Theology That Bites Back
This last week our church community was shocked by a tragic death, and it is at times like these that we must always remember to turn to God for solace and comfort. But we do not turn to Him as though He were a bystander together with us, grieved and shocked the same way we …
At the very beginning of the creation, the Spirit of God hovered over the face of the deep, over the face of the waters. Here, in the new day of the new creation, He is doing the same thing, yet again, hovering over the water. We are not superstitious and we do not trust in …
“. . . preaching about Christ as distinct from preaching Christ. There are many preachers who seem to do nothing else, always discussing Christianity as a problem instead of announcing Christianity as a message, and proclaiming Christ as a Savior”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 35
“Where application begins, there the sermon begins”
Charles Spurgeon, as quoted in Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 251
“I think that it would give to our preaching just the quality which it appears to me to most lack now. That quality is breadth. I do not mean liberality of thought, nor tolerance of opinion, nor anything of that kind. I mean largeness of movement, the great utterance of great truths, the great enforcement of great duties, as distinct from the minute, and subtle, and ingenious treatment of little topics, side issues of the soul’s life, bits of anatomy, the bric-a-brac of theology”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 32
Sermon Video Introduction: The progress of the gospel throughout the world is certainly going to have the eventual effect of making your neighborhood a lot nicer, but that should not be considered ...
“The age has no aversion to preaching as such. It may not listen to your preaching. If that proves to be the case, look for the fault first in your preaching, and not in the age.”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, p. 30
“Preaching is the bringing of truth through personality . . . it must come through his character, his affections, his whole intellectual and moral being. It must come genuinely through him”
Phillips Brooks, The Joy of Preaching, pp. 26-27
Sermon Video Introduction: Remember that the Spirit moves throughout the earth, converting and restoring individuals, fashioning them into saints, into believers. As His fruit is manifested in ...
Sermon Video Introduction: This is a passage in which we can clearly see the basic Pauline cast of mind. How does the apostle Paul think about the relationship of gospel truth and gospel living? ...
