Sermon prep for the non-vocational preacher
It’s one of my favorite times of the year—I’m getting ready to preach for the first time in ages. With
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Preaching
How to listen to bad preaching without (hopefully) becoming self-righteous
For the past while, I’ve been listening to some preachers (or, if you prefer, “preachers” in some cases) for a
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Preaching by Timothy Keller (Book Review)
If you’re a preacher, you’ve probably got a short list of individuals and authors you look to for encouragement and advice.
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What a good sermon is like
What should a sermon be like? Should it be the equivalent of a lecture, or a family chat, or feel like
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Lord, renew our taste for true “spiritual food”
One of the things that absolutely terrifies me as I look across the popular landscape of Christian music, publishing and preaching is
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The only truly good sermon you will ever hear
“Did he tell us where we can see Jesus in the text?” It’s a question I’ve asked on more than
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What to expect when we preach the gospel
In modern times, we tend to look at the world around us and say, if only we were X—whether X
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Six books I want to read this summer
Summer vacation is already here for some of us, and nearly upon us for others. Although my reading has left me
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Long preaching isn’t always good preaching
Early on in my faith, I was enamored with preachers who would give these 45, 50, 60-plus minute sermons. I would
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What do true teachers do?
What do all faithful teachers have in common? What separates a good teacher from a bad one? And what do they
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The primary (and peculiar) task of the Church
Why does the church exist? Is it to clothe the naked, feed the sick, liberate the oppressed? Is it wrong for churches
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