“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 …
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)
So Make Sure It Fits
“What fits exactly, we repeat, can be easily remembered” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 432).
The Order Is Important
“You are free to break the rules once the rules have broken you” (Wiersbe, Preaching and Teaching With Imagination, p. 232)
Tongues as Pending Judgment
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #169 “Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and …
Surveying the Text: Mark
Introduction: This is the shortest of the four gospels, but Mark uses a number of devices to make it fly by even faster. This is a gospel of now. This is a gospel that is quite effective in presenting us with a sense of vivid immediacy. Mark uses the historical present tense consistently, he uses …
Preaching Wheels Up
“This exaltation of soul, rising at times to rapture, can never be fitly described; but the speaker who does not in some measure know what it means, was not born to be a speaker” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 428).