Frontal assault on imaginations held captive

From Kevin Vanhoozer in The Drama of Doctrine: The sermon, not some leadership philosophy or management scheme, remains the prime means of pastoral direction and hence the pastor’s paramount responsibility. The good

Whew, literature review done

Countless hours of reading have now made their way into my literature review for my thesis, which is now DONE. My thesis is at 82 pages so far, and about to head into

Off duty

Even though I’ve been writing my thesis, I’ve technically been on vacation this past week. That means that I was off duty at church this morning. We ended up at Bramalea

Oops, my sermon just went anthro

No preacher sets out to be anthropocentric. It usually happens when preachers try to be relevant by crossing the gap between the world of Scripture and the world of today, but fail to

Preaching to felt needs

One of the reasons sermons become anthropocentric is that they set out to address felt needs. This approach can lead us into trouble because, according to Will Willimon, we live in a culture