power." - Ray Ortlund, Jr. tinyurl.com/4krwwh5z
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On using interesting but irrelevant stories in sermon introductions: “Many a sermon never recovers from a story told in the introduction. The more interesting the story the more disruptive it may be.” – H. Grady Davis, Design for Preaching, p. 185 #preaching
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