Theology That Bites Back
“Personal spiritual issues, also, must be dealt with in this regard. In fact, certain issues in the preacher’s life should be dealt with as part of sermon preparation. If not, the spiritual blocks can remain, denying the preacher the liberty to hear, see, respond to, and rejoice in the truth personally.”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 109
“Messages mature over time.”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 106
“Time must be set aside for the preparation of specific messages. Quality time must be be guarded for sermon preparation.”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 105
“The care of souls makes so many demands that even in a small congregation it cannot be properly exercised by just one or a few.”
Bucer, Concerning the True Care of Souls, p. 58
“Every message needs to be fresh, but the wise preacher saves study notes, outlines, and complete manuscripts.”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 95
“The church’s ministers are to be chosen from those who are, firstly, blameless in the sight of all, with a good reputation as far as they themselves, and also their wives, children, and servants are concerned.”
Bucer, Concerning the True Care of Souls, p. 46
“We should never leave the pulpit without calling for a verdict.”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 77
“Before standing the pulpit you must decide what the sermon is to achieve.”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 76
“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
“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
