“To be a biblical preacher is to relish the delight of working so thick, demanding, and resourceful a medium as Holy Scripture” (Willimon, Proclamation and Theology, p. 49).
Despite the Threats
“As ministers then would deliver their own souls, and at last appear before the judgment seat of Christ pure from the blood of all men, they must warn every man, and teach every man without fear of undue censures or threatening dangers” (Foxcroft, The Gospel Ministry, p. 20).
Logic and Liberation
“Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye …
Which Causes Trouble More Often Than You Might Think
“The biblical preacher attempts to talk like the Bible, in order that the congregation might inculcate a scriptural way of construing the world” (Willimon, Proclamation and Theology, p. 47).
Diagnosis First
“Until men are convinced of sin, they will not be instructed in righteousness” (Foxcroft, The Gospel Ministry, p. 11).
Surveying the Text: Proverbs
Introduction: The book of Proverbs contains more teaching about women than any other book of Scripture. The structure of the book means that it is all about women, and many of the individual proverbs which seem unrelated are actually not at all unrelated. Woman is the glory of man, the capstone of man. She is …
The Devil’s Substitute for Love
“Too often, in too many congregations, unity is purchased by the world’s means — suppression of information, deceitful flattery, niceness, and subterfuge — rather than through the Christ-appointed means of speaking the truth in love” (Willimon, Proclamation and Theology, p. 30).
The Applause Comes a Century Later
“In other words, The Holy Spirit produces uppity speech” (Willimon, Proclamation and Theology, p. 27).
As Futile as That
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #178 “Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: …
And Which People are Usually Unwilling to Hear
“Prophets are those who have unusual gifts for discernment into the purposes of God and who are unusually bold in bringing those purposes to speech” (Willimon, Proclamation and Theology, p. 22)