Sermon Video Introduction: You should recall that at our previous joint worship service earlier this summer, the emphasis was on two kinds of unity. The first is a unity that we are given by grace, ...
When Desire Divides
The Mines of Difficulty
Sermon Video Introduction: The second stanza of an old Isaac Watts hymn asks quite a reasonable question. It is a question that we—accustomed as we are to many creature comforts—should be ...
As in a Decision
“We should never leave the pulpit without calling for a verdict.”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 77
Don’t Start Driving If You Don’t Know Where You’re Going
“Before standing the pulpit you must decide what the sermon is to achieve.”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 76
How to Hear a Sermon
Sermon Video Introduction: In the first half of this chapter, Paul has recounted for the Thessalonians the kind of character that he and his co-workers displayed when they labored there in Thessalonica. ...
The Heart of It
“The Westminster Directory (1645) states that “the true idea of [expository] preaching is that the preacher should become a mouthpiece for his text, opening it up and applying it as a word from God to his hearers, . . . in order that the text may speak . . . and be heard, making each point from his text in such a manner that [his audience] may discern [the voice of God]”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 69
Unpacking the Suitcase
“We must distinguish between imposition and exposition: eisegesis and exegesis. With the text before us, we must ask: What does the Scripture say? What does the Scripture mean? And only then, What does the Scripture say to me and my congregation?”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, pp. 64-65
True Ministry
Introduction: When we get to the second chapter of this epistle, the apostle Paul reminds them of how it was that the gospel was first brought to them. We know that Paul was only there for three ...
Foundations
“A good deal of counseling should be done from the pulpit.”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 59
And It Tuckers You Clean Out
“The fact is, there is hardly any other occupation on earth more demanding on the total personality than anointed preaching.”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 56