…according to Richard Baxter; and I agree.
“It is no easy matter to speak so plainly, that the most ignorant may understand us; and so seriously that the deadest hearts may feel us; and so convincingly, that the contradicting cavillers may be silenced.”
Baxter, Richard. The Reformed Pastor
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…according to Steve Lawson:
A heaven-sent revival will only come when Scripture is enthroned once again in the pulpit. There must be the clarion declaration of the Bible, the kind of preaching that gives a clear explanation of a biblical text with compelling application, exhortation, and appeal.
Preacher, is this your goal when you come to sermon preparation?
Notice Lawson’s not endorsing expository lectures but expository sermons / preaching. Joining the explanation must be “compelling application, exhortation, and appeal.”
Lord, by your grace please aid and sustain us in this sober and high calling.
Filed Under // Homiletics, Preaching, Revival, Steve Lawson
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David Murray has made his first ever e-Book available for free download. It is entitled, How Sermons Work – An Introduction to Sermon Preparation, and although I’ve yet to read it, from the table of contents it looks to be a helpful resource.
It’s on my to read list, why don’t you download it and tell me (and David Murray) what you think.
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I just listened to an encouraging sermon by David Murray entitled God’s Immovable Line from Romans 10:3-4. What may be of interest to some of you is that he has also uploaded his pulpit notes. Personally, I’ve found following a preacher’s pulpit notes while listening to him preach is a beneficial homiletical exercise.
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Lee Shelton IV posted this great sermon evaluation question he heard on a recent broadcast of the WhiteHorse Inn:
Whenever you hear someone preach, ask yourself this question: Why did Christ need to suffer and die on a cross in order for this sermon to make sense? And pastors, it wouldn’t hurt for you to ask yourselves the same question.
Now I (and you) should go and listen to the WhiteHorse Inn.
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Thanks to David Murray for pointing me to this two-part lecture given by Stuart Ollyott on the topic of boring sermons. His two lectures consist of thirteen points:
Here is a quote from the first few minutes:
A sermon is not a lecture. Because some people think a sermon is a lecture their churches are in trouble.
I’ve got several things on my “to watch / to listen to” list that I will begin to tackle in a few weeks when I have some more free time. These lectures are on the list.
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I was reading a book on preaching this afternoon which included a quote by the French mathematician Jules Henri Poincaré.
“No man knows anything about higher mathematics until he can explain it clearly to the man on the street”
Poincaré’s words should arrest every preacher as he prepares and reviews his sermon for the upcoming Lord’s Day. Simplicity in preaching is not the sign of a weak preacher; rather it is the sign of a man who has truly understood “high” theology.
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