“People don’t like listening to talking windmills” (Motyer, Preaching?, p. 116).
The Face of Jesus Christ
http://www.christkirk.com/Sermons/mp3/1757.mp3 Artist: Douglas Wilson Sermon on 2 Cor. 4:6-7 Website: www.canonwired.com Date: January 2014 We honestly have very little idea what Jesus Christ looked like. We worship Him as the visible image of the invisible Father, and yet we do not know what that visible image looks like. What kind of visible image is that? We …
Expecting Diversity
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #141 “Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all” (1 …
Mind Rinse Sermons
“Our spontaneous overflow is not necessarily to be trusted or valued — as my first senior would put it: ‘trying to glorify God with the rinsings of our minds'” (Motyer, Preaching? p. 105).
What Dries More Quickly Than a Tear?
“Surely that is not good preaching . . . which excites a mere transient and unproductive emotion. It is matter of universal observation that a speaker who would excite deep feeling must feel deeply himself” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 236).
A Laugh Can Make It Stick
“A chuckle can go a long way in making the truth memorable and acceptable” (Motyer, Preaching? p. 104).
A Toxic Civil War
Introduction We see here in this passage that God is always sovereign, and His Word always comes to pass—regardless of who seems to be in power, and who seems to be powerless. Shrewd counsel is disregarded, and bad counsel followed, and why? Because God determines the movements of men. The Text: “Moreover Ahithophel said unto …
Straight Up
“Of about ninety-seven verbs used in the New Testament for communicating God’s truth — preaching in the broadest sense of the word — at least fifty-six are declarative . . . Our primary task is to make truth plain” (Motyer, Preaching?, p. 103).
Don’t Overpreach
“Who was it who said ‘we are called to give people to drink of the well of the water of life, but we are not called to make them drink from the bucket or chew the rope’?” (Motyer, Preaching? p. 99).
Which Means Preachers Must Plead
“The chief part of what we commonly call application is persuasion” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 232).