And now we come to a cautionary tale about what happens when a theologian is left alone with scissors, library paste, and a Bible. Greg Boyd is done with the hard work of letting the ski boat of hermeneutical silliness get him up on the surface, and he is now jumping the wake and doing …
And Don’t Stare Either
“If you forget what you meant to say next, do not stop. Nothing is so awkward as a dead pause; and the awkwardness increases in geometric ratio to the seconds of time” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 443).
Can’t Pour From the Jug What Isn’t In It
“My earnest advice to you is that you never make the attempt to extemporize without being sure of your matter. Of all the defects of utterance I have ever known the most serious is having nothing to utter” (Alexander from Thoughts on Preaching, as quoted in Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 442).
Tongues as the Back of Our Hand
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #170 “If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad? But if all prophesy, …
Fire on the Head
In the famous episode of Elijah and the priests of Baal, it should be noted how dedicated the priests of Baal were. They built an altar, and danced around it for half of the day. When there was no fire from heaven, their dedication became more frenzied, and they began to leap on the altar …
Preach Like You’re Working
“The preacher should be careful of his health, not only on other accounts, but because speaking, real speaking, demands a high degree of nervous energy and power of endurance” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 439).
Surveying the Text: Luke
Introduction: If Mark is the shortest and punchiest of the gospels, Luke is the most detailed and meticulous. Luke claims to have done very careful research (Luke 1:1-4), and everything about this book bears that claim out. The Text: “And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and …
Not An Escape, But a Cleansing
This meal is the Wisdom of God. But you do not come here to do things with that Wisdom, but rather so that God’s infinite Wisdom will do things to you. The Wisdom of God is infinite and personal. Only the Spirit of God can plumb the depths of that infinite Wisdom, and that is …
Solid Joys
A building speaks of permanence. So when we build a church building—especially if there is a lot of brick and stone involved—this speaks of permanence as well. But we have to be careful. For Christians, this material world is not the final state of things. However, this does not mean that the final state of …
If You Would Speak, Write
“Both the beginner in oratory and the experienced ready speaker, must constrain themselves to write, much and carefully” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 435)