“And then, as if in response to someone throwing a big breaker somewhere. Robert P. Warner slumped, shumped, and fell to the floor. He assumed the demeanor and outlook of a beanbag chair and ceased cooperating with the world.”
The Content Cluster Muster (02.06.20)
When God Uses Hyperbole: And, as usual, there is more here. And some really good ones, in fact. Postmillennialism (Reformed Basics): https://www.facebook.com/ChristKirk/videos/vl.476177696314324/161400888609358/?type=1 Watch on Amazon Prime Video: bit.ly/reformed-basics The Scriptures contain many prophecies, and so one of the most important things we can do as Christians is learn how to read them. We are to more than …
Simple, Vivid, Honest
“We must search for simple words which our listeners will understand, vivid words which will help them to picture what we are saying and honest words which tell the plain truth without exaggeration.”
Stott, The Challenge of Preaching, p. 62
Which Sometimes Happens
“Tears ran down her cheeks. Her eye makeup was seriously blurred, and she looked out the twin smudges at the camera. Staring at this very spectacle on the screen, John Mitchell told Cindi, who was standing behind him, that News Babe looked like a sensuous and emotionally worked-up raccoon.”
129: “Eyes full of Adultery”
This week pastor Wilson talks regime swaps with or without congress, unpacks the greek word asteriktos, and reviews Range by David Epstein (but not that Epstein).
129: “Eyes full of Adultery”
This week pastor Wilson talks regime swaps with or without congress, unpacks the greek word asteriktos, and reviews Range by David Epstein (but not that Epstein).
Disarray and the Democrats
Introduction: Whichever apprentice angel it was who was tasked to write out the rough script for this last week or so has been warned repeatedly. Twice the script was sent back with red ink all over it, and “too contrived” scribbled in the margin, but then finally the decision was made to just go with …
And Neither Can They Preach Them
“An unstructured sermon is like a jellyfish, all flesh and no bones. However, a sermon whose structure is too noticeable is like a skeleton, all bones and no flesh. Neither jellyfish nor skeletons made good sermons.”
Stott, The Challenge of Preaching, p. 60
And Then Sprayed a Little Extra
“So the meeting began with a financial report, which Bill Turner had prepared for them, the bottom line of which looked like somebody had been spraying it with Roundup.”
Things to Write About Keep Happening
Letter to the Editor: About your article: "Confessions of a Toxic Boy." Let me just say that you are a perfect picture of what can happen when a session backs their pastor, loves God, ...