Miles Davis has taught me something important about myself and the preaching event.
Category: Homiletic Theory
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.
Do 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.
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.
Getting more Mileage out of Your Sermons
Over at the ChurchHacks blog you will find a four part series on How to Extend your sermons beyond Sunday. I would encourage you to check it out. In the first installment the author suggests that you Provide an outline, Give them something to take home, and give them homework.
Speedlinking October 30, 2006
- Patrick’s Musings questions whether some preachers put too much emphasis on what the “application” of the sermon can do.
- Hooks, Lines, and Thinkers gives 10 steps to sermon titles that sizzle.
- RJz blog has 7 skills for finding illustrations in daily life.
Bryan Chapell Audio Course on Preaching
Covenant Theological Seminary has a number of free audio lectures for Religion and Theology courses including Youth
Preacher as Jazz Conductor
The Jazz Theologian has an interesting quote from this biography of Desmond Tutu. Here Tutu is seen as a Jazz conductor.
How to be a Guest Preacher
Ed Eubanks from the Placement Reflections Blog was interviewed by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship about this issue. Here is the link to the informative article that also has links to other resources.
The first half of the article is directed to churches who have guest speakers, the second half is to guest speakers themselves. I encourage you to check out this interesting resource.
Black Baptists Speak against Prosperity Preaching
There are some who think that T.D. Jakes or Eddie Long are the epitome of Black Preaching. However the National Baptists (the largest Black Baptist Convention) spoke against this version of Black preaching at their national convention.
What are You Feeding the People?
Over at the Expository Thoughts blog, Paul Lamey gives a parable about preaching where one preacher, named Pastor Lite, simply gives the people rice cakes. These rice cakes are flavored well and thus provide the people something tasty but not very filling. However, another preacher, named Flames Montgomery, gave the people steaks and the people got full.
The Homiletical Hermeneutic
The Theocentric Preaching blog has an interesting post on how to avoid the “Homiletic Hermeneutic.” The homiletic hermeneutic is one where the homiletical impulse overpowers the original meaning of the text. In it the author quotes the Expository Thoughts blog, which quotes Daniel I. Block, by giving 6 characteristics that show evidence of using a “homiletical hermeneutic.”