At a 2009 Baptist World Alliance Conference in Holland, David Coffey delivered a paper called 'Truth on Fire' and offered 7 dimensions that any budding preacher must integrate; serving also as a reminder to experienced preachers of what is important. The warning he offers, serves as the rubric for seeing what the 7 dimensions are trying to... Continue Reading →
The funny guys at Babyon Bee have hit on a Forsythian nerve of mine. The headline 'Half Of Congregation Dies Of Starvation As Sermon Goes 15 Minutes Over Time' is brilliant satire, as are almost all of their other articles; a much welcome relief to the tedium of seriousness we Protestants can so easily find... Continue Reading →
"I remember one minister for education urging that ‘Britain was the only nation on earth where cleverness was despised’. In other European countries, for example France and Germany, cleverness is sought after and prized. The glorification of educational backwardness, then, is part of a localised British decadence or hedonism that is inconsistent with biblical Christianity.... Continue Reading →
Martin Luther (1520): "The soul can do without anything except the Word of God. . . . The Word is the gospel of God concerning his Son . . . To preach Christ means to feed the soul, make it righteous, set it free, and save it....The Word of God cannot be received . .... Continue Reading →
The funny guys over at Babylon Bee have hit on a Forsythian nerve of mine. The headline 'Half of Congregation Dies Of Starvation As Sermon Goes 15 Minutes Over Time' is brilliant satire, as are almost all of their other articles; a much welcome relief to the tedium of seriousness we Protestants can so easily... Continue Reading →
The funny guys at Babyon Bee have hit on a Forsythian nerve of mine. The headline 'Half Of Congregation Dies Of Starvation As Sermon Goes 15 Minutes Over Time' is brilliant satire, as are almost all of their other articles; a much welcome relief to the tedium of seriousness we Protestants can so easily find... Continue Reading →
"I heard a Rabbi say not long ago, that Christian pastors have ruined the life of a Rabbi, because a Rabbi is a scholar and a preacher; but Christian pastors are social workers and therapists and a bunch of managers, and now people in his synagogue expect him to do that! I would think that... Continue Reading →
I am currently reading a great little book edited by Ian Stackhouse and Oliver Crisp about preaching, called Text Message - The Centrality of Scripture in Preaching, and can be found by those who seek! It is a collection of essays by thirteen writers, each contributing to the book within its three main categories: Part... Continue Reading →
Books abound on preaching. Its art and craft, science and form. But there is a dearth on how to listen. Even if sermons have fallen for the old cliche, 'a monologue by a moron to mutes', it still begs the question: What of hearing? Yet Jesus said, "Consider carefully how you listen...." (Luke 8:18). The... Continue Reading →
"The great appeal of Christianity, from which all else flows, is to the conscience, and, in the actual situation, to the sinful conscience. It is easy to make any assembly we may address cry with a few pathetic illustrations. . . . But, to follow evil to its inmost cell, to track the holy to... Continue Reading →
Gralefrit Theology 