Application at the Heart of Preaching
I love this quotation from Abraham Kuyper, quoted by Pastor Doug Wilson. … Read more about Application at the Heart of Preaching
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Theses on preaching
What's going on when someone preaches?
How does God's word preached relate to God's word written?
How does the sermon relate to the other parts of a church service?
How does preaching relate to / differ from the other contexts and events in which we hear God's word?
How do the words of the preacher relate to the words of God?
Where does the Spirit fit into preaching?
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Emmanuel Theology Conference
I'm delighted to commend to readers of this blog an upcoming day conference in North London. It is organised by Emmanuel Church in North London, where my friend Steve Jeffery is the minister. One of the things I have always appreciated about Emmanuel is the way they enjoy putting events on that will serve the wider church.
Here's some of the blurb from their website.
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Giving up is too easy
Some sobering words from Chris Green as he comments on 2 Timothy 4:10 … Read more about Giving up is too easy
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CS Lewis on the apostle Paul
Hugh Palmer, in yesterday's talk, quoted from CS Lewis. It's taken from the essay he wrote as an introduction to JB Phillips 1947 translation of the New Testament epistles, a book entitled "Letters to Young Churches"
It's a marvellous quotation from Lewis, so I thought I'd reproduce it here. (I've extended it slightly beyond the portion Hugh quoted) … Read more about CS Lewis on the apostle Paul
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First Things
A number of us heard an extremely helpful talk this morning from Hugh Palmer, rector of All Souls Langham Place in London. He reminded a group of us, all in church leadership or pastoral ministry of some kind, to keep first things first. … Read more about First Things
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William Still = Jones the Butcher?
I've finally finished reading William Still's fine The Work of the Pastor. Perhaps a better heading for this post would be the need for perspective. Anyway, here's a word for our own day: … Read more about William Still = Jones the Butcher?
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The whole Bible
"Once you are convinced that your people need — I say need — the whole Word of God, and you get over the shock to your indolent flesh that you are not in the ministry for an easy job, you simply roll up your sleeves, and having gathered, or being in process of gathering, the most helpful library of commentaries and reference books you can find, you get down to it: and book by book you give your people a balanced diet of the truth." (William Still, The Work of the Pastor, page 64)
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Praying in Public
It is a joy to discover Sam Allberry has a blog. He has a particularly excellent post on there with some very important reminders for those of us who lead public prayer in church. Check them out at: http://allberry.blogspot.com/2009/09/public-prayer.html … Read more about Praying in Public
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King of Terrors: Death Still Not Nothing
Since I posted on Henry Scott Holland's poem “Death is Nothing at all”, that blog post has overtaken my sermon on 1 Corinthians 13 as the most visited page on this site. Curiously, both the Scott Holland text and 1 Corinthians 13 are popular passages at funerals. … Read more about King of Terrors: Death Still Not Nothing
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