Daniel Goepfrich wrote a substantial interaction with this blog over on his site – here – this post is specifically addressing the examples of poetry and prophets given in paragraphs 10 & 11. ——————— Regarding Poetry, again I don’t insist that we preach through a book – that is not what I teach (thanks for correcting your post on that). However, it would be a shame to miss the importance of written context for any biblical passage. Proverbs seems to be the most randomly organized, until you read Bruce Waltke or someone like that and start to see the structuring of apparently random collections of proverbs. Whether or not that can or should be communicated in preaching is another issue.
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The Bible, Expository & Consecutive Preaching – Part 4
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Church selling building to help poor
Just a quick post to say that we are planning to visit the Chicago area in the first half of May, 2010. If you’d be interested, I’d be happy to offer an evening seminar on some aspect of preaching, or a full Biblical Preaching Seminar, in your church. If you are in the Chicago area and might be interested in hosting a day or evening seminar, please contact me via the comment option below. Thanks.
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Evening Seminar – Chicago Area
Daniel Goepfrich wrote a substantial interaction with this blog over on his site – here – this post is specifically addressing the example of historical narrative given in paragraph 9. Be sure to check out the comments on his site. It’s great to enjoy a mutually respectful interaction like this. ——————— You go on to address various genres. A couple of comments. Historical narratives are not always in strict chronological order – I touched on that yesterday. Neither are all narratives offering normative example (i.e. that we should duplicate what happened). However, they are written with theological purpose. I sometimes say that the writers were neither drunk nor wasteful – they didn’t waste words and they didn’t waste parchment.
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The Bible, Expository & Consecutive Preaching – Part 3
POPULATION TRENDS THAT WILL ROCK YOUR FUTURE It is crucial for the worldwide mission of the global church that we think long-term and that we begin to strategically engage our world. The church must break-free of cultural-bound faddish short-term thinking and quick-fix activities. Using population statistics (rounded off) provided by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, I have researched the future population trends of our world by continent and region. These are population details that will rock your future! Read through the population below, and begin to shift your thinking toward where are world is going, and how more effectively global Christians can engage and transform our world.
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Daniel Goepfrich wrote a substantial interaction with this blog over on his site – here – this post is specifically addressing this sentence in paragraph 8: Most of the Scriptures were not written as sermons or messages to be taught straight through. Sure, some of the letters in the New Testament are designed that way and a few books in the Old Testament, but the majority of the Bible is not
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The Bible, Expository & Consecutive Preaching – Part 2
Fresh on the heels of stories run-a-muck regarding one Creflo”he who lives up to his surname” Dollar getting sued for a text message enterprise gone the way of Bernie Madoff other professional kleptomaniacs, we have a strategic PR campaign… er, a moment of mea culpa. According to this story from Charisma magazine, Creflo Dollar has been
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Creflo Dollar finally gives back some “change”?
The site received a comment from Greg, who is in the DMin program at Talbot – preaching cohort. His thesis is allowing him to research “The Effects of Advanced Technology on Expository Preaching.” I’ve taken his questions and integrated them into this post, allowing us all to think about the issue, as well as offering help to Greg. I suppose in thirty years’ time Greg’s grandchildren may be laughing at what he called “advanced technology” – remember the revolution caused by the Overhead Projector (the ones with transparent sheets on top)
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Sources on Technology and Preaching
Opening thought : In the city hall lobby in Warren, Michigan, north of Detroit, unemployed Chrysler auto worker Rick and wife Maria Litwin stand under a maroon vinyl banner with a Bible in hand and ask passersby, “Do you need a prayer today?” Tabernacle church, a Pentecostal congregation of about 200 in town started the prayer station. In an area with 17% unemployment, they pray with an average 125 people per day. Now others in town are asking for prayer stations.
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Colossians 1:9-14 – Christ-centered Prayer
Even for the vast majority of us who are not “broadcast” when we preach, there is still a temptation to achieve good soundbites. On one hand, this is not too far from the goal of having a single sentence summary statement, a big idea, a main idea, a proposition, a take-home truth or whatever you call it. The condensed nature of a single sentence aids the unity of the message, the effectiveness of communication and the memorability of the important core of the message
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Cliches, Soundbites and Pithy Grabbers – Beware