Preaching through a Gospel – going large

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I thought it might be worth saying something about approaching a preaching and teaching series through a Gospel. There are a few ways in which you can do this.  You can choose to approach the whole book like you might do other books of the Bible and work through passage by passage, alternatively you can… Continue reading Preaching through a Gospel – going large

If Jesus was willing to keep attending the synagogue despite its problems, should I keep attending the established church despite its?

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If you are in a church that follows the lectionary (we are not), then this Sunday, one of the readings will be Luke 4:14-21.  I saw one person on Facebook ask whether a legitimate application was thar despite all of its problems, Jesus was there in the established church of his day.  Now, I suspect… Continue reading If Jesus was willing to keep attending the synagogue despite its problems, should I keep attending the established church despite its?

Preaching: what and how.

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This is one of the additional chapters to “How do you know?” That I mentioned I was planning It is impossible to talk about the Doctrine of Revelation and how we know about God, Creation, Humanity and New Creation without talking about preaching. What is preaching?  It’s important though to be clear about what we… Continue reading Preaching: what and how.

Going large: How to preach Luke’s Gospel

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Our church are about to begin a teaching series on Luke’s Gospel. I’m also currently working through some teaching material on Luke here on Faithroots. I suspect that some of those accessing the resources here are doing so in order to prepare for preaching. So, I thought that it might be worth having a look… Continue reading Going large: How to preach Luke’s Gospel

Not a great Bible study but not necessarily the worst possible

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Robin Barfield writes in Evangelicals Now: “What is your ideal Bible study? It may be one where your young people give you all the correct answers, quietly nodding as you dispense wisdom, and you get through all the questions you had prepared. I want to suggest that this may be the worst possible study!”[1] As… Continue reading Not a great Bible study but not necessarily the worst possible

Does preaching carry the same authority as Scripture? A response to Julius Santiago

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A friend asked the question recently on Facebook “What do you think preaching is?”  They offered three options: I opted for “other”, or perhaps a slight modification of the first option.  Preaching is the application of Scripture to the  hearts of a congregation assembled together.   The prompting for the question was a new book, “Preaching… Continue reading Does preaching carry the same authority as Scripture? A response to Julius Santiago

How to listen to sermons

Here is another little e-book. Partly this arose because there is perhaps a need for training to listen to as well as to preach sermons. Partly it’s because thinking about how we should listen to sermons affects how we think about preaching them too. this short book covers different types of sermon including expository, topical… Continue reading How to listen to sermons

Nostalgia and jars of stones

Steve Kneale wrote recently in Evangelicals Now about the danger of nostalgia.  He was responding to a recent spate of articles letters and blogs which seem to harp back to some golden era in the life of the church when churches held three teaching meetings a week and the pastor led all of them. David… Continue reading Nostalgia and jars of stones