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Here Be Sermons | Melting Asphalt
If even the preacher cannot tell (or has not bothered to determine) how the sermon’s truths relate to life, then people not only are unlikely to make the connection but also will wonder why they bothered to listen.
Bryan Chapell • Christ-Centered Preaching
It’s common to think of blogging as “building an audience” , but this can sound negative, self-serving, sleazy and promotional. Instead we can think of blogging as “finding your people” , which sounds much more wholesome, generative and positive.
The truth is that maybe it’s a bit of both - but that increasing your social surface area can have real ... See more
The truth is that maybe it’s a bit of both - but that increasing your social surface area can have real ... See more
tomcritchlow.com • Generating Agency Through Blogging
“BE GOOD” MESSAGES Similar to focusing on biographies apart from enabling grace is an emphasis on behaviors alone that also results in nonredemptive messages. Again, preachers of such messages are usually unaware of the harm of devoting an entire sermon to telling people to be good or holy. God expects holiness. He commands it. He devotes innumerab
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The importance of introducing people to the reality of the Word in terms they know cautions us to remember basic guidelines in choosing texts for our sermons.
Bryan Chapell • Christ-Centered Preaching
Anyway, the point I’m trying to get to is that if giving direct advice to one individual in the real world is often a waste of breath then what does this say about the generic, scattershot, shouting-through-a-bullhorn advice that people dish out online each and every day? Not only am I convinced that such actions- whose motive is to build a pliant ... See more
Thomas Bevan • On The Futility of Offering Advice
Passion comes naturally to sermons when preachers speak as though they are addressing a real concern with a friend. If a friend were to come to our door one evening and confess that his teenage son is destroying his family, we would invite the friend to sit at our kitchen table, and we would talk plainly. The hurt in our friend’s eyes would dissuad
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