Theocentric premise three: The text has a point
Warning: if you accept this premise, it will destroy a lot of sermons you may have preached.
Every preacher I know wants to preach sermons that connect with the needs of real people.
Darryl Dash
I'm a grateful husband, father, oupa, and pastor of Grace Fellowship Church East Toronto. I love learning, writing, and encouraging. I'm on a lifelong quest to become a humble, gracious old man.
Theocentric premise two: The Bible has a story line
[The Bible] is not a religious book of advice about the “answers” we need about a happy marriage, sex, work, or losing weight. Although the Scriptures reflect on many of those issues, they
When confessional preaching goes too far
A satirical article from LarkNews.com:
NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Brentwood Community Church’s congregation has asked its pastor to stop using the pulpit as his public confessional and to set boundaries on what he’
Theocentric premise one: The Bible is not a book about you
Every time I prepare a sermon, I face the same temptation. I open the text and want to make a headlong rush to application. I should know better but it happens way too
Kingdom business
This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church”
From Liberating the Church:
The church gets in trouble whenever it thinks its in the church business rather than the Kingdom business. In the