I hope your church has not demoted preaching for a more popular and entertaining method. I just read a forum on preaching in The Journal of the Evangelical Homiletics Society by Hughes Oliphant Old. Old has an excellent seven history of preaching called The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian [...]
Archive for May, 2009
A Rant about Preaching, or the Lack Thereof!
Posted: May 31, 2009 in Homiletics/PreachingTags: Contemporary Christian Worship, Contemporary Worship Music: A Biblical Defense, Hughes Oliphant Old, John Frame, Liturgical Renewal Movement, Roman Catholic Church, The Journal of the Evangelical Homiletics Society, The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, The Reformation
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Hobbies
Posted: May 30, 2009 in HobbiesTags: b5media, Chris Garrett, chrisg.com, Darren Rowse, digital-photography-school.com, Hobbies, Performancing.com, Problogger, ProBlogger.net, Splashpress Media, Technorati, www.livingroom.org.au/blog
Do you have any hobbies?” I am sometimes asked. “Sure, I have hobbies, everybody has hobbies” I quickly answer. “Oh, what are your hobbies?” “Uh, well, let me get back with you on that.” My hobbies have centered around my family and church. I’ve read thousands of books to my boys, if you count all the [...]
How should we read Scripture?
Posted: May 29, 2009 in Book Reviews, Hermeneutics/InterpretationTags: Allegorical method of interpretation, Basic Bible Interpretation, Bernard Ramm, grammatical-historical method of interpretation, Hermeneutics, John Bright, Loraine Boettner, Roy Zuck, The New Perspective on Paul, The Reformation, The Roman Catholic Church
There are two conflicting methods of interpreting Scripture: The literal and the allegorical method. The literal or grammatical-historical method is the method Roy Zuck is teaching in the book of our review “Basic Bible Interpretation.” This method interprets Scripture in the normal sense of language. The way you read the daily news on cnn.com or foxnews.com. [...]
The Blogging Church, 5 Questions with Mark Driscoll
Posted: May 28, 2009 in Book ReviewsTags: Blogging, Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill Church, Podcasts, Steve Timmis, Technology, The Blogging Church, The Resurgence, Vintage Church
In addition to telling us why and how to blog, The Blogging Church interviews blogging pastors or leaders. There are 5 questions in each interview. The first blogging pastor interviewed was Mark Driscoll. Driscoll’s blog is www.theresurgence.com/blog and his church’s blog is www.marshillchurch.org. First Question: After a short bio, Driscoll is asked “What pushed you over [...]
Seven Steps to Preparing a Sermon, Steps 1 & 2 (Choose and Study the Passage)
Posted: May 27, 2009 in How To Prepare A SermonTags: Bruce Mawhinney, C. J. Mahaney, Gordon Fee, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Howard Hendricks, Mark Dever, Preaching With Freshness, Sermon preparation
Start early! This is the welcomed advice of Bruce Mawhinney in Preaching with Freshness, Eugene: Harvest House Publishers, 1991, p. 41). “Early exegesis helps to prevent late eisegesis.” Bruce Mawhinney is senior pastor of New Covenant Fellowship in Mechanicsburg and writes one of the most refreshing books on preaching I have ever read. Preaching with [...]
Review of “Basic Bible Interpretation” Chapter 1
Posted: May 26, 2009 in Book Reviews, Hermeneutics/InterpretationTags: Basic Bible Hermeneutics, Clarity, Perspicuity, Roman Catholic Church, Roy Zuck, Wayne Grudem
Roy Zuck begins chapter one “The What and Why of Bible Interpretation” with the Ethiopian eunuch responding to Philip’s hermeneutic question, “Do you understand what you are reading?” The eunuch’s response, “How can I…unless some man explain it to me” (Acts 8:31)? Zuck ends the chapter with the doctrine of clarity or perspicuity which teaches [...]
The Blogging Church, Chapter Two
Posted: May 24, 2009 in Book ReviewsTags: Blogging, Brian Bailey, Darren Rowse, Leaveitbehind.com, Problogger.com, Terry Storch, Terry Storch.com, Twitter
Brian Bailey and Terry Storch answer the question, “Should my church become a blogging church?” Before Bailey and Storch tell us how to blog they want us to answer “Why?” Actually there are three questions to answer before your church adds this technology to your ministry. IS IT A TOOL OR A TOY? Technology is [...]
Who are Partial Preterists? Part 4
Posted: May 22, 2009 in End Time Events, PreterismTags: A D 70, David Chilton, Gary DeMar, Greg L. Bahnsen, J. Marcellus Kik, Jay Adams, Kenneth Gentry, Ligonier Ministries, Preterists, R. C. Sproul, Resurrection, Second Coming, The Last Days According to Jesus, Thomas Ice
Thomas Ice identifies several important partial preterists. Within Covenant theology men like Jay Adams and J. Marcellus Kik are partial preterists. Ice also identifies Greg L. Bahnsen, who is a Reformed and Reconstructionist preterist who was influential in producing other preterists like David Chilton, Gary DeMar, and Kenneth Gentry. Ice makes note that the [...]
