Fall 2006 Is History – School Term Ends
As some of you know, I am a MDiv student at Vanderbilt Divinity School.
Author: Sherman Haywood Cox II
Top 10 Selling Preaching Books Through this Site: Part 3
Here are the two best selling books on preaching through this site.
Top 10 Selling Preaching Books Through this Site: Part 3 Read MoreSeed-picking Preaching
Lingamish has a post up where he decries what he calls “seed-picking” in sermon presentation. Here the preacher jumps from text to text quickly and without giving proper attention to background and the context of the texts used.
we all have heard these sermons…In John it says, and turn over to Ezekiel, and this agrees with Genesis. Usually these sermons lose all context and ends up just being a mismatch of texts.
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Top 10 Selling Preaching Books Through this Site: Part 2
In this post we continue looking at the top 10 selling preaching books bought through this site.
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Top 10 Selling Preaching Books Through this Site: Part 1
I have been blogging on preaching for about a year now. Through all the blogs I have suggested books on preaching. Over the past year here are the top 10 best selling books on preaching.
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Miles Davis and Preaching: Be Yourself
Miles Davis has taught me something important about myself and the preaching event.
Review: Liberating Pulpit
Here is the Conclusion to the review for the book Liberating Pulpit. If you are interested in the whole review, please download the PDF.
Learn Greek with Free On-line Video Training
Here is a link to a website that has video training for the Greek langauge as well as a downloadable textbook that goes with the course.
Learn Greek with Free On-line Video Training Read MoreSome lists of Important Books.
If you want to see what Christianity Today thinks are the top 50 books that have shaped the evangelical movement then look here.
The Purgatorio blog has given 50 more books that didn’t make the list, but should be considered…You can see that list here.
Some lists of Important Books. Read MoreDo you Need the Bible Languages?
An interesting question from the Expository Thoughts blog. As I read the post two parallel emotions came over me. First, I think that one must never come to the conclusion that languages are necessary to know the scriptures. And another point, we have a responsibility to use every tool that we have the ability to use in preparation. and finally, we should desire to gain greater preceision and power in our preaching that will probably require the languages.
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Will Your Preaching Be Missed?
Seth Goodin talks about how he used to go to Tower Records but now goes to Amazon.com and thus does not really care about the closing of Tower Records. He notes how he doen’t go to the bank or even use the classified Ads when looking for jobs. Something has replaced these things and they are no longer useful.
Will Your Preaching Be Missed? Read MoreHaggard’s Repentence
Here is a link to the letter that Ted Haggard wrote which demonstrates his repentence. The letter demonstrates that he was immediately removed from office for his illiegal activities as well as his being placed under the spiritual leadership of three pastoral overseers. In addition, Haggard takes total responsibility for his actions.