Sublime

The church that sees itself as the army of God is a missional, pioneering church that is always going, always moving, always taking new territory for its King.

Great damage is done to the intent of Scripture as well as to the consciences of Christians when preachers confuse these distinctions between promises and proverbs.

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An FCF will remain faithful to a text and identify powerful purposes in a sermon if a preacher uses these three successive questions to develop the FCF: 1. What does the text say? 2. What spiritual concern(s) did the text address (in its context)? 3. What spiritual concerns do listeners share in common with those to (or about) whom the text was wri

Expository preachers must ask, “What is an FCF behind the inspiration of this text?” before they can accurately expound its meaning.

That the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work (v. 17).

If God is for us, who can be against us?

Billboards and branches help preachers meet the first and last obligations of the following traditional rhetorical instruction: 1. Say what you will say. 2. Say it. 3. Say what you said.

Good preaching in one sense involves getting out of the way so that the Word can do its work. Shaw’s comments remind us what clearing the path usually means: preaching and living in such a way as to make the Word plain and credible.