christianity

Because God remains transcendent, his immanence is an immanence of involvement with the world, not of identity as the world. In short, God is simultaneously "over all and through all and in all" (Eph 4:6)."

Exhortation (i.e., final application). Although we have already examined the inappropriateness of delaying all the applications of a sermon until the conclusion, this does not mean that conclusions are devoid of application.

The freedom and glory of man is won, or so Swinburne thinks, at the cost of the death of God. The same desire for autonomy is evident in those who say that, unless God shows himself to them in such and such a way, they will not countenance believing in him. This is to suggest that God must treat us as the ultimate arbiters of what is acceptable

“Let us not glide through this world and then slip quietly into heaven, without having blown the trumpet loud and long for our Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Let us see to it that the devil will hold a thanksgiving service in hell, when he gets the news of our departure from the field of battle.” —C.T. Studd

Expository preaching can involve a variety of means of exposition: message points (with or without alliteration or acronyms, of course), stories and illustrations, and quotes and scholarly interpretations, but expository preaching is primarily about sticking to the text to reveal what the text says and what the text means.

The scale is enormous, the stakes are high. Instead of spiritually dressing up the idols we know people want, let’s give them what they need—God as all in all, the filling of the Spirit, the exaltation of the risen Lord. “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God” (1 John 3:1). That should be the

There’s room to breathe in this reality. And room to obey with heads held high, straightened backs, soft hearts, and thick skins. It is for freedom we’ve been set free. When Paul gives the pastoral admonition to Timothy to “flee” sins and “pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness” (1 Tim. 6:11), he is picturing a

Retelling the story of what is happening in a passage is another way of explaining its meaning. This is really a broader form of restatement. Preachers may paint the background of the account, remind listeners of a biographical incident, recount a parable using contemporary words or modern comparisons, underscore dramatic aspects of the event,