“The flowers suitable in serious discourse are never artificial flowers” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 386).
Which Question Is It?
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #159 “Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when …
When Preaching Slides
“We can now easily understand why some preachers care too much for embellishment. They take a wrong view of their office, or at any rate are influenced by a wrong motive. They aim too much at entertaining, at gratifying the audience. They do not feel the seriousness of their work, the solemnity of their position. …
Church Discipline and Life
Introduction A church that does not or cannot discipline errant members of the congregation is a church with AIDS. It has no means of fighting off infections—whether those infections are moral or doctrinal or both. The infections can be in the heart or the head, but the church has to be able to deal with …
Let It Ebb and Flow
“Another serious and very common mistake is in the effort to maintain uniform energy throughout a discourse . . . In highly passionate speaking there must be variety, alteration” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 378).
Make the Spirit Come by Waving Your Arms
“Some speakers imagine that they must be energetic in style and manner even when it does not suit the subject, or does not accord with their actual feelings” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 377).
No Theological Schadenfreude
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #158 Charity “beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things” (1 Cor. 13:7). In this verse, we see that love does four things. Two of them are active, and two are responsive. In the middle …
When the Bricks Start to Fall
It is worthy noting that the Lord Jesus describes one of the features of hypocrisy as being manifested in an inability to read the culture. “Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?” (Luke 12:56). A hypocrite does …
Love and Truth Link Arms
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #157 Charity “rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth” (1 Cor. 13:6). This verse comes right to the point. There is one verb, used twice. Charity does not rejoice in one thing, and does rejoice in another. …
Needing a Good Set of Brakes
“Metaphors present to the orator an inexhaustible source of energetic expression. It is imagination that must produce them, and good taste that must regulate their use” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 374).