“The sermons are like rivers, moving strongly in one direction, alive with eddies and cross-currents, now thundering in cataracts, now a calm mirror of the banks and sky; but never still, never stagnant.”
Parker, Calvin’s Preaching, p. 132
The Sinfulness of Worry
Sermon Video Introduction: In times like ours, there is a lot to worry about, is there not? If we are not worried about the coronavirus killing us dead, we are worried about panicked overreactions ...
Which Comes as a Surprise to Some
“It is that faith is never without combats; that we cannot serve God without being men of war.”
Calvin, as quoted in Parker, Calvin’s Preaching, p. 118
Drive It Home Like a Spear
“Calvin frequently said that it was useless for the preacher merely to declare the truths of the Bible and leave the congregation to accept them or not without more ado.”
Parker, Calvin’s Preaching, p. 114
A Visual Echo
“Earlier we spoke of the expository preacher as a chameleon, taking his color from that of the passage on which he was alighted.”
Parker, Calvin’s Preaching, p. 103
And So Should You
“Calvin believed in the universal relevance of Holy Scripture.”
Parker, Calvin’s Preaching, p. 89
Double Barreled
“Expository preaching consists in the explanation and application of a passage of Scripture. Without explanation it is not expository; without application it is not preaching.”
Parker, Calvin’s Preaching, p. 79
Psalm 120/A Lament About Liars
Sermon Video The Twelfth Decade of Psalms: Introduction: This psalm is the first in a series of fifteen psalms, called from ancient times psalms of ascent, or psalms of degree. What this means ...
Shared Responsibility
“It follow that the congregation no less than the preacher have a responsibility towards what is taught . . . They, no less than the preacher, have a duty to see to it, so far as they can, that the message of the Bible shall alone be heard in their pulpit (for the pulpit is the pulpit of the whole Church, not merely of one member, the preacher.”
Parker, Calvin’s Preaching, p. 51
Sitting Silently in Rows
“The assumption seems to be that, whereas the preacher is really doing something, the people have a passive role, like so many jugs waiting to be filled.”
Parker, Calvin’s Preaching, p. 48