John Piper Echoing Wayne Grudem’s Contention that NT Prophecy Differs from OT Prophecy

Piper contends along the same lines as Wayne Grudem that NT prophecy was of a different character than OT prophecy. I appreciate how Piper acknowledges and concedes why people would have a hang-up over such a declaration. He also argues that the NT gift of teaching is fallible and a good analogy of how NT [...]

Expositional Preaching Crosses Cultural Boundaries

Recently, I posted some reflections on preaching in the African-American church.
Yesterday, I listened to Thabiti Anyabwile’s talk on expositional preaching in non-white contexts (you can find the audio here).  Late in the talk, he broadened non-white to “subcultural.”  He said that there is a conception that expositional preaching (where the preacher focuses on explaining the [...]

Reaching the Next Generation With Substance, Not Style

Kevin DeYoung, pastor at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan, did a series this week on his five-part plan for “reaching the next generation” with Christ: “Grab them with passion.  Win them with love.  Hold them with holiness.  Challenge them with truth.  Amaze them with God.”  The focus of the series is this: substance [...]

Helping a Preacher Preach

Two weeks ago, my fiancée and I went to a Missionary Baptist Church in Kankakee, Illinois, where I live and work.  I’ve been to predominantly black churches before, but this time I heard something that I had not before: the pastor of the church and the guest preacher both talked a bit about the role [...]

Proverbs 31:10-31 “A Woman Who Fears the Lord”

I have pasted below my sermon outline from 5.10.09. I am also attaching a pdf copy here: Proverbs 31.10t31 a woman who fears the Lord

Here is a link to the audio: “A Woman Who Fears the Lord“
 
Proverbs 31 “A Woman Who Fears the Lord”
A History of Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day, in one form or another, has [...]

Many Thanks to R. Kent Hughes

I took a sabbatical leave recently to Spokane, WA at Christ the Redeemer Church for a preaching workshop. I ended up in the small group with R. Kent Hughes as my instructor (bio below), which was a tremendous blessing. He is one of the great American expositors and I considered it a honor to spend [...]

Book Review “Preach the Word: Essays on Expository Preaching in Honor of R. Kent Hughes”, Part 1 “The Hermeneutical Distinctives of Expository Preaching” by David Jackman

I will be reviewing each essay from this great book that I highly recommend for all pastors. This first essay is written by David Jackman, president of The Proclamation Trust, titled “The Hermeneutical Distinctives of Expository Preaching”.
Here are some great quotes from Jackman’s essay:
In 1592, William Perkins, an English Puritan scholar-pastor and a fellow of Christ’s [...]

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Is Preaching Like Administering CPR?

      
I once heard Pastor Jack Hayford, who now serves as the president for the “Foursquare” denomination, use the illustration of CPR as being similar to his idea of preaching the Bible. He likened his sermon preparation as an “inhaling” of God’s Word and then the sermon itself as an “exhaling”. I have always liked his [...]