“Preachers seldom neglect to prepare some introduction to a sermon, but very often neglect the conclusion; and yet the latter is even more important than the former” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p 277).
And There’s a Reason for That
“‘The purpose of preaching,’ wrote Halford Luccock, ‘is not to make people see reasons, but visions'” (Wiersbe, Preaching and Teaching With Imagination, p. 25)
Pervasive Intelligence
“Like sap in the plant or blood in the body, the vital current of thought must flow through the whole discourse, giving it animation, flexibility, strength” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 275).
Authority and Power
As the Church worships God, from Lord’s Day to Lord’s Day, we are making an authoritative proclamation. We are telling a dead world to wake up. “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you” (Eph. 5:14, ESV). Of course, when the Church is full of corpses, we have a …
One Body, Many Members
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #144 “For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, …
An Edible Oath
The apostle tells us that every time we come to this Table we do so in order to make a proclamation. Every time we eat and drink here, we proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. Now this proclamation is something that occurs among the Lord’s people, for we are the ones invited to this …
Stones for Stones
We have been considering how best to glorify God in our planned building endeavor. We want to glorify God with timber, and brick, and mortar, and stones. And speaking of stones, we should pay very close attention to a juxtaposition that the Lord placed between some stones in very different situations. “And he answered and …
Imitating the Message
“Biblical preaching means declaring God’s truth the way He declared it, and that means with imagination” (Wiersbe, Preaching and Teaching With Imagination, p. 9)
Preach to Move
“Preachers, especially the educated, have too often regarded instruction and conviction as the aim of their labors, when they are but means of leading men to the corresponding feeling, determination, and action” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 263).
Shake It Up a Bit
“So many sermons follow the beaten track, in which we can soon foresee all that is coming, as to make it a weary task even for devout hearers to listen attentively. One feels inclined to utter a plaintive cry, ‘Worthy brother, excellent brother, if you could only manage to drive us sometimes over a different …