Sublime

In our day, two opposing forces challenge the effective exposition of the Word of God. The first well-documented foe of the gospel is the erosion of authority.

Melvin Maxwell, Bill Hybels, John Wooden, Oswald Sanders, Jesus Christ,

We preach the terrors of God’s wrath as if they are terrifying, we preach the joys of God’s salvation as if they are joyful. We preach hell in serious, sober ways, neither being glib about it nor speaking as if it is the only word. And we preach the gospel in declarative ways, bold and certain and full of Christ’s glory.

As Western culture increases its speed in the race away from Christendom, as hostility to orthodox and evangelical Christianity increases and becomes increasingly legislated, we will eventually see a separation of the men from the boys. Which pastors will cave to worldly wisdom in fear for their own livelihoods and comfort, and which will fear God,

Preachers whose primary purpose is simply to disseminate information may seem intelligent (and can garner great respect), but they will also seem out of touch, irrelevant, and even uncaring. Pastors, however, who organize textual information so as to minister to congregational concerns remain fully biblical while also expressing personal sensitivit

DEFINITION AND DEVELOPMENT Sermons are built on propositions. Classic homiletics describes a proposition as “a statement of the subject as the preacher proposes to develop it.”33 A proposition usually follows an introduction, summarizes its concerns, and indicates what the rest of the sermon will address. As a consequence, a proposition points both

Embracing True Christianity The Need for Evangelical Self-Examination in Our Denominations and Churches

Instead of asking the question, “How do we maintain disciples in the local church?,” I want to ask the better question, “How do we grow disciples in the local church?”