In amongst the responses to the Tommy Robinson march, I came across this one from a pastor who had been part of the march. It’s not an easy listen but worth persevering with. You get an insight into the arguments and methods used by those seeking to justify Christians marching under the banner of the… Continue reading Responding to a sermon on “why Christians should go on a Tommy Robinson march”
Tag: exegesis
Biblical brackets
There’s a particular technique that shows up in Scripture where writers want to show that a train of thought is being followed through from start to conclusion. It functions to bracket various thoughts, points, narratives together and is known technically as an inclusion. The method use is to repeat a word, phrase or pericope at… Continue reading Biblical brackets
Reading the room
Don’t quote God out of context
Faithroots Podcast on Bible Communication (part 2)
If we claim to love God’s Word then we need to handle it correctly
Banner of Truth have republished an article recently calling for churches to preserve with holding evening services -or in many cases to recover them. I’m not sure who the target is of such articles? Is the aim to lay a heavy burden on pastors for not persevering with opening up buildings knowing that few if… Continue reading If we claim to love God’s Word then we need to handle it correctly
Guns, rights and exegesis
Sadly, there has been another horrific shooting at a US school. Far too frequently we hear of such terrible and tragic events in the United States and this prompts debate about gun controls. One of the arguments frequently made for not bringing in tighter controls is that Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms. … Continue reading Guns, rights and exegesis
When Scripture asks the questions
Steve Kneale has written helpfully here about what to do when a Bible passage doesn’t seem to be answering your questions. As Steve observes, it can often be the case that the passage simply isn’t intended to answer the question that you and me are asking. Indeed, it may well also be the case that… Continue reading When Scripture asks the questions
Stop saying that the preacher will explain the passage
I’m going to fess up to one of my bug bears. It really irritates me when a service leader announces that such and such a person is “now going to come and explain the Bible passage.” Please can we get out of the habit of doing this. First of all, it gets the idea into… Continue reading Stop saying that the preacher will explain the passage
What do you do with difficult Bible passages?
Our church have been working through Mark’s Gospel both in our Sunday morning services and at our midweek life group. Most of Mark feels like plain sailing (well, there is the occasional storm). However, there are a couple of more challenging texts. I suspect that the ones that stand out are Mark 10 which raises… Continue reading What do you do with difficult Bible passages?
Is expository preaching “all that”?
I saw this little twitter thread this morning. It’s worth a read, just to pick up on how some people perceive what is considered the gold standard approach to preaching among conservative evangelicals It’s important because I suspect that a lot of us will consider expository preaching as the norm and will be surprised that… Continue reading Is expository preaching “all that”?
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