Preaching

THE DEATH OF EXEGESIS
Do Christian preachers actually need to preach from the Bible? Apparently yes and apparently no. Apparently 'yes' in that it seems some preachers feel obliged to at least use a verse from the Scriptures to pre-empt their message which may not necessarily bear any relationship to that verse. And apparently 'no' because some preachers don't even feel the need to use even a verse of Scripture, or make any reference to it! Whether you preach topically or expositorily you must undertake the process of exegesis... (full article)

HOUSES HAVE FRAMES.
BODIES HAVE SKELETONS.
SERMONS HAVE?

I remember how difficult it was trying to tell an older preacher that his preaching was terrible, woops, I mean sub-optimal. When he asked why I thought this was so, I replied that not only couldn't most of our congregation understand what he was actually trying to say, I myself actually had no idea what he had just said. When I asked him if he himself could actually tell me in one sentence what he had just preached, he couldn't. Then he launched into a tirrade about why he didn't want to preach like every other preacher...(full article)